There’s been another rollover accident on the eastern end of Bloomfield Avenue. This one occurred Friday morning at about 2:15 a.m. The car was traveling east on Bloomfield and veered off the roadway into the rocks just past Mountain Auto Body, in between Pompton and Sunset avenues. The car rolled over onto its side...
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Let’s start with the basics: In the past three years, there has been an increase in certain kinds of crime in Verona. Not major crimes, like homicide and murder, but the crimes that rattle our everyday sense of well-being. Crimes like car theft, larceny and burglary. But there are other basics, too. Whatever the...
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Verona Police are asking drivers to avoid the intersection of Bloomfield and Pompton Avenues today. Apparently, an early morning crash toppled a utility pole across Bloomfield Avenue in the vicinity of Mountain Auto Body and Don Johnston’s Subway sandwich place. Traffic has been reduced to one lane in each direction while crews replace the...
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Verona Police have charged two men in connection with the recent thefts from cars belonging to members of Platinum Fitness. The two men were identified as Samuel Tirone from Woodland Park and Giovanni Gallo from Wayne. They have been charged with criminal trespassing in Verona and the case has turned over to Fairfield where...
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Verona Police are reporting that on Tuesday, January 3, thieves helped themselves to car keys at Platinum Fitness, and to things inside the cars they unlocked. According to Chief Doug Huber, sometime between noon and 6:30 p.m., three different sets of car keys were removed from the locker room at the Pilgrim Plaza gym....
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Verona Police Chief Doug Huber told the Town Council at Monday night’s meeting that a suspect in the string of car thefts and break-ins in Verona has been apprehended. Huber gave few details because the Verona Police Department is still trying to connect the suspect to more cases. But he said that the VPD...
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The Verona, Cedar Grove, Essex Fells and North Caldwell police departments will be hosting a special emergency preparedness program on January 19, 2012, from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Verona Community Center. The training session, called the Community College Citizen Preparedness Program (3CP2), is free. It consists of two hours of instruction on...
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The Verona Police Department is currently investing the December 14 burglary of a Claremont Avenue residence. The burglary occurred in the area of Hamilton Road between the hours of 3:55 p.m. and 5:40 p.m. If you were in the area and observed anything that looked out of the ordinary, the police are asking you...
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Christmas means two things to the members of Verona Police P.B.A. Local 72: Getting Christmas trees to needy families and getting Christmas cheer out to special needs schools. On Saturday December 10, 2011, the P.B.A. members held their third annual Christmas Tree Drive. Members bought trees and stands from Hillcrest Farms, loaded them into...
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The Verona Police are investigating a burglary to a Linden Avenue residence that is the fourth burglary in the past three weeks. In the most recent incident, which occurred on Linden between Elmwood and Otsego roads, a resident reported that a male rang his front doorbell. As the homeowner was making his way to...
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