At last night’s Town Council meeting, Jerry Shimonaski, the chairman of the Verona Environmental Commission shared the success of this year’s Idle-Free Verona poster contest. The contest, which is held as part of Walk To School Day, encourages elementary school children to create signs to remind Verona’s drivers to turn off their engines when...
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About 40 students and their parents gathered at Laning Avenue School on April 29 to celebrate Earth Day and Arbor Day 2011. With tools in hand and no fear of getting dirty, this green team was on a mission to beautify the school grounds. By day’s end, the students had cleaned up all debris...
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Linette Mathewson, a member of Laning Avenue School’s environmental committee (and our favorite ad salesperson), would like to invite you to participate in Earth Hour this Saturday, March 26, from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. Earth Hour is a way to show you are concerned about climate change by switching off your lights for one...
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Robert Prout, the owner of the Prout Funeral Home in Verona, has been invited to be one of the key speakers at the Garden State GreenFest this Sunday at 2 p.m. Prout is a nationally recognized speaker and funeral home consultant on natural burials and incorporating greener business practices into the funeral industry. His...
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Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday are half days for Verona’s public schools, which means you’re probably going to need extra activity options. The Essex County Environmental Center in Roseland is holding a kids class in environmental science on Tuesday, November 16, at 4 p.m. “Green Kids Club” is for children ages 7 to 14 and...
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The Verona Environmental Commission is celebrating International Walk to School Day by holding its second annual ”Idle Free Verona” poster contest. Meant to inspire more drivers to turn off their car engines while they are waiting for children at school, the contest is open to all Verona public elementary school students in grades 1...
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Laning Avenue School‘s fourth grade class is leaving more than memories behind at their elementary school as they graduate this June. They will also be leaving a colorful mural commissioned by renowned New Jersey artist Dan Fenelon to enliven the halls and serve as the Class of 2010 Legacy Gift. Fenelon began installation of...
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There are classes for the pre-school crowd and their older siblings on Thursday. First up is a program called “Garden Hideaway”, which aims to teach children ages 3½ to 5 how to create a habitat for bugs, butterflies and birds using sunflower and morning glory seeds. The kids will also get to take some...
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Slow Food Northern New Jersey, a group dedicated to supporting locally grown, ecologically friendly foods on farms and in restaurants, is holding a Spring Wine Dinner at CulinAriane in Montclair. Ariane and Michael Duarte, the Verona residents who own CulinAriane, will create a 4-course dinner paired with wines from Italian Wine Merchants, New York...
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Jack and Michele Bernardino, of Verona, attended a fundraiser for Clean Ocean Action in Sea Bright, N.J. with their boys this past weekend. Clean Ocean Action is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to improve the water quality off the coasts of New Jersey and New York. Michele works for The Children’s House, a...
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