Are you over the age of 60? Do you have a story to tell that you’d like to share with others? The Essex County Legacies Writing Contest is approaching and Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Division of Senior Services, invite Essex seniors ages 60 and older to submit an original...
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I have spent many years (probably too many to legitimately count) enjoying my holiday shopping. That is partially because I like to shop in the “one for you, one for me” style. Sometimes that involves shoes, sometimes a scarf, and sometimes chocolate. Well, the chocolate part actually starts around Halloween (ok, three weeks prior)...
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A little over a year ago, sitting in Jack’s Cafe, the MyVeronaNJ.com team was brainstorming ideas to get readers more involved with the site. Our traffic was growing rapidly, and readers were reading lots of stories every day, but they weren’t talking back to us as much as we wanted. Then Fred Goode suggested...
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Your cell phone is a powerful tool: It can round up children, take vacation pictures and order dinner. It can also win $50,000 for MyVeronaNJ.com. All you need to do text “myveronanj” to 244326. That’s it. Easy, right? Intuit, the company behind the Quickbooks accounting software, has invited us to compete for a grant...
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There’s good news and bad news this week. The bad news is that there are just two more weeks to win a signature MyVeronaNJ baseball cap for the Where in Verona contest–this week and next week are it, folks. The good news is that, even now, it is not too late to win as...
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Here at MyVeronaNJ.com, we use Quickbooks to help us manage our business. Now, the nice folks at Intuit, the company behind Quickbooks, have invited us to compete for a grant that could earn us up to $50,000. But you have to help. You, our fabulously loyal readers, wonderful subscribers and supportive advertisers, need to...
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You didn’t really think we’d let you have the day off for the holiday did you? After all, we’re getting to the end of the Where In Verona contest and we still have lots of places to get to around town. What’s going to happen when we finish Week 52? We’re going to have...
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Jane Lovascio, the author of the Casey and Bella children’s book series, was at the Verona Pool on Wednesday reading and signing books for her fans, courtesy of Verona’s learning non-profit, C.H.I.L.D. If your child is among them, you might also want to know about Lovascio’s writing contest, “Where Should Casey and Bella Go...
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If we are to take Fred Goode at his word, the photos for this week’s Where in Verona contest were shot between graduation parties. So the blur in some of the pictures may or may not be intentional. And he has sent over 10 photos, which means that if you are very, very good...
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Fred Goode was within seconds of being able to claim a win in last week’s contest when Kathy Van Benschoten finally delivered the right answer: The Verona Senior Citizens’ bus. Frankly, we were amazed that it took quite as long as it did after Jeff Shilling ran the VIN in photo seven and came...
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