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| | Police urge safe drop offs, pick ups
09/24/2008
These are well-known laws.
Walk at the crosswalk, don’t double park and don’t block other people’s driveways.
The fact that people so frequently disregard laws like these may have caused the edge in Verona Police Chief Douglas Huber’s voice at Monday’s
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| | Police say resident threatened officers
09/24/2008
A noise complaint at a Verona home turned into a deadly situation Wednesday night, Sept. 17, when police say a resident threatened the responding officers with two large kitchen knives.
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| | Victim identified as employee
09/18/2008
More details, through an Open Public Records Act request, have emerged regarding a death at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove.
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| | Man proposes new park
09/18/2008
It’s been a Victorian farmhouse, a proposed museum site and a vacant lot in the heart of Verona’s central business district.
Could “vest-pocket park” join that list someday?
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| | Dead body found
09/11/2008
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| | Cedar Grove principal is Verona superintendent
09/11/2008
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| | 500 compete in Labor Day 5k run
09/04/2008
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| | Mediator sought in contract negotations
09/04/2008
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| | Cedar Grove amends budget
08/27/2008
The Cedar Grove Township Council approved 3-0 to amend the 2008 municipal budget.
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| | Giannuario resigns from school board
08/27/2008
Philip Giannuario resigned from the Verona Board of Education at Tuesday's meeting, citing a new state law prohibiting board members from serving in a district in which a family member is also employed.
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| | Average homeowner to see $190 increase
08/20/2008
The Verona Township Council adopted its $18.77 million municipal budget for 2008 Monday.
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| | Claridge House couple dead
08/20/2008
Suffolk County, N.Y., police found Verona couple Lester and Georgiana Stockel in their East Hampton summer home at 5:52 a.m. Monday in what they have ruled a murder/suicide.
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| | Mayor defends tree removal
08/13/2008
Verona Mayor Ken McKenna said he is surprised by the backlash regarding a tree removal on his property.
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| | Judge throws out murder indictment
08/13/2008
Superior Court Judge Paul DePascale dismissed a grand jury indictment against Herbert Maisenbacher on Tuesday in Jersey City.
DePascale sided with a defense motion arguing insufficient evidence for a murder charge and prosecutor misconduct.
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| | Field discussed
08/06/2008
Should ownership of the Cedar Grove High School recreational field change hands?
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| | Murder suspect maintains innocence
07/31/2008
Stanton Popewiny pleaded not guilty to murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of witness tampering yesterday in Superior Court.
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| | Demolition begins on hospital grounds
07/31/2008
On Monday, demolition began at two abandoned buildings on the former Essex County Hospital Center grounds in Cedar Grove. The demolition is the start to eventually build a 90-acre county park on the site, according to officials.
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| | Conservancy: Clean up lake
07/24/2008
The Verona Park Conservancy urged Essex County to help clean "slime, discarded bottles and assorted trash" from Verona Lake.
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| | Polles to develop action plan for long-range goals
07/24/2008
Repaired roofs. New employee contracts. A new curriculum.
This is the future of the Cedar Grove school district that the Board of Education sees for the next few years, as discussed at the board�s long range planning session last week.
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| | Cedar Grove $100,000, Verona, $0
07/17/2008
As is the case each year, there are winners and losers in the pursuit of state extraordinary aid. This year, Cedar Grove came out on top, while Verona got zilch.
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| | Board denies TCI expansion
07/17/2008
The Verona Zoning Board voted to deny The Children’s Institute’s expansion application last week.
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| | Council approves soil lawsuit settlement
07/10/2008
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| | Contractors begin work on Linden Avenue Bridge
07/10/2008
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| News |
| | Down but not out
09/24/2008
He’s lost some of his body to a blood infection, but not his spirit.
This is the theme of the Richard McAllister fundraiser, to be held on Friday, Oct. 3, at St. Catherine of Siena in Cedar Grove. But a simple slogan like that can’t even begin to convey
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| | Times turns 60
09/24/2008
Sixty years ago, the first issue of the Verona-Cedar Grove Times arrived at residents’ homes.
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| | Authorities close murder/suicide case
09/18/2008
Suffolk County, N.Y., police have closed their investigation into the deaths of Verona residents Lester and Georgiana Stockel, said Det. Lt. Jack Fitzpatrick, commander of the Suffolk County Police Homicide Squad.
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| | Duck work begins for stroll
09/18/2008
Transformations like these are happening all around town, as the Verona Chamber of Commerce’s Ducks in a Row public art campaign leaps from the drawing board to the fiberglass ducks themselves.
It’s all in anticipation for the ducks’ big coming out party
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| | Giannuario, others reflect on his service
09/11/2008
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| | Average homeowners to see $147 tax hike
09/11/2008
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| | Truth, justice and campy action sequences
09/04/2008
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| | The cost of free responders
09/04/2008
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| | Verona honors pool founders
08/27/2008
Mayor Ken McKenna honored 25 of the Verona Community Pool’s founders at last Friday’s Ice Cream Social.
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| | BOE close to naming new superintendent
08/27/2008
After four months of deliberation and interviews, The Verona Board of Education has zeroed in a candidate to replace Superintendent Earl Kim, Board President John Quattrocchi said.
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| | Resident arrested twice in one week
08/20/2008
A Cedar Grove resident faces marijuana charges in two towns after being arrested twice within a five-day period.
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| | Local schools rank in magazine's top 100
08/20/2008
New Jersey Monthly magazine named its biennial list of the state�s top high schools.
Verona High School was listed 53 out of 316 schools, down from 47 in 2006. Cedar Grove High School was ranked 70, down from 55.
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| | Get ready to duck, mingle
08/13/2008
For Monday’s Duck Adoption Day, the Verona Chamber of Commerce will bring together the two groups who’ll act as guardians to the public art campaign.
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| | Towns tweak budgets
08/13/2008
The Cedar Grove and Verona township councils are taking one more look at their 2008 budgets.
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| | Explain us their trespasses
08/06/2008
A wave of trespassing arrests on the former Essex County Hospital Center grounds in Cedar Grove has the Sheriff’s Department blaming Weird NJ, a biannual travel magazine that chronicles local folklore.
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| | The Merge
08/06/2008
A stretch of road on Pompton Avenue in Cedar Grove is making some motorists scratch their heads and ask: What’s the deal here?
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| | Verona lawyer takes top attorney position
07/31/2008
James Paganelli is the new Essex County Counsel. Anthony Burke will take his place as executive director of the Essex County Improvement Authority.
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| | Ex-teacher gets probation
07/31/2008
Michelle Morano, a former West Essex Regional High School English teacher, was sentenced to three years of probation for having sexual contact with a special education student.
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| | Student collects letters for U.S. soldiers
07/24/2008
Verona resident Charlie Crow hopes to collect and send 500 letters to U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan this summer.
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| | Should insurance be offered to students?
07/24/2008
While it has no legal responsibility to do so, the Verona school district has offered secondary accident insurance to its athletic and co-curricular participants in recent years. This year, board members have debated continuing the practice.
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| | Teacher contract talks continue
07/17/2008
With only seven weeks left until the first day of school in Cedar Grove, the district�s teachers remain without contracts for 2008-09 or beyond.
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| | Police become unwitting video stars
07/17/2008
An interaction during a Cedar Grove traffic stop is not as it appears on the Internet, according to authorities.
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| | Treatment plant to be demolished by August
07/10/2008
At Monday�s Cedar Grove Township Council, Township Manager Thomas Tucci reported that plans to demolish the decommissioned county wastewater treatment plant on Bradford Avenue continue.
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| | Report: Water safe
07/10/2008
Cedar Grove and Verona release their annual water quality reports to little fanfare last week.
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| | Panther boys put in overtime
09/24/2008
Looks can be deceiving. The Cedar Grove High School boys soccer team is living proof.
At 1-3-1, the Panthers are off to a good start. Sure, to an outsider, 1-3-1 is a modest record at best, but to Head Coach Chris McHugh and his Panther squad, things are
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| | Cohesion comes easy for Verona girls soccer
09/24/2008
Tuesday’s 6-0 defeat over Newark Science was characterized by crisp passes, constant ball movement, cohesive teamwork and steady possession, all qualities that can take an entire season to develop—the Hillbillies have played three games this season.
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| | Dunn likes what he sees
09/18/2008
Prior to the season, Bob Dunn, the Cedar Grove girls tennis coach said that it would be important for his team to win the games that they were competitive in.
The Panthers took a step in the right direction when they beat Elmwood park High School 3-2 ear
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| | Pathers' youth movement
09/18/2008
To a Cedar Grove high school runner, the new foliage on the trail and earlier nightfall can only mean one things—it’s cross-country season.
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| | Realignment
09/11/2008
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| | Cedar Grove volleyball
09/04/2008
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| | Speed, chemistry top to-do list
09/04/2008
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| | Keeping the momentum going
08/27/2008
With three proven runners returning from last year�s conference and state sectional championship team, building upon former Head Coach Dave Galbierczyk�s winning tradition should be challenge that the maroon and white are capable of taking o
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| | Cedar Grove girls soccer team have goal in mind
08/27/2008
If Tuesday’s performance was any indication of what is to come from the Black and Gold girls soccer offense this season, opposing defenses will have their hands full.
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| | Hillbillies soccer winds up
08/20/2008
For the Verona Hillbillies, who began double-sessions at Centennial Field earlier this week, there is still an abundance of questions yet to be answered. New Head Coach Tony Seorciolla hopes that by the beginning of September, most of those questions will
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| | Verona girls tennis aims for fall
08/20/2008
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| | Seniors lead Cedar Grove Soccer squad
08/13/2008
Of course, practice has not yet “officially” started, but for the Black and Gold who are closing out an off-season that was a bit longer than they had hoped, this summer was about growth and improvement, not intense competition.
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| | Lofty goals for Verona Soccer program
08/13/2008
Yes, this is the best time of year for high school soccer players across the nation. A team morale characterized by high expectations, exciting uncertainty and the idea of a clean slate is all the motivation necessary to survive those trying double-sessio
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| | Essex Running Club turns 25
08/06/2008
Celebrating 25 years, the Essex Running Club is looking back on what has been for the past quarter of a century.
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| | Meet of Champions
08/06/2008
The intensity was palpable as a slew of the North Jersey Swim League’s finest Division 3 competitors gathered in Livingston last Thursday for the Meet of Champions.
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| | Basketball team looks forward
07/31/2008
While it may be tempting for the Verona High School basketball players to look back their 15-5 summer league record, the beginning of August represents an opportunity to look forward.
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| | Residents, visitors drawn to Verona Park
07/31/2008
Spanning 54.32 acres and enclosing a 13-acre lake, Verona Park is the fifth largest park in the Essex County Park system. While it can accommodate the numbers, the available options are what attract visitors.
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| | Life's not a race for Kahunas
07/24/2008
“I want the kids to enjoy it,” Cedar Grove Head Coach Dan Fletcher said about the experience prior to the Kahuna’s July 15 home meet. “If we win meets, that’s fine, but primarily, I want them to improve and have fun.”
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| | Wave makes momentum
07/24/2008
The Verona Wave of North Jersey Summer Swim League’s Division 3, undefeated after seven meets, is splashing the opposition out of the competition.
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| | Verona season ends with signs of improvement
07/17/2008
The never-say-die attitude of Verona�s American Legion baseball team was in full evidence in last Saturday�s 9-7 loss to rival Cedar Grove, in a game in which Coach Ken Kistner�s ball club trailed the Black & Gold, 9-1, before staging
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| | Out of playoff race, Cedar Grove faces West Orange
07/17/2008
There is still a mad dash among six teams for the four remaining playoff spots as the Essex County American Legion Baseball League regular season winds down in its final two days; however Cedar Grove is not one of those hopeful half dozen, as the Black &
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| | No off-season for Verona boys basketball
07/10/2008
The off-season training has been exemplary for Verona, which hopes to build on its past laurels with a strong nucleus of players currently involved in the popular Newark Academy Summer Basketball League.
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| | A busy summer leads to football excellence
07/10/2008
It�s only July and already Cedar Grove has its football game face on, even if the players are wearing shorts, T-shirts and sneakers for the ever-popular 7-on-7�s.
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