Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. unveiled plans for the county’s fifth hunt to reduce the deer population on Wednesday and said that the largest contingent of hunters will be deployed to Verona’s Hilltop Reservation this year. The deer hunt will begin next Tuesday, January 17 at South Mountain Reservation and will continue...
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A small resolution approved by the Verona Town Council on Monday night has the potential for big changes on Durrell Street. Resolution number 127 allows the Planning Board to determine whether several properties on the F.N. Brown district street can be qualified as a redevelopment area. The Planning Board’s work would focus on the...
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The Town Council workshop on the new Hilltop field development that was to have been held Tuesday night, November 1, has been cancelled. No word yet on when the meeting, which will be open to the public, will be rescheduled.
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If you have a kid in sports in Verona, you’re probably going to want to put this on your calendar for next week. On Tuesday, November 1, the Town Council will be will be holding a workshop on the sports fields that are going to be built on the Hilltop. The meeting is open...
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When you go to Centennial Field to cheer on the boys soccer team this afternoon (you are going to the Essex County Tournament quarterfinal, right?), take a good look at the landscape behind the north goal post–or rather the lack of landscape. The hillside behind the field has been cleared to begin the next...
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Last Thursday, officials from Verona joined executives from Roseland Property Company and JMP Holdings to break ground for the next phase of development of the rental complex on Verona’s western ridge. That’s Mayor Frank Sapienza on the far left and Town Council member Kevin Ryan (second from right) with the shovels above. The second...
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This past Saturday, the Hilltop Conservancy, with help from the Jersey Off Road Bicycle Association and the Essex County Parks Department hosted the 2nd Annual Hilltop Grasshopper Kid’s Bike Race. Two Verona students earned podium finishes for their hard racing. Andrew Hunt (above, left) was awarded third place in his class of 29 riders...
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Kids in Verona don’t have many opportunities for off-road bike riding. But this Saturday, August 20, the Hilltop Conservancy and the Essex County Parks Department are once again holding a kids bike race, the Hilltop Grasshopper on Verona’s western ridge. If you were there last year when this photo was taken, you’ll remember that...
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If you want to chat with Kurt Landsberger, you’ve only got a small window of opportunity every week. Though past 90, he still goes to work three days a week. When not in the office, he needs time for writing–weekly newspaper columns and his sixth book. Or time for philanthropy, largely through the foundation...
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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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