Section: News
Cortese Composes For Friday’s Gallery Walk
The Montclair Gallery Walk is Friday night from 6 to 9 p.m. and Verona’s George Cortese has composed music to accompany the exhibit by Stefanie Silverman at 73 See Gallery. Cortese majored in music in college and now composes in addition to running a successful kitchen and design business. He has written pieces for ballets [...]
Calabrese Charged With Intimidation
Carlo Calabrese, a former Verona High School football player who is now a linebacker for Notre Dame, has been charged with one count of misdemeanor intimidation as the result of an off-campus incident in early May. Calabrese was initially arrested on suspicion of disorderly conduct. Intimidation is a Class A misdemeanor under Indiana law and [...]
Tennis Advances In Semifinals
The Verona boy’s tennis team moved on in the NJSIAA state tournament semifinal round for North Jersey, Section 1, Group 1 with a 4-1 victory over Waldwick High School. After a rare loss in first singles for senior Matt Tuorto, Alejandro Diaz was up 5-0 in second singles before his opponent retired. Josh Solomon came [...]
Caldwell College Percussion Camp
Caldwell College will offer an intensive summer percussion camp Monday through Friday, June 25 to 29, under the direction of Alex Bocchino, a Music Department faculty member. Students will receive private lessons and participate in master classes, daily percussion ensemble rehearsals and classes in technique, performance development and other percussion-related topics. Students will be exposed [...]
Baseball, Softball Camp At Community Center
The assistant baseball coach at James Caldwell High School will once again be running a summer baseball and softball camp at the Verona Community Center. Tom Gargiulo, who is also the former head coach at Nutley High School, is holding three sessions this year: July 16-20 and July 23-27 for baseball, and August 6-10 for [...]
Help Wanted: Hair Stylists
Eutopia Beauty Studio, a Verona Salon located opposite Verona Park, is looking for hair stylists and colorists. You must be licensed and have a following. For more details, and contact information, see Eutopia’s job listing on our sister site, ShopVerona.com.
Titanic Science At F.N. Brown
After reading the book Tonight on the Titanic, the third graders at F.N. Brown combine history, literature, math and science as they estimate how many icebergs (golf balls) it will take to sink the ships they built under the direction of their teachers, Karen Sabatino, Megan Pellegrino and Maria Graziano. Harmonie Chang and classmates watch [...]
VHS Creative Arts Festival Coming
Verona High School students will once again exhibit their creative endeavors from this year’s curricular and extracurricular activities on Wednesday, May 23, from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The exhibition will remain on view through 10 a.m. on Thursday, May 24. Parents, families, friends, VHS graduates and the community are all invited to attend the annual [...]
Honor Roll: Grade 8, Third Marking Period 2011-2012
Ms. Yvette McNeal, principal of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, is proud to announce the names of those eighth grade students who earned academic recognition during the third marking period of the 2011 – 2012 school year. These students have qualified for the honors award by receiving As and Bs in every school subject. Danielle Alfano [...]
Baseball Loses To CG, Major Win For Boys Lacrosse
In sloppy playing conditions last night at Yogi Berra Stadium the Hillbillies baseball team fell to the Cedar Grove Panthers 8-1. The ‘billies had two men on base in five out of the seven innings but was only able to capitalize on it once. Dean DeNicola led off the game with a hit and Chris [...]