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The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood warning for Essex County and 16 other New Jersey counties because of the heavy rain expected today. One to two inches of rain is possible before this is all over. You’ve heard it before but it’s worth repeating: If there’s water on the roadway, don’t...
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While the rest of us were grilling or chilling at the Verona Pool yesterday, the Verona Fire Department had a rather spectacular car fire to attend to. Firefighter Laura DeWitt tells us Engine 10 was the first to arrive to the mid-afternoon limousine fire, followed Engine 16 and Truck 12. The fire was knocked...
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Bloomfield Avenue is one long traffic jam this Tuesday morning in our end of Essex County. It seems that any utility or contractor that needs access to anything under the roadway is trying to get that access now before the new paving goes on top. So find an alternative to get from east or...
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Stay off Bloomfield Avenue for the next three nights if at all possible: Verona’s main east-west artery is being repaved. The Verona Police Department says the roadwork will run from 7 p.m. to 6 a.m. You can’t park on Bloomfield while the work is going on, and traffic is being narrowed to one lane...
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If you don’t have kids at H.B. Whitehorne Middle School or didn’t get the Global Connect call, you may want to know that the Verona Police are not happy with the traffic in front of the school at dismissal time. The police and the school are reminding motorists that they may not double park...
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A joint investigation by Verona and Cedar Grove police led to the arrest Wednesday of a 48-year-old Cedar Grove man on charges that he intended to sell $15,000 worth of prescription drugs. The Star-Ledger reported today that Robert F. Sugrue was arrested about 11:40 a.m. at his home on Mawal Drive. Sugre, who is...
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Though he has spent 28 years on the Verona Fire Department, Charlie Magatti has probably never been called to your house. Verona has very few serious fires every year. But, thanks to him, you have something in your medicine cabinet that extinguishes a far more pervasive problem: allergies. Charlie Magatti, the current chief of...
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Frank Melitti, the crossing guard at the intersection of Lanning and Elmwood roads, is recovering at Mountainside Hospital after suffering a heart attack over the weekend. Sergent Smith of the Verona Police Department says surgeons put two stents in Melitti’s heart and that he is now resting comfortably. Laning parents are taking up a...
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When a tree tipped over in the wee hours of the morning Monday on Park Avenue, it took out a utility pole, knocking out power in the immediate vicinity for a few hours. But it was also responsible for a small oil spill in Verona Lake. According to an employee for Allstate Power Vac, ...
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It feels like Groundhog day, all over again, but with rain instead of  snow. Today is yet another gloomy, soggy Monday; some Verona residents woke up without power after heavy rains downed another huge tree last night; Verona lake is once again nearly overflowing its banks and there is a flood watch through Tuesday...
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