Top Stories For November 2015

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The Verona Police Department arrested Donna Coppola, age 39, of Brooklyn for engaging in prostitution.
The Verona Police Department arrested Donna Coppola, age 39, of Brooklyn for engaging in prostitution.
Trouble in River City? That’s what some readers were wondering in November after the Verona Police carried out a prostitution bust in town.

What else was going on? Verona hired a new town manager and an electric bike store opened in town, but the effort to get a traffic light by VHS came to a stop again.

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 November 2015:

1. Prostitution Bust In Verona: It’s not the kind of crime we usually see in Verona.
2. Verona Hires New Town Manager: Matthew Cavallo was one of 34 people who applied for Joe Martin’s old job.
3. Town Readies Plan To Tackle OT Problems: Verona’s interim manager suggests an approach to curbing staffing costs.
4. New Business: Electric Spokes: An electric bike store offers a way to make hills in Verona–and beyond–much less of a challenge.
5. VHS Traffic Light Update: The high school continues to search for a way to qualify for traffic-calming measures.
6. Yeates Breaks Leg As Soccer Falls In Quarterfinals: An extremely physical game took its toll on one of Verona’s star players.
7. HBW Hurls Pumpkins For Science: STEM education in the middle school takes a big step forward when students build catapults.
8. Learn How To Volunteer In Verona: The Community Center hosts an innovative approach to staffing Verona’s many volunteer groups.
9. Fixer-Upper, Fixed: Home removators are marking their mark on Verona real estate.
10. Marion C. Gillespie, 85: She was a tireless letter writer, on issues large and small.

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