Posts Tagged ‘ Traffic ’

The Verona Police have sent out an alert to say that Linden Avenue will be closed from Grove Avenue to Brookside Terrace until 4 p.m. for utility repairs. You’ll need to find another way to go east to west through town.
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It’s going to cost you more to get across the Hudson into New York City, but not as much as the Port Authority had initially proposed. The governors of New Jersey and New York have signed off on a plan to raise the tolls by $1.50 next month for E-Z Pass holders and $2.50...
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You might remember that, last week, we showed you this picture of graffiti on heavily rutted Church Street, just up from the Verona Rescue Squad building.  Town Manager Joe Martin said at the Town Council meeting on Monday, August 15, that repairs to the street might be eligible for federal Community Development Block Grant...
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A tree on the west side of Pompton Avenue fell into the roadway during this afternoon’s storm, taking utility wires down with it. The Verona Fire Department, Rescue Squad and Public Works department responded, as did police from Verona and Cedar Grove. Pompton was closed and traffic diverted until the mess was cleared.
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Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (center) cuts a ceremonial ribbon on Tuesday, August 9, to announce that work to modernize the Eagle Rock Avenue and Prospect Avenue intersection in West Orange is finished. The busy intersection was upgraded with new traffic signal equipment, roadway striping and other features to enhance pedestrian and...
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Major road work is going to close one of Verona’s north-south roads again. Mt. Prospect is going to be shut all day tomorrow, Thursday, August 11, from 7 a.m. through 7 a.m. Friday, August 12. The road will be closed again on Friday from 7 p.m. until 7 a.m. Saturday. According to Verona Police...
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It was a long time in coming, but the mid-block traffic light on Lakeside Avenue is finally operational. The light, which is located between Hillside Avenue and Morningside Road, is pedestrian activated, so it only changes when someone is looking to cross to Verona Park. It was set-up mid-block to deter drivers from cutting...
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Party smart, folks. Police forces across the state are conducting a coordinated crackdown on drunk driving through Labor Day. The state Division of Highway Traffic Safety has doled out grants of $4,400 each to 187 police departments–including those of several towns surrounding Verona–so they can step up DWI arrests. This is a repeat of...
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You probably know by know that Verona’s main thoroughfare can be a bit dicey at times. Bloomfield Avenue gets a lot of cars and, as in all towns, there’s not a lot of room between street-side parking and the traffic. Kevin Toscano was in an accident on Bloomfield Avenue this weekend and sent us...
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Oooops. That’s about all you can say about a story in yesterday’s Star Ledger. The paper reported that a 14-year-old girl from Verona took her mother’s car this past Saturday and drove it out onto Route 46, where she got into a pre-dawn crash. Not much in the way of details, but you can...
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