Section: News
Cigarette Sparks Hilltop Fire
With the Hilltop Conservancy working as hard as it is to restore Verona’s western ridge, it is a shame to see this happen. This past Thursday evening, a little after 6 p.m., the Verona Fire Department was called to deal with a fire in the Hilltop’s 10-acre meadow site, which is just west and north [...]
Ads At VHS Gym? Don’t Believe It
On Wednesday, at least one Verona business got a call from a company asking it to advertise on the walls of the Verona High School gyms. Given the prevalence of advertising at professional sports venues these days, it was a sales pitch that sounded plausible. But the Verona school district does not have a contract [...]
6th Grade Barnstormers Sweep Tournament
On Tuesday night, the Verona 6th grade spring barnstormers entered in the highly competitive Old Bridge Annual Baseball Tournament. The tournament was comprised of teams from all over New Jersey and had many club-level teams involved. Verona went through the tournament undefeated and beat a club team from central New Jersey–The Jersey Boys–to win the [...]
Wins For Lacrosse, Softball, Tennis
It was victories all around for Verona teams on Monday as the spring sports season started in earnest. The Verona Hillbillies boy’s lacrosse team won their opening game against the Clifton Mustangs 8-2 yesterday at Centennial Field. Verona led 3-0 at halftime before adding five second-half tallies. Michael Theobold and Brian Marion had three goals [...]
Mild To Wild At The New York Auto Show
The New York Auto Show is always a huge event for the auto industry and the car-buying public, but this year in particular a whole host of significant new products, ranging from bread-and-butter midsize sedans to flamboyant hypercars to high-tech hybrids, will make their debut at the Javits Center. Nissan is set to unveil the [...]
State Championship Wins For Young Wrestlers
Verona junior wrestlers representing Force Wrestling Club competed in the New Jersey state wrestling tournament last weekend. Nicholas Riggio placed eighth at 75 pounds in the Novice division and Frankie Riggio placed first, becoming State Champion at 70 pounds Bantam.
Middle School Workshop: Dangers Of ‘Sexting’
On Wednesday, April 4, H.B. Whitehorne Middle school will be presenting a workshop on something that most parents hope they will never need to face: sexting. For the uninitiated, that’s what you call it when someone sends or receives sexually explicit photographs or messages over a cell phone. The presentation will be led by Alexis [...]
Alumni Association Offers Scholarships
The Verona High School Alumni Association will once again be offering scholarships for graduating high school seniors. Two types of scholarships will be available. The first is open to all Verona High School seniors who plan to continue their education in the fall of 2012. This application is available now at VHS through Diane Newman in [...]
County Uses Choppers To Count Deer
More than a few residents on the north side of Verona wrote us yesterday to complain that they were woken up over night by the sound of low-flying helicopters. It turns out that they can blame their sleeplessness on Essex County. The choppers were taking infrared pictures of the deer population at the Hilltop to [...]
50 Years Of Fighting Fires
Sanford “Sandy” Weinberg was recently honored by the Verona Fire Department for 50 years of service. Weinberg is currently the longest serving member of the VFD. A Montclair native who moved to Verona at age 14, Weinberg joined the Verona Auxiliary Fire Department when he turned 17. He graduated from Essex County Vocational and Technical [...]