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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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Baristanet is reporting that the Essex County Prosecutors Office has charged a 24-year-old Nutley man with attempted murder and weapons charges in the Jan. 30 shooting of Fairfield policeman Gerald Veneziano.
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The yearly fund drive for the Verona Rescue Squad began on March 1, which means you recently received an envelope requesting a donation. VRS President Susan DeWitt is hopeful that, this year, donations don’t drop as they did last year, when total dollars received by the squad decreased 15% over the prior year. “We...
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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...
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Though MyVeronaNJ is focused on Verona, there are things going on in our neighboring towns and across Essex County that bear watching. So we’re introducing a new weekly column to help you stay on top of some of these developments. This is how the tough economy and municipal budget deficits are playing out across...
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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...
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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...
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Verona firefighters responded swiftly to a chimney fire at 78 Lakeside Avenue, just beyond Pease, about five-thirty Friday evening. The half-dozen emergency vehicles on Lakeside and Pease, including three fire trucks and assorted emergency vehicles, caused quite a commotion in rush-hour traffic. Clearly, somebody was paying more attention to the fire than to the...
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Essex County officials said today that the Fairfield police officer who was critically wounded in a shooting Saturday night thinks he was singled out for the attack. Gerald Veneziano, who was not wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was shot, was awakened from an induced coma today. But Acting Essex County Prosecutor Robert Laurino...
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