Section: Announcements
Verona Park Bird Hike
Let the New Jersey Audubon Society show you the wildlife in Verona Park with an easy walk around the lake next Thursday, April 8 at 8:30 a.m. The hike is free, but you have to register in advance and space is limited. Contact Kelly Wenzel at 973-226-6082. The hike meets at the south side of [...]
Learn To Care For Your Lawn
Rutgers Cooperative Extension and the Master Gardeners of Essex County are holding a seminar on lawn care next Wednesday night, April 7. “Growing Green on Your Side of the Fence” will teach you how to properly care for and feed your lawn during the spring and summer season. You’ll learn how to rejuvenate an older [...]
Kids Gardening Class
The Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland has scheduled two classes to teach kids how to grow great food. Billed as the “Green Thumb Club: Gardening for Health and Nutrition”, the class will teach children ages 7 to 12 how to garden for optimal plant growth, production and food quality, as well as gardening methods [...]
Seniors Plan Casino Trip
Residents of the Hillwood housing complex for senior citizens are sponsoring a bus trip to the Mount Airy Casino Resort on Wednesday, April 14. The bus will leave Hillwood at 9:30 a.m. and make a second pickup stop at the Verona Community Center at 9:40 a.m. The cost of the trip is $30, which includes [...]
Kids Learn To Bake
Do you have a budding baker in your house? Then you might want to take look at a new 4-H class to be held next week at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland. “Baker’s Delight” is geared for children ages 7 to 12, and will teach kids about reading recipes, basic steps in baking [...]
Obituaries: Russell Nugent, Beloved Verona Teacher
Russell E. Nugent, 66, of Cedar Grove, a Verona teacher for 33 years, died Monday, March 29, 2010. At last night’s Board of Education meeting in Verona, board member Michael Unis cited Nugent, who taught him in the fifth grade, as an inspiration for his own teaching career. Unis recalled Nugent dressing up as Superman [...]
Did You Have An Affair At The Richfield?
No, not that kind. The Richfield Regency is turning 45 and it’s calling on anyone who booked an event there over the years to come help it celebrate its milestone on Wednesday, April 28 from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. The Richfield is promising complimentary cocktails, passed hors d’oeuvres and live entertainment, as well as door [...]
Garden With A Native Plant Expert
Kathleen Salisbury, the Essex County Parks Department’s horticulturist and president of the Native Plant Society of New Jersey is going to be leading a three-part series on gardening basics at the Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland beginning Monday, April 5. “Gardening 101″ will teach participants proper planting and pruning techniques, plant selection, soil preparation [...]
C.H.I.L.D. Sponsors Yoga For Parents
Take the first step in becoming a more peaceful parent on Sunday, April 11, when Verona parents can enjoy an hour of relaxation and meditation at Yoga Montclair for a reduced price of $15. The event, sponsored by the Verona nonprofit C.H.I.L.D. (Children Having Individual Learning Differences) is from 2 to 3 p.m. at in [...]
Thank You, Verona Police
Mostly, journalists report the news. Sometimes, however, we are the news. So when you read in the next police blotter that the Verona Police Department responded to a call about a raccoon in a house, you will know that it was mine. The dispatcher got Montclair Animal Control to my house quickly, and Officer John [...]