To really know Verona, you apparently need a dog. That was Joanne Arroyo’s secret to winning the first hat in our “Where In Verona” contest. On Monday, we showed you the photo on the left, which got Arroyo thinking. “To give credit where it’s due,” she says, “it was actually my husband who identified...
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You’ve been reading MyVeronaNJ.com for eight months now. You’ve sent friends and family our way. Now it’s time to claim your reward and show the world just how well you know Verona. We’ve commissioned a limited edition of these baseball caps, each bearing our chic and stylish logo. One of these beauties can be...
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The Verona Municipal Alliance Committee held an barbecue on June 17 to thank the advisers who run VMAC-funded programs in the Verona schools. Pictured from left to right are the following advisers from H.B. Whitehorne Middle School: Debbie Marsano (Dream Team), Lindsey Lagan and Stephanie Lijoi (Best Club), Meredith Bielen (Dream Team) and her...
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We got this letter from Connie Pifher, who runs the Verona Children’s Fund and is Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for all sorts of charitable giving. It is both heart-warming and heart-wrenching: Earlier this year an elementary school in Paterson (grades K-5) opened up a library in their school. Children who did not have access to...
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David Tintle, one of H.B. Whitehorne Middle School’s two instrumental music teachers, is retiring this June after 22 years with Verona’s music program. Though Tintle still has one big music event ahead of him, Friday’s competition at Music In The Parks, he took a moment at this week’s spring concerts to reflect on his...
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Alex Gelfenbeyn, better known as Alex The Shoe Man, has been back at work for two months now since suffering a stroke in January. So to thank everyone who sent cards and wishes during his recovery, Alex is offering 10% off the purses, wallets and other merchandise he stocks (but not repair services) for...
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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...
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Unless you work from home, you can’t beat crossing guard Jim Schroeder’s daily commute. On weekday mornings during the school year, you’ll find him on the corners of Hillside and Forest Avenues—directly in front of his house. “I leave for work at 8:40 a.m. and I arrive at 8:40 a.m.,” jokes the former cable...
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We got this e-mail today from Connie Pifher, the Community Center health coordinator who is Verona’s unofficial clearinghouse for local charity: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone who assisted me in helping the Verona residents in need this holiday season. You brought in turkeys, hams, gift certificates and gifts. Trees...
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While many Americans marked the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday with a national day of service, Veronans turned out in the center of town to help one of their own. Carmela Vece, a long-time volunteer at school and sports events, was severely injured in an auto accident just before Christmas. On Monday,...
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