In June, the nephew of two Verona families was brutally murdered in West Orange. In August, Essex County prosecutors announced the arrest of three suspects in the attack on Brendan Tevlin.
In August, MyVeronaNJ.com also got to bring its readers the heart-warming story of a single mom in Verona who donated a kidney and saved a life.
Every month, MyVeronaNJ.com looks at what our readers have been reading, and we let you know if you have to catch up on them. Here’s what you might have missed in August 2014:
- Arrests Made In Murder Of Veronans’ Nephew: Acting Essex County Prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray announced the arrest of three suspects in connection with the June 25 murder of Brendan Tevlin, the nephew of two Verona families.
- Tevlin Family Statement On Murder Arrests: After the prosecutor’s press conference, several members of the Tevlin family gathered in Essex County’s Veterans Courthouse to make a statement.
- Historic Victorian Listed For Sale: The house at 70 Fairview Avenue sits so far back from the street that most Veronans–even those who travel Fairview Avenue daily–might not realize that it exists.
- Bloomfield Avenue Developer Loses Again: Dennis Handel failed for a second time to win approval of his plans for a mixed-used building at 176-200 Bloomfield Avenue.
- Veronan Donates Kidney, Saves Life: Mario Teixeira’s life was saved last summer. He just didn’t know it.
- Police Complaint: Busted Tech, Town Manager Intimidation: Since 2008, the Verona Police Department has had to deal with a nearly endless list of broken or malfunctioning technology, from radios to their much-vaunted in-car computers.
- Real Estate For A Million–And Less: To buy into Verona, you generally don’t have to spend a million dollars. We’re not Manhattan, after all, where a postage-stamp sized apartment with a partially obstructed view can fetch more than six figures.
- 3 New Listings, 5 Open Houses, 3 Price Cuts: Verona real estate isn’t taking a summer vacation this year. The market, which has been white-hot since January, added three more listings this weekend, one of which is a two-story penthouse.
- Coyote Spotted: Residents of the Forest section who have been worried about the fox that has been seen on their side of town and their outdoor cats have something new to worry about.
- Old House, New House, Tree House: Verona is a town of mostly old houses: 5 Kenwood Avenue, which is new to the real estate market this weekend, was built 1931, while 135 Park Avenue, a stately colonial, was constructed opposite Verona Park in 1940.
