Elizabeth Santeramo is rotating out of the leadership of the Verona Municipal Alliance Committee and sent this note of thanks: VMAC continues its good work as an important community resource for alcohol and drug awareness, education and prevention. We thank the entire Verona community – from students to officials to business leaders – for...
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Sometime after the second conference call on Friday the puppy decided that the world was not paying enough attention to her. She took her frustration out on the nearest inanimate object, a pair of prescription sunglasses. So today’s shout-out goes to Marlene Marino of Verona Opticians. Somehow, in the five minutes between the distressed...
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We’ve gotten this letter from the Junior Woman’s Club, which brought in a team of hair stylist to decorate kids’ hair with red, white and blue during Verona’s fireworks on June 30: To the editor: On behalf of the Junior Woman’s Club of Verona, I would like to thank the community for supporting our...
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Four Verona youths hold their second lemonade sale on Oakridge Road to earn funds to donate to Team Zoey, the the group that is raising money to fund research into a disease that has affected Verona toddler Zoey Penny. She has progeria, a disease that causes children to age rapidly. Fund raisers held for...
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The Junior Woman’s Club of Verona recently held a Shop-N-Drop event outside Kings Supermarket to benefit the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair. Shoppers could take an item purchased at Kings and immediately donate it to the pantry. Pictured are, left to right, Gabriel and Alek Breitenbach with their mother, Juniors Co-President Joanna Breitenbach,...
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It is a cold winter day. You are getting ready to land your plane at Lincoln Park airport, but your fuel line freezes. You know it’s risky, but you have no choice but to fly into a tree. This was the case for our friend, Les Gwyn-Williams. Most of us know him as the...
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The Verona Municipal Alliance Committee held a barbecue on Wednesday, June 8, to thank the advisers who run VMAC-funded clubs at Verona High School and H.B. Whitehorne Middle School. The Best Club, held at HBW, focuses on raising girls’ self esteem by getting them to participate in community outreach events such as teaching computer...
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Frank Sapienza, who was re-elected to a four-year term on the Verona Town Council on May 10, has sent in this note of thanks to voters: “I would like to thank the residents of Verona that supported me during my recent campaign to gain re-election to the Verona Township Council. I appreciate the hard...
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We have gotten this note from Kevin Ryan, who won the election to fill the unexpired two-year term of former Town Council member Ken McKenna on May 10: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the citizens of Verona for the trust they have demonstrated by electing me to fill the 2...
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We got this e-mail from Bruce Williams, who received 742 votes in yesterday’s election to Kevin Ryan’s 748. “I would like to congratulate my opponent Kevin Ryan for winning a hard fought race for the two-year council seat left vacant by Ken McKenna. Losing by 6 votes is a tough one. I have a...
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