Patrick Higgins Jr., Verona’s supervisor for humanities, has accepted a new position with the Caldwell school system. Higgins, who had worked only one year in Verona, will be Caldwell’s new supervisor of instruction, in charge of all curriculum development, staff development, and educational technology for the Caldwell/West Caldwell schools. “It wasn’t an easy decision...
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The Hillbilly wrestling squad fell to top seeded Caldwell, 41-26, in a state semi-final match-up on February 9 in Caldwell. With two starters out with injuries, Verona needed to wrestle a near perfect match to advance to the sectional finals. The Caldwell match was the first time that a Verona High School wrestling team...
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The last time there was a 15-14 score in a Verona-Caldwell Thanksgiving day game was 1973, and the winner was Verona. There were fans in the stands this Thanksgiving who played in that game, and others who had a hand in many games of a rivalry that spanned five decades. For the first time...
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If dinner hasn’t made you smile in a while, go to Nori in Montclair or Caldwell tonight and order the Halloween roll. Kamilla and Vinnie Liu’s sushi chefs combine pepper tuna, asparagus, pumpkin and tobiko into a roll that looks for all the world like a deconstructed jack-o-lantern but tastes much, much better. Seasonal...
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Caldwells Patch is reporting this morning that a major overnight fire has devastated the Caldwell Diner. Firefighters from many towns around our area had to respond to the blaze, which went to three alarms. No word yet on the cause. The story is here.
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New Jersey Monthly magazine is out with its biannual ranking of the top high schools in the state and the No. 1 school is … not Verona. It was Millburn, again. We finished finished in exactly the same place in 2010 as we did in 2008: 53rd. The magazine ranked 322 high schools in...
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New Jersey is the Garden State and, at this time of year, it really begins to live up to its name. Especially if you shop for your vegetables at one of the many farmers markets around Verona. Farmers markets are open rain or shine and operate mostly on cash, although some vendors can take...
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A Bloomfield carnival turned to panic Friday night after gunshots were fired there. Baristanet reported that two men were shot and that bystanders panicked and fled, leaving a Ferris wheel full of passengers stranded. NJ.com says there was one victim and that police shot and subdued the shooter. No word on what caused the...
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School budget cuts brought out student protesters in Montclair, West Orange and other towns around New Jersey early this week. Baristanet reported that some 150 Montclair High School students took to the streets at the corner of Park Street and Chestnut on Tuesday morning with signs and musical instruments. (The Huffington Post reported the...
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A lunch-time kitchen fire briefly shut the Pilgrim Diner in Cedar Grove on Thursday. But the diner was again operating to a packed parking lot by the weekend. Baristanet reported a bank robbery at the Wachovia branch on Bloomfield Avenue in Glen Ridge. The Glen Ridge Police Department isn’t saying how much money was...
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