At the first Town Council meeting after the Halloween weekend snow storm, Town Manager Joe Martin warned that the storm could be the costliest weather event ever for Verona. At Monday night’s meeting, Martin gave the first inkling of what that cost might be. Since the storm hit on October 29, Verona has incurred...
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Verona’s Buildings & Grounds and Public Works Departments are continuing to pick up branches of trees damaged by the Halloween weekend snow storm, both street trees and those on your property. Unlike normal yard clean-up days, you do not need to tie the branches: Simply place the limbs near the curb, but try to...
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Verona’s Public Works and Buildings & Grounds crews were all over town yesterday, clearing trees that had come down on utility wires and homes, like this town tree did on a house on Cumberland. Verona’s Police Department and its volunteer fire and Rescue Squad personnel got a bit of a reprieve, after a very...
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This is what’s left of the car formerly known as Glenn Houthuysen’s. There are downed trees in several areas of own, including one that punched a hole in a house on Linden. The Verona Public Works Department is working to clear them. The Verona Police Department is asking that “unless absolutely necessary”, you avoid...
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Do you have one of Verona’s great trees in your yard? The Verona Environmental Commission is looking to expand its Treasured Tree program this summer. This program recognizes beautiful, mature trees and the homeowners who care for them. Inclusion in the Treasured Tree program does not preclude a homeowner from caring for a tree,...
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Something different at the Essex County Environmental Center on Saturday, October 23. Dr. Jim Conroy, who is being billed as “The Tree Whisperer” will show participants how to have greater success with trees and plants by using a holistic partnership approach to garden chores like pruning or transplanting. Learn one simple and effective energy-healing...
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This past winter has not been kind to Verona’s trees. Wind, ice and rain brought down many of the town’s decades-old giant oaks and maples, some street-side trees and some deep in yards. Even now, you can still see tree service companies around towns pruning damaged limbs. If you’re thinking of planting replacements in...
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A murder in Essex Fells dominated news around Verona this past week. Baristanet reported that 91-year-old Robert Nevius was found in his ransacked home on Thursday and police immediately treated the case as a homicide. On Friday, a 28-year-old East Orange man who had worked for Nevius and his wife as a chauffeur was...
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Linden Avenue resident Nick Frank sent us this photo this morning with a note: “Just witnessed Caputo Brothers take down a 60-ft tree in front of my house. Since the most recent storm the tree moved 5 feet toward Linden Ave. and was a hazard to moving vehicles, kids and the house across the...
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If you were in the park on last week’s balmy Friday morning, you probably noticed that the long, sad process of felling several very large trees was underway. The Verona Park Conservancy, a group of volunteers, has undertaken a large-scale project to preserve as many of Verona Park’s old-growth trees as possible, remove those...
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