Maybe it was because it’s not summer, and you’ve forgotten what the patio behind 624 Bloomfield Avenue looks like when it’s open for music and dining. Or maybe it was because whenever you’re in Sonny’s On The Avenue, you’re staring at what’s in your plates and not what’s on the walls. Whatever the reason,...
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The FBI has released photos of the man wanted in connection with yesterday morning’s robbery at the Wells Fargo branch in Verona, though we’re not sure how helpful they’re going to be. The suspect is dressed to disguise and the camera quality is poor. You’d think that somebody would have figured out by now...
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Every day brings a new entreaty in the mail: Switch to this company and save on your electricity bill. Yes you can and yes you might. Since August 1999, you’ve had the right to choose your electricity company. Sort of. While only New Jersey’s traditional energy companies can bring power into your house, any...
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Montclair’s municipal budget woes have brought it higher taxes and cut its support for the arts. But at a Township Council meeting this week, officials approved spending $750,000 for a major makeover of blighted South Park Street. The work will widen the sidewalks on the strip, which connects Bloomfield Avenue to Church Street, to...
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Over the decades of its existence, Verona has reinvented itself many times. We were a rural horse-and-buggy town that was transformed by a streetcar and then an “auto boulevard”, the road you now know as Grove Avenue. Farms and industry gave way to retail and service businesses. Local retail was challenged by the creation...
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Now that Family Night is done, the Verona Municipal Alliance Committee is conducting a survey to find out how people spent their evening, what they think of Family Night, and whether they would like to volunteer to be a part of VMAC. If you’re not familiar with VMAC, it’s an all-volunteer group dedicated to...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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