On Saturday and Sunday, February 11 and 12, the Newark Museum is going to be holding its 10th annual Circus Science day. Your kids–and you–can learn the science behind juggling, magic and acrobatics and frolic in the circus traditions of face painting, balloon artistry and clowning around, thanks to the museum’s partnership with the...
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The Geyer Family YMCA is hosting a series of Positive Parenting classes to be facilitated by Mary W. Funari, PCI Certified Parent Coach®. There are two free information sessions available to find out more: Tuesday, February 7, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. Saturday, February 25, 9:30 a.m.-10:30 a.m. The six week sessions cost $110 and the Y...
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The Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey Team will host its annual “Friends and Family Skate” at the Codey Arena on Sunday, February 12, from 5 to 7 p.m. Admission is free to all Verona and Glen Ridge residents, and you can rent skates for just $3. Donations for VGR Hockey will be accepted at the event.
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If you can remember back a few days, January 24 was a very warm day; 50 degrees according to the thermostat on my car. After some very cold and snowy and then wet days it was a welcome change. As it turned out, my youngest did not have school that day, so after a...
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The Junior Woman’s Club of Verona held its annual spelling bee on Saturday, January 28 at H.B. Whitehorne, and 32 fourth- and fifth-grade students turned out to vie for the honor of best speller in Verona. The ambitious group was gradually reduced to just three participants in Round 10: Maxine Haralambiev, Charles Torikian, and...
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Paper Mill Playhouse has released its Winter-Spring season of children’s programming. The season begins with “Charlotte’s Web” on Saturday, February 18, and includes “Ramona Quimby” and “Seussical” in March, and “Henry & Mudge” and “Red Riding Hood & Other Stories” in April. (“Red Riding Hood” will be one of the Paper Mill’s new stagings...
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A group of 20 Verona parents came to the Board of Education meeting last Tuesday to appeal for the creation of a full-day kindergarten program. Although it was not scheduled as a specific agenda item, parent proponents made their case when the meeting was opened to public discussion. Crystal Bichalski spoke on behalf of...
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Growing up, I wasn’t allowed to wear jeans to school like everyone else. Sometime in high school though, I began sneaking out of the house in them, but only on Fridays. Today, I live in jeans and so do my kids. They hold up well for wiping hands, spilling food, and thankfully frequent washing....
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The Verona Municipal Alliance Committee and several Verona groups that have a hand in teen welfare will be coming together on Wednesday, February 8, to give parents an overview of New Jersey’s new harassment, intimidation and bullying law. The speakers include Dana Lustig, the anti-bullying coordinator in Verona public schools, the Verona Police Department...
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Christopher Festa, who attends H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, has sent us this e-mail about the success of the service project he started as he was entering eighth grade: I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone that contributed to my service project entitled One Hundred Hoodies for the Homeless. My original goal...
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