If you don’t have butternut squash on your holiday dinner menu, you may want to put it on after reading Ariane Duarte’s ideas for it when it becomes a leftover. Duarte has posted two recipes on her Dinner Tool blog, and a video to show you how easy the dishes are to prepare. And...
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The Verona Police Department is saying that a water main break has occurred on Bloomfield Avenue near Gould Street. Water Department crews are making repairs, but residents and businesses on the avenue between Lakeside and Grove may experience either no water or discolored water this afternoon. Residents of surrounding streets may also become affected...
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We know you’ve all been waiting for it: The day that Santa rides around Verona on a fire truck, thanks to the Verona Fire Department. Well folks, it’s today, Sunday, December 18. According to the VFD’s elf spokesman, the fun will start around 11 a.m. with four Santas in different corners of town. When...
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The Verona Police Department is currently investing the December 14 burglary of a Claremont Avenue residence. The burglary occurred in the area of Hamilton Road between the hours of 3:55 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. If you were in the area and observed anything that looked out of the ordinary, the police are asking you...
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A nine-count indictment has been returned against former Verona Mayor Matthew Kirnan, charging him with misapplication of entrusted funds, theft by failure to make required disposition and theft by unlawful taking. The indictment alleges he stole approximately $750,000 in clients’ funds. According the the Essex County Prosecutor’s office, the indictment alleges that on Jan....
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Verona Lacrosse, a program for children in grades K through 8, has opened registration for its spring season. Children in grades K, 1 and 2 are taught the sport in a clinic format on Saturday afternoons from mid-April through early June. Third and fourth graders have separate girls and boys teams that typically play...
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In Verona, we are lucky to have an abundant source of clean, safe drinking water. But the quality of water in many states to our west has suffered since a natural gas drilling process was exempted from the Safe Water Drinking Act. Now some companies want to use that drilling process–known as “fracking”–in the...
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Tom Dougherty’s dad, Thomas P. Dougherty, passed away on Sunday, December 11. Visitation is this afternoon at Prout Funeral Home from 2 to 4 p.m. and again tonight from 7 to 9 p.m. Services are tomorrow morning at 10 a.m. at Our Lady of the Lake. The full obituary is here.
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Church Street is closed for its much-needed resurfacing and repaving, but the Verona Rescue Squad wants you to know that it is still ready to help you if you need it. Verona Rescue Squad Captain Matt Antolino has made arrangements with Verona Fire Department Chief Pat McEvoy to house two ambulances at Firehouse One...
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When I lost power during the October snowstorm, the sump pump stopped working and water backed up into a filing cabinet I had in the basement. The stuff in the bottom drawer had been put there because it needed to be shredded, but I never found the time to feed the stuff page by...
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