Thursday was a winning day for Verona. The Hillbilly wrestling team defeated Union City 42-30 and the Verona boys basketball team moved their record to 14-4 with a 50-41 victory over the Raiders of Nutley. The wrestling match saw pins by several Verona grapplers: Nick Esposito, Billy Giuliano, Joe Cordasco, Frank Greco and Kyle...
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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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Are you over the age of 60? Do you have a story to tell that you’d like to share with others? The Essex County Legacies Writing Contest is approaching and Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services, invite Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original...
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Coming off a 7-2 win against division rival West Essex, the Verona -Ridge Hockey team was ready for Millburn, and they capitalized with a commanding 12-5 win. Glen Ridge senior and Co-Captain Matt Lander started the night off right and fast with a goal less than a minute into the game. This would be...
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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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There’s been another rollover accident on the eastern end of Bloomfield Avenue. This one occurred Friday morning at about 2:15 a.m. The car was traveling east on Bloomfield and veered off the roadway into the rocks just past Mountain Auto Body, in between Pompton and Sunset avenues. The car rolled over onto its side...
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Andrew and Andrea Santamaria are Verona residents and the owners of the new Liberty Tax Service franchise in Montclair. They are launching a food drive–dubbed “Soup or Bowl”– to benefit the Human Needs Food Pantry, and it could also benefit you. From now through February 4, if you bring in five or more non-perishable...
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Let’s start with the basics: In the past three years, there has been an increase in certain kinds of crime in Verona. Not major crimes, like homicide and murder, but the crimes that rattle our everyday sense of well-being. Crimes like car theft, larceny and burglary. But there are other basics, too. Whatever the...
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The Verona Health Department has let us know that there has been a second case of whooping cough at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School. The first case of pertussis, as whooping cough is more formally known, was disclosed by the public schools on January 11 ; the second case was confirmed by Verona School Superintendent...
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