Section: 911
Double Emergency On Lakeside
Verona firefighters responded swiftly to a chimney fire at 78 Lakeside Avenue, just beyond Pease, about five-thirty Friday evening. The half-dozen emergency vehicles on Lakeside and Pease, including three fire trucks and assorted emergency vehicles, caused quite a commotion in rush-hour traffic. Clearly, somebody was paying more attention to the fire than to the road: [...]
Shot Fairfield Cop Says He Was Targeted
Essex County officials said today that the Fairfield police officer who was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday night thinks he was singled out for the attack. Gerald Veneziano, who was not wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was shot, was awakened from an induced coma today. But Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino said [...]
Fire Call On Otsego
A chimney fire brought the Verona Fire Department to 45 Otsego Road this evening just before 9 p.m. Homeowner Greg Francisco said a passerby knocked on his door to alert him to flames coming out of his chimney. He called 911 and quickly got his wife and daughter out of the house. “The Verona Fire [...]
Dusting Of Snow Causes Morning Havoc
Talk about your perfect storm. A dusting that at any other time would have hardly been noticed caused major difficulties on Verona’s roads this morning, coming as it did at the exact time parents and commuters were heading to school and work. Every mom at school pickup seemed to have a fender-bender story from the [...]
Flash Flood Warning Issued
The National Weather Service has issued a flash food watch for Essex County and surrounding areas of northern New Jersey as a result of heavy rainfall expected Monday. The service says a strong storm moving through the Great Lakes tonight will pump a lot of moisture into our region, beginning tomorrow morning and tapering off [...]
House Fires Update
It’s been a strange couple of weeks for house fires in Verona. It started on the morning of December 21, when a fire erupted at 40 Kenwood. Fortunately, the family was not at home, but the fire caused the loss of a beloved pet and the displacement of the family, who will have to rebuild. [...]
Fire Call On Linden
The Verona Fire Department responded quickly to a house at 156 Linden at about 4:30 p.m. on December 31. The call shut down Linden Avenue between Woodland Terrace and Cumberland Avenue, but it did not appear to be as serious a situation as the two recent fires at 40 Kenwood Avenue and 6 Woodland Avenue. [...]
Gray SUV Sought In Hit And Run
NJ.com says Verona Police are searching for a gray SUV that hit a 92-year-old Verona man at the intersection of Bloomfield and Park avenues this morning. The pedestrian was taken to Mountainside, but did not appear to be seriously injured. Any information, call the VPD’s non-emergency number, (973) 239-5000.
Police Tweets?
A funny thing happened the other day when we went looking for other people in Verona who were using Twitter, like us: We found the Fairfield Police Department. Cops using a technology most often associated with Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears? (Note to the uninitiated: A message sent from Twitter is called a “tweet”.) Then [...]
Serious Fire At 40 Kenwood
Fire broke out early this morning in a house at 40 Kenwood. The Verona Fire Department quickly brought the blaze under control, but the east side of the house shows signs of scorching, and department members report smoke and water damage inside. The family was not home at the time, but one pet reportedly died [...]