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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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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There’s a house on the market now in Verona that’s listed at $399,000. That’s a comfortable price in Verona, a price that shouldn’t surprise anyone. But here’s something that might surprise you: The house is assessed for $44,000 more, which is $443,000. Houses can be listed for less than their assessed value for many...
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The New Jersey State League of Municipalities is a group that works in Trenton to limit how much state government takes from municipal coffers. It has just released a survey on tax appeals, which found that 19,788 tax appeals were filed in its survey group of 150 municipalities in 2010, up from 13,760 for...
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The Homestead rebate checks that used to defray New Jersey’s sky-high property taxes are gone, but you should still pay attention to the mail you get this week from the state. New Jersey’s Treasury Department has begun to mail out applications for the new Homestead program, which could net you a tax credit on...
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Summer is a time for escaping and we hope you’ve all had a chance for a break or two. Some of you had Internet access at the beach and the mountains, and we thank you for checking in on MyVeronaNJ while you were away. We cracked 2,000 pageviews in a single day this summer...
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At the bottom of every house file on the New Jersey Multiple Listing Service there is a section for financial information on the property. It contains data on the property’s land assessment and building assessment, its taxes and its tax rate. Since Verona has completed its property tax revaluation, that rate ought to show...
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Former West Orange mayor John F. McKeon is heading a new effort by the New Jersey state Assembly to document spending that drives up local property taxes because it is mandated, but not funded, by the state. “This is part of an overall effort to bring systemic change to a system that simply costs...
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Verona’s property revaluation made the front page of The Star Ledger’s Essex section today. You can read the story here.
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Jim Thomas, who runs Verona’s community television channel programming, was out of town last week when the Town Council meeting was met with an overflow crowd protesting the rise in taxes. He’s back now and the video from the meeting will be up on VTV tonight–and every night this week–at 7 p.m. Thomas normally...
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