Pennsylvania is our neighboring state, and it’s important to have good neighborly relations. But it never felt right that we had to get our predictions of winter from a rodent who has probably never been to New Jersey. Some folks want Punxsutawney Phil to be replaced with a robot. Others decry his rivals as...
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Even if you didn’t see the “No Skating” signs at the entrances to Verona Park Saturday morning replacing the more welcoming “Skating Today” signs of last week, you surely surmised that the the 40-plus-degree temps of Saturday and the driving rain of Sunday mean that the skating party’s over–at least for now. Though we...
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Essex County will seek to cull up to 175 deer from its parklands during its third annual deer hunt, which begins on Tuesday, January 19. The six-week-long hunt at the South Mountain, Eagle Rock and Hilltop reservations will result in park and road closures, including a stretch of Fairview Avenue in Verona. But County...
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Verona will begin picking up Christmas trees this Wednesday, January 6, and each Wednesday through January 27. You should place your tree–cleared of decorations–at the curb, but if you dragged it out of the house in a plastic bag, that will have to be removed as well. If you want to mulch your tree,...
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Essex County is taking bids from vendors to develop a family-friendly, lake-view restaurant at South Mountain Reservation. The site at the corner of Northfield Avenue and Pleasant Valley Way in West Orange will also have a miniature golf course and surface parking lot. It will be adjacent to Turtle Back Zoo and the Richard...
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Several Verona residents were the winners of a gingerbread house competition with an environmental twist. Samantha, Patricia and Molli Dowd captured first place in the Group/Family category of the Essex County Environmental Center’s Fifth Annual Gingerbread Homes and Habitats Contest. Brendan Semeraro won second place in the Individual Children’s category. The houses–there were 43...
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