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The Verona Health Department would like to let everyone know that the Montclair Health Department is holding two, free vaccination clinics in September that are open to Verona residents. Four different vaccines are being offered, including the one for cervical cancer. The clinics will be on Wednesday, September 1 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m....
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Ben Blinder started a blog when he ran, unsuccessfully, for Town Council last year. It has morphed from campaign platform to intermittent musings about life in Verona, and he put up a post yesterday that bears reading as Verona considers its options on budget and government matters. It concerns three issues Blinder raised in...
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The New Jersey state Senate voted today to have the Attorney General review a state law that requires new drivers to put a red decal on their license plates. The  AG’s office will have six months to determine whether the decal law, which is known as “Kyleigh’s Law” after the teenager whose death sparked...
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So we’re apparently going to be getting a whole summer’s worth of rain in four days. Yesterday’s deluge will continue today–and tomorrow, and Wednesday. The weekend is expected to be dry, but there’s a large tropical storm in the Atlantic between South America and Africa that is headed toward North America. And if you...
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Howard Freund, a fixture in the H.B. Whitehorne Middle School music department for more than a decade, will replace Jeffrey Monacelli as vice principal at the school. Brian Michalowski, who directed Seussical Jr. at HBW this past spring, will join the school’s music department full time, along with Dan Halpern, whose appointment has already...
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Three Verona residents were among the 30 Essex County artists who received awards this week in the annual Essex County Senior Citizens Juried Art Show. Kay Luzzi won first place in the professional acrylic painting category for “1787 Chateau Lafite”, Bill Wood won first place in the professional print category for “Egret”, and Ronnie...
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West Orange has approved a budget that carries no tax increase, but comes with a big catch. According to the Star Ledger, West Orange balanced the budget by accepting a one-time payment of $1.9 million for its cell phone towers. In so doing, the town forfeited an additional $1.5 million in revenue from the...
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Ken McKenna, who has served on the Town Council since July 2005, will be resigning from the council at its September 20 meeting. McKenna, who held the title of mayor from July 2007 through June 2009, will be moving to Berkeley Heights. McKenna’s current term on the council was to have expired in June...
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The Verona Chapter of UNICO National has announced the sponsors for its Labor Day 5K Classic Run, which is under the direction of the Essex Running Club. Presenting sponsors include Hillcrest Farms, Investors Savings Bank and Windsor Healthcare Communities. Supporting sponsors include Eight Hills Caterers, O’Neil’s Restaurant and Pub, Fred Hill Sports Academy, TD...
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There’s going to be a lot of big construction equipment on Derwent Avenue for the next few weeks. An underground oil tank mid-block has been leaking and the site has to be cleared of the tank and oil contamination. According to Nate Thompson, one of the owners of Environmental Management Associates Inc., the company...
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