Section: Business
Obituaries: Gerry Wagman
Mr. Gerald Wagman of Livingston, N.J., died Thursday, March 17, 2011, at home. The funeral service is Sunday, March 20, at noon at the Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel, 68 Old Short Hills Rd., Livingston, with interment in Mount Lebanon Cemetery. Born in Newark, N.J., Mr. Wagman lived in West Orange, N.J., before moving to Livingston [...]
Learn To Run With Your Dog
Dog’s Best Friend is holding a free session to help you learn to run safely with your dog. Meet Chris Burns and Natasha Hiden-Burns this Sunday, March 20, at 1 p.m. at Walgreens and they will lead you and your dog on a short 2-mile flat course. More ambitious runners can tack on another 2 [...]
Prout To Speak At Garden State GreenFest
Robert Prout, the owner of the Prout Funeral Home in Verona, has been invited to be one of the key speakers at the Garden State GreenFest this Sunday at 2 p.m. Prout is a nationally recognized speaker and funeral home consultant on natural burials and incorporating greener business practices into the funeral industry. His topic [...]
Where In Verona Is It? Rocktec Music!
OK, maybe this week’s contest wasn’t entirely fair. Rocktec Music only recently moved from its first Verona home by the Peckman River, which would have been instantly recognizable to those of you with budding guitarists and drummers in the house. It’s a move so new that Rocktec owner Rich Ciricillo hasn’t even had time to [...]
‘Jerseylicious’ Filming
Two alert readers spotted the film crew on their way down to Verona Park. “Jerseylicious” is taping a show for season 3 at the Anthony Robert Salon this morning. Yes, the reality show has been extended and yes, Verona business owner Anthony Lombardi is still in it. The film crew had most of the windows [...]
Free Bike Repair Clinic
Montclair Bikery is offering four free sessions on bike maintenance and repair in March, starting this Thursday night. The schedule is below and if you’re interested in attending, you need to reserve your place now by e-mail or by calling 973-744-7252. All classes are held in the service area of Montclair Bikery from 7:30 to [...]
Where In Verona Is It? Canine Designs
Maybe we should send this week’s hat to Sergey Brin or Larry Page. No the co-founders of Google aren’t from Verona, and they weren’t among the players in the “Where In Verona” contest. But without a piece of their technology, Jeff Shilling might not have been this week’s winner. Jeff, who was competing against two [...]
Terry’s Owner Thanks Verona For Support
We have gotten this note from Les Gwyn-Williams, the owner of Terry’s Drugs: On Thursday, February 10, the path of my life changed quicker than I could imagine. I survived a terrible plane accident, where I was alone and lived to tell. There was only one seat on that plane that day and I was [...]
Where In Verona Is It? The New Subway!
While Don Johnston was serving in Iraq, there were few touches of home. There were, however, Subway sandwiches. No, really. Under a U.S. Army plan to boost troop morale, the franchiser had opened its sandwich restaurants in American military bases. “I tasted a meatball sub there and it tasted exactly it did over here,” says [...]
Prosperity Now!
Three years into the worst recession that the United States has seen since the great Depression, you’re probably looking for a bit of prosperity. Heck, you’re probably looking for a lot of prosperity. And you’re in luck. One of your neighbors here in Verona has a plan. The The Prosperity Plan is life coach Laura [...]