Governor Chris Christie has signed a measure that could move Verona school board elections to November from April and eliminate a public vote on the school budget. As we noted earlier this month, Senate bill 3148 establishes a way for school districts, their towns and even voters themselves to move the annual school election...
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A measure passed by state lawmakers in the waning hours of the 214th Legislature could move Verona school board elections to November from April and eliminate a public vote on the school budget altogether. “We could be in for a drastic change in the way the budget is presented to the public,” said Board...
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Town manager Joe Martin told the Town Council at last night’s meeting that Verona’s cost for the Halloween weekend snowstorm has now hit $600,000. “It is the most expensive storm in Verona history” Martin said. Martin’s previous estimate for the storm cost was $500,000. The cost includes $100,000 in debris removal and disposal and...
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At the first Town Council meeting after the Halloween weekend snow storm, Town Manager Joe Martin warned that the storm could be the costliest weather event ever for Verona. At Monday night’s meeting, Martin gave the first inkling of what that cost might be. Since the storm hit on October 29, Verona has incurred...
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At the Monday night Town Council meeting, Council members Kevin Ryan and Michael Nochimson both voted against the ordinances establishing the salaries of police and municipal employees covered by union contracts. The measures passed, 3-2, and were largely a foregone conclusion since they were based on negotiated contracts that would have been costly to...
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The Verona Town Council is holding its regular, third Monday of the month meeting tonight at 7 p.m. The meeting will be largely devoted to the second reading and public discussion of the resolutions that govern salaries for municipal and police employees. As we told you earlier this month, a Yes vote by the...
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Steven A. Forte is the finalist in Verona’s search for a new public schools superintendent. A native of West Orange who is currently principal at Hasbrouck Heights High School, Forte came to Verona Thursday night to meet with the community. He talked about his background as a teacher and administrator at all levels, as...
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Once upon a time, Verona’s kids headed back to school with little more than new shoes and a pencil box. Not now. Children head back to Verona’s public schools today with backpacks crammed with classroom supplies, from pens, pencils and Crayons to notebooks, sticky notes, Kleenex and sophisticated calculators–all paid for by their parents....
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The other day, Gov. Chris Christie issued a press release trumpeting the fact that his administration will be increasing state aid to school districts around New Jersey by $850 million under the new budget. As he noted in his prepared statement, this restores all the money that he cut in the previous budget cycle...
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