Three of Verona’s recent burglaries may have been solved yesterday afternoon when the Verona Police Department responded to a burglary alarm at a Mountain Road residence. According to Chief Doug Huber, at about 3:52 p.m., the Verona Police got a call that an alarm had gone off. Several cars were dispatched to the home...
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If you live near Laning Avenue School and have a deck on the back of your house, you might want to pay attention to this story. If you have a car anywhere in town that you leave unlocked overnight, you should read on as well. Since February there have been seven attempted burglaries in...
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The Wells Fargo bank in the center of Verona was hit by a robber this morning. According to Verona Police Chief Doug Huber, the robber, who police describe as a Hispanic man in his mid-to late-20s wearing a dark hoodie, handed a teller a note demanding money just after 10 a.m. No gun was...
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The heads of several departments of Verona municipal government gave previews of their 2011 budgets last night. If you came wanting to hear about 10% cuts across the board, you came away disappointed. If you came wanting to hear about cost savings and cost management, you didn’t. Actually, very few people came. When you...
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By now you’re probably wondering how Kathleen Seubert does it. How has she won the MyVeronaNJ baseball cap for so many of the Where In Verona contests? (Yes, she did it again.) It’s not by following Fred Goode around, though we recently figured out that Fred coaches one of Kathleen’s kids in lacrosse. Kathleen...
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Lakeside Avenue was shut down just after 3 p.m. on Monday after a Volvo XC70 SUV traveling south on Lakeside hit an unoccupied parked Honda Accord. The Volvo then rolled over and came to rest on its roof. Verona Police Chief Doug Huber says the accident “looked worse than it was.” Verona police and...
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Karen Pensiero and Thomas Apostolik were re-appointed to the Verona Planning Board at the Town Council meeting last evening. The new term of both runs through June 30, 2014. Town Council member Ken McKenna and Township Engineer Jim Helb were also re-appointed to the Planning Board. Three members were re-appointed to the Verona Environmental...
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Verona High School seniors become VHS alumni on Thursday evening at 6:30 on the football field–weather permitting. The extended forecast is calling for “a chance of thunderstorms” on Thursday; if it rains, the ceremony will be held in the gym. Last year, threatening skies turned sunny just in time for the ceremony; let’s hope...
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Two Boy Scouts from Verona’s Troop 2 became Eagle Scouts, the highest honor in the Boy Scouts of America, at a ceremony on May 23 at Notre Dame Church in North Caldwell. Speakers at the ceremony for Mark Bovich (left) and Paul Wojtal (right) included Verona Mayor Teena Schwartz, who issued Township Proclamations on...
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You may have noticed the speed monitoring trailer at Lakeside Avenue close to its intersection with Bloomfield Avenue, along with more police cars in the vicinity. According to Police Chief Doug Huber, they are part of Verona’s plan to lower the speed limit on Lakeside to 35 miles per hour from 40. As Huber...
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