If you are one of those people who talks to the TV set while “CSI” is on to tell Gil Grissom you’ve solved the murder, there’s an exhibit you might want to see in Manhattan. Tomorrow, the Times Square Discovery Center will open a show around the long-running show that will test your skills...
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This isn’t the way the Verona Pool usually looks. But it’s the way it’s going to look for a while as Verona undertakes a much-needed resurfacing of the pool bottom and the creation of a walk-in ramp at the southwestern corner. The Town Council awarded the $394,500 contract for the work in mid-August, the first...
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Essex County will hold its annual Oktoberfest at the Environmental Center in Roseland on Saturday, October 1, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The free, family event includes canoe trips on the Passaic River and nature, as well as a petting zoo, gardening tips, a live beehive display, wood-turning demonstrations, pumpkin-carving demonstrations, nature arts...
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On Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, the Verona Junior Women’s Club will host a Mardi Gras celebration, featuring a tricky tray auction and entertainment by the band Trick Tenza. The fundraiser will be held at the Commonwealth Club in Montclair from 7 to 11 p.m. Tickets, which will go on sale October 22, can be...
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Attention all you Trick Tenza groupies in Verona (yes that’s you, Lisa, Nicole, Cheryl and Suzanne): The band is going to be playing UNICO’s La Festa Italian street fair, October 1 and 2, in Cedar Grove Community Park. TrickTenza will take the stage at La Festa Saturday night, from 7 to 10 p.m., and...
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For a year, Fred Goode took dozens–no, hundreds–of photos all over Verona. You puzzled through them to figure out where in Verona he was. Now, we’re going to take you back through some of those images in a much different way. Today, we’ve run one of Fred’s photos through JigsawSite.com, breaking it into little,...
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Though many people in Verona count the summer as over on Labor Day, there are diehards who hold onto it until the last second. Folks who hang on to their flip-flops and lounge chairs even as the weather signals that there are clearly big changes ahead. But on Friday, September 23, at 5:05 a.m....
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If you feel the need to channel your inner Tarzan and Jane, you’ll have your chance beginning this weekend over at Turtle Back Zoo. Essex County is opening something called the Treetop Adventure Course, a series of challenges and obstacles all 35 feet or so above the ground. Let’s be clear–this is not a...
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It’s unlikely, even in Germany, that there would be much room for kids at an Oktoberfest celebration. But Our Lady of the Lake must put up the giant tent that covers its parking lot for its October 8 Oktoberfest a few days early, which got folks there thinking about what else could be done...
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If you are a wine lover, keep the night of Saturday, October 22, open. That’s the date of the Episcopal Chuch of the Holy Spirit‘s wine tasting. This is a fun and relaxing night out with friends. A variety of wines will be poured from several regions by our local liquor store, Home Liquors,...
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