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 Junior Women’s Club of Verona has created a card that can give you discounts at 22 businesses and members will be selling them at the Verona fireworks at Verona High School on Thursday, June 30. The card, which costs $20, is the size of a credit card and the featured businesses will honor...
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There’s some sort of gremlin in the phone lines at Terry’s Drugs. Verizon has been looking into it, but can’t find the source of the problem. So, if you have trouble getting thru on the 239-2200, Les Gwyn-Williams would like you to call the store at 239-1857 . And please pass the word along...
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The building that had housed Verona Camera has been reduced to a pile of rubble. John McEvoy, who owns the building, had it demolished to make way for a new restaurant that will span the former Verona Camera site and the adjacent building that now houses Sonny’s On The Avenue. McEvoy currently owns Cleveland’s...
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Maybe you’ve been into DiPaolo Bakery recently a noticed a new face behind the counter. Younger, taller, but still familiar. Chances are, this new person introduced himself and asked what kind of baked goods you like. Then, he probably told you about some of the new things he’s doing at one of Verona’s oldest...
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Mark Eulie used to help entrepreneurs. Now, he is one. Three years ago, Eulie hung up his small business banker pinstripes and began to sell a credit card-size device than can fit the electronic medical records for an entire family. Metro Medical’s 911 Medical ID is a slim, 2 gigabyte USB drive that can...
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Right about now, a lot of college seniors from Verona are probably wondering about their job prospects. So are many of the juniors, sophomores and freshmen behind them, as are several members of the Class of 2011 that MyVeronaNJ.com has been interviewing for stories. They, and you, might want to take a look at...
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There are no blankets now on the lawn in front of Verona’s Town Hall, no bandshell trailer by the World War II monument. But in a few shorts weeks, there will be. On July 6, the grass and the makeshift stage will be packed for a performance by Rick Larrimore‘s Rod Stewart tribute band....
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After 10 years of practicing yoga, Doreen Arminio has no problem with warrior pose or lotus pose. She’s got plenty of flexibility for monkey pose and all the stamina for plank pose or downward-facing dog. It’s something you might call painting pose and window-cleaning pose that have exhausted her for the three weeks. On...
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Majestic Flair flew into Verona under the radar: It’s been here since winter, but the weather kept me from noticing. On February 16, Majestic Flair opened its doors to Verona residents. I remember a very snowy and cold February and March and know those things kept me indoors. This new clothing store in town...
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