Township Manager Joe Martin formally presented the Verona Town Council with a budget on Monday night that will demand an additional $190 per year from the average Verona household. “It is essential for the 2011 budget be crafted with 2012 and beyond in mind,” Martin said. The budget–$20.2 million in operating expenses and a...
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Verona went to the polls today and elected Frank Sapienza and Michael Nochimson to four-year terms on the Verona Town Council and picked Kevin Ryan to fill the remaining two years of former councilman Ken McKenna’s term. Sapienza handily won re-election, with the largest vote count for any of the eight candidates. Here are...
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On Tuesday, May 3, MyVeronaNJ held its first election forum, featuring the candidates for the 2011 Town Council election and moderated by the League of Women Voters. In attendance were the four candidates running for the single two-year seat: Jim Robbins, Kevin Ryan, Gerard Tamburino and Bruce Williams, and three of the four candidates...
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MyVeronaNJ.com is not making election endorsements, in the 2011 Town Council race or in any other campaign. We feel it is our roll to present information on the candidates and campaign issues, and let you decide. Which is exactly what you have been doing. Over the last few days, we’ve heard your opinions at...
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In preparation for its Election Forum, MyVeronaNJ.com asked all eight candidates to the Verona Town Council to answer two questions, one to seek their input about new ways to cut Verona’s current municipal budget and the other to draw out their vision for Verona’s future. The first question asked candidates to show voters what...
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You have a lot of decisions to make this spring, Verona. On April 27 and again on May 10, you will be called to the polls to make crucial decisions about our schools and town government. MyVeronaNJ has put together a guide to the elections that we hope you’ll consult frequently during the coming...
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Ladies and gentlemen, we have ourselves a horse race. Eight Verona residents have filed to run for Town Council this year and the ballot for the remaining two years of former council member Ken McKenna’s term is going to be particularly crowded. Four of the eight candidates are seeking the single two-year term spot:...
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At Monday night’s meeting the Town Council revealed the membership of the long-awaited Citizen’s Budget Review Committee. The volunteer committee, which has existed previously in Verona, will work with the council and Town Manager Joe Martin to look for ways to keep the 2011 budget as flat as possible. The group, which will serve...
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There’s a new category on our Navigation bar called Obituaries. Clicking on that bar will bring you to the details provided to us by local funeral parlors of the passing of former and present residents. We hope this feature will help bring our community together to support one another during times of loss. One...
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A school-wide food drive delivered a staggering 2,942 pounds of food for the Human Needs Food Pantry in Montclair today. The Conference of SCAs, a coalition of the parent groups at all of the town’s public schools, organized the collection day. Food was brought in to H.B. Whitehorne, F.N. Brown, Forest Avenue, Laning Avenue,...
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