Posts Tagged ‘ Montclair ’

Baristanet is reporting that a Verona teen was stabbed in the chest early yesterday morning in Montclair. The incident occurred shortly before 2 a.m. near the Erie Saloon on Depot Square. The victim, whose name was not released, was transported to University Hospital in Newark, which has not released details on his status. The assailant...
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The Verona Fourth of July fireworks will, as always,  be a few days early this year: Thursday June, 30. That saves us a few bucks on all the razzle dazzle, and gives us the benefit of a rain date, which as of right now, doesn’t look like it will be necessary this year. But...
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Montclair’s municipal budget woes have brought it higher taxes and cut its support for the arts. But at a Township Council meeting this week, officials approved spending $750,000 for a major makeover of blighted South Park Street. The work will widen the sidewalks on the strip, which connects Bloomfield Avenue to Church Street, to...
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On Friday night, the Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team beat Montclair, for the second time this season, 4-2. In the previous game played between the two, junior Matt Lander of Glen Ridge scored the game’s only goal. He started off this game just as he left it–with another goal. With the assistance of senior Alekos...
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The Verona wrestling team traveled to rival Montclair on Friday night, and knocked off the Mounties 49-18. The win puts the Hillbilly squad one step away from their second league title in as many years. The match started at 112 lbs. where freshman Paul Scully moved up a weight class to secure a 7-1...
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If dinner hasn’t made you smile in a while, go to Nori in Montclair or Caldwell tonight and order the Halloween roll. Kamilla and Vinnie Liu’s sushi chefs combine pepper tuna, asparagus, pumpkin and tobiko into a roll that looks for all the world like a deconstructed jack-o-lantern but tastes much, much better. Seasonal...
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The PBS program “Nightly Business Report” had a segment last night on how New Jersey’s budget woes are affecting its towns, including Verona. Reporter Scott Gurvey interviewed Verona Township Manager Joe Martin, as well as Montclair Mayor Jerry Fried. You can fast forward through the video below to get to the segment, which starts...
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Cardie Mortimer has been a television executive by day and an executive chef in every other possible moment. Earlier this summer, the Verona resident partnered with several other foodies to create Chef’s Lab, a cooking school and kitchen store in Montclair. On Saturday, September 18, Mortimer will be teaching a class on steakhouse cooking...
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New Jersey Monthly magazine is out with its biannual ranking of the top high schools in the state and the No. 1 school is … not Verona. It was Millburn, again. We finished finished in exactly the same place in 2010 as we did in 2008: 53rd. The magazine ranked 322 high schools in...
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New Jersey was believed to be one of the leading contenders for a huge pool of federal money earmarked for education reform. But according to a report in the Star Ledger, the Christie administration filled out the application for the Race To The Top program incorrectly and lost what might have been a $400...
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