Quick note from Jim Cunningham, director of the Verona Recreation Department: The annual lighting of the Christmas tree in the Verona Community Center is tonight, Wednesday, December 7. Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and there will be a Christmas craft for kids and a singing Santa, followed by the tree lighting at 7 p.m....
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If you are at Verona Pool today and there’s a loud horn followed by a flashing light, get out of the water immediately: Verona’s new lightning warning system is sensing trouble nearby. Late last week, Verona installed a saucer-shaped antenna on the roof of the main pool building designed to sense a lightning strike...
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WINGS, the new cancer support group in Verona, is holding a free program Wednesday night called “Restorative Yoga”. The group, whose name stands for Women Inspiring Nurturing Giving Strength and Support, says the session is an opportunity to synchronize your mind and body. No previous yoga experience needed. WINGS says restorative yoga is suitable for...
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This Friday night, December 3, get your holiday shopping started, or if you’re really ahead of the game, finished. VERSO (a newly formed parents group dedicated to taking soccer in Verona to the next level for players of all ages) is sponsoring an evening of pizza, dessert and shopping. This first holiday Shopping Bazaar...
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The last Town Council meeting played to an overflow crowd that spilled out of the small second-floor room at Town Hall and down the stairs. The next meeting, which will be held on Monday, August 16, is moving to larger quarters: the Verona Community Center ballroom. The meeting will begin as usual at 7...
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A small group of Verona residents, some reeling from property tax hikes of 50 percent or more, have loosely banded together to force spending cutbacks in town government. The four residents–Al De Old, Elizabeth Knoop, Susan Montanile and Alex Roman, joined forces after the town council meeting in June left them dissatisfied by the...
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You’ve watched Skyler Fortgang’s acting on MyVeronaNJ. You may have heard his drumming at the H.B. Whitehorne spring concert. He’ll be performing in Verona again in two weeks and this time, it’s personal. On Friday, June 18 at the Verona Community Center, Fortgang will be hosting a fundraiser concert to benefit FACES (Finding a...
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With First Holy Communion and graduation season approaching as quickly as the warm weather, it is time to get planning–party planning. I love to cook and host a party, but even I know my limitations. There are only so many hours in a day and until I grow that third arm I’ve been needing...
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We all know that it’s important to have a will drawn up once you have children. Estate planning involving special needs children, like caring for them, can be especially complicated. This Wednesday, March 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Verona Community Center, the Verona nonprofit C.H.I.L.D. (Children Having Individual Learning Differences) is hosting a...
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Connie Pifher, Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for charitable giving, is asking for contributions of gently used children’s books and magazines. The reading materials are being donated to the Paterson school district in response to a request from Pifher’s sister, a media specialist there. Pifher began collecting books from the Verona community for the Paterson schools...
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