Post Tagged with: "Verona Park Lake"
Send A Note, Support The Park
With Verona Park’s flowers, shrubs and trees about to explode with color, it’s a good time to think about supporting the group that supports the park. The Verona Park Conservancy sells note cards that feature images created by four Verona artists. (Two of the artists, Allen and Ann C. Taylor, are currently being featured in [...]
Verona Lake On Ice
Fred Goode was down at Verona Park with his camera this weekend, and he’s sent us some wonderfully evocative pictures of the frozen lake. We’re posting a sample here, but you can see the full album on our Facebook page.
Fun–And Foolishness–On The Ice
We were out on the ice almost all day yesterday, and we had a lot of fun. Many of you who have already been in our stories were out there, like Verona-Glen Ridge Hockey team coach Stephen Ruggerio and several members of his team. Coach Ruggerio was part of a hockey game that spanned kids, [...]
We’re Skating!
Verona Park Lake opened for skating and the ice is as smooth as lake ice ever gets and fabulous. About a third of the main lake is marked off for skating, from the boathouse to the Lakeside side of the lake. Verona Park Lake is open for skating every day except Sunday from 9 a.m. [...]
Sharpen Those Skates!
Yes, off in the distance there are the barriers that go up on Verona Park Lake when ice skating is about to begin. They were put out on the ice today, which can mean only one thing: Get your skates ready to go. The barriers are pretty far across the lake, so we could be [...]
Essex Fells Pond Open For Skating
The American flag is flying on Fells Road this morning, which means the Pond is open for skating. To get there, head south on Fells Road (that’s the traffic light by the Community Center) to the corner of Fells Road and Forest Way. The two ponds there are frozen solid, but need to get a [...]
Get Your Ice Skates Ready
I grew up skating on Verona Park Lake. Back then, we could make a chain of skaters that stretched from the boathouse almost to the island and skate together until we whipped the last person forward at a fearsome rate. Then we laughed like crazy and did it again. We could skate on the lake [...]