Post Tagged with: "Verona Police Department"
Police Put On A Show At F.N. Brown
The Verona Police Department reported to F.N. Brown elementary school this past Friday–to teach kindergarten and first grade students about bike safety and a whole lot more. The event, which also included representatives of the Essex County Sheriffs Office, was held in conjunction with National Police Week. The kids got to sit in a squad [...]
Wildlife 101
In bedtime stories, raccoons are charming. In bedrooms, not so much. And after reading this story, you may be wondering what to do to keep them from showing up in your house. Chances are you already have raccoons around; they are very common in Verona. If you don’t see them in your trees at night, [...]
Thank You, Verona Police
Mostly, journalists report the news. Sometimes, however, we are the news. So when you read in the next police blotter that the Verona Police Department responded to a call about a raccoon in a house, you will know that it was mine. The dispatcher got Montclair Animal Control to my house quickly, and Officer John [...]
What A Storm
Many of us woke up this morning to yards–and basements–that looked like lakes. More than a few of us will be calling roofers on Monday to find the ceiling leaks we didn’t know we had. But if that’s all you had, count yourself among the lucky. A tree came down on Hillside Avenue, landing on [...]
Give A Card To Sid The Crossing Guard
We’ve been worried about Sid ever since we reported that a pickup truck slid into him last Thursday during the snowstorm, just after he finished leading his young charges from F.N. Brown across Linden and Grove. Sid Lichter has been a fixture at that corner for nearly a decade and we miss him. We can’t [...]
Crossing Guard Hit By Pickup Truck
The crossing guard stationed near FN Brown Elementary School was hit yesterday around 1 pm as he concluded his shift crossing students and parents leaving school early due to the snow storm. According to Police Chief Doug Huber, the guard, whose name he could not specify due to medical privacy regulations, was crossing the street [...]
Alleged Shoplifters Caught in Hillside Shed
Verona police apprehended an adult couple today who had reportedly stolen high-end pocketbooks from a store in Livingston, after they found them hiding in a shed on the property of a Hillside Avenue home. According to Police Chief Doug Huber, Verona police picked up a radio call from the Livingston police suggesting that the suspects [...]
Gray SUV Sought In Hit And Run
NJ.com says Verona Police are searching for a gray SUV that hit a 92-year-old Verona man at the intersection of Bloomfield and Park avenues this morning. The pedestrian was taken to Mountainside, but did not appear to be seriously injured. Any information, call the VPD’s non-emergency number, (973) 239-5000.
Police Tweets?
A funny thing happened the other day when we went looking for other people in Verona who were using Twitter, like us: We found the Fairfield Police Department. Cops using a technology most often associated with Ashton Kutcher and Britney Spears? (Note to the uninitiated: A message sent from Twitter is called a “tweet”.) Then [...]