2013: A Year In Review

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FEBRUARY

The former Poekel Travel Bureau
The former Poekel Travel Bureau

There are more than a few commercial properties in Verona that need a makeover. In February, Town Manager Joe Martin floated a plan for a bank and coffee shop to replace the long-vacant Poekel Travel Bureau. That didn’t elicit much enthusiasm from readers and the year ended with nothing new on the site. Ditto a plan to turn the former Cinema 23 into a strip mall. What did make it to the finish line? The VHS girls winter track team, which won the state sectionals.

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Virginia Citrano
Virginia Citranohttps://myveronanj.com
Virginia Citrano grew up in Verona. She moved away to write and edit for The Wall Street Journal’s European edition, Institutional Investor, Crain’s New York Business and Forbes.com. Since returning to Verona, she has volunteered for school, civic and religious groups, served nine years on the Verona Environmental Commission and is now part of Sustainable Verona. She co-founded MyVeronaNJ in 2009. You can reach Virginia at [email protected].

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