Verona News

Morgan Farm is located at 903 Pompton Ave. If it's raining, the show will be moved to the CGHS cafeteria at 90 Rugby Road.

Verona police are warning homeowners about a misleading letter that was personally addressed and mailed to, they believe, every home in town.

Advocating the importance of reading, First Lady Mary Pat Christie today presented the students of The Children's Institute in Verona with a 500-book donation as part of the 6th Annual Scholastic Summer Reading Challenge, a free program designed to motivate students to read during their summer break.

School board candidates in Verona and Cedar Grove have a matter of days to enter the fall election, and so far only the incumbents have said they plan to run.

An article describes the Essex County town as relatively affordable with a wide variety of housing stock from condos for empty nesters to million-dollar Victorians.

Kevin J. O'Connor of Verona was selected for inclusion in the 2012 listing of New Jersey Super Lawyers by Thomson Reuters for his work in the field of business litigation.

Nineteen members of Forest Avenue Brownie Troop #22928 in Verona recently visited the Verona Police Department with two of their troop leaders, Lillian Vega and Debi Wallace.

The Elaborate Impressions Auto Detailing Spa recently opened in Verona and celebrated with a ribbon cutting ceremony.

Verona High School senior Joey Fierro sculpts a Batman out of clay. Fierro was one of several students demonstrating their skills live for onlookers during Verona High School's Creative Arts Festival on Wednesday, May 23.

A 12.3-acre parcel along the Passaic River that once housed unsightly cargo storage containers was reborn Wednesday as a lustrous green athletic field, the latest addition to Essex County's park system.

A New Jersey First Lady Mary Pat Christie will visit Verona tomorrow morning to tour The Children's Institute facility and receive the humanitarian of the year award for her advocacy and leadership on behalf of special needs students and their families.

During one of the monthly alternative therapy sessions hosted by Verona-based WINGS, cancer patients and survivors join forces in a workshop titled 'Dancing, Healing and Movement.' WINGS , formed in January 2011 by 10 women from Verona and surrounding towns, aims to bring a new form of therapy to female cancer survivors and patients.

In a small strip mall near the end of Verona and the beginning of North Caldwell sits two retail locations that have been vacant for a little over a year.

With prom season in full swing, Rain Florist , located at 466 Pompton Ave., Apt 1A in Cedar Grove, is hard at work creating the perfect corsages and boutonnieres from its abundant selection of flowers and ribbons.A The store has been open for seven years, but was bought by the current owner, Amy Bruncaj, only three years ago.

TOTOWA - Police on Tuesday arrested a man accused of robbing and slashing an ice cream truck vendor during a one-man crime spree, authorities said.

Technology has made it easier than ever for criminals to trick people into handing over their money, and local residents are often falling prey to new baiting methods.

A Welcome to the Workin' Week! Patch is working to help you get back to work. Or to help you find your dream job.

After some tense back-and-forth at its Monday meeting, the Township Council approved a $2.5 million bond, or loan, to fund various capital improvements.

May 18: Employees of a Bloomfield gas station reported two men entered the office area of the station at 8:53 p.m. and stole two cigars without paying for them.A May 19: Verona police are investigating an incident at 8:41 a.m. on Sunset Avenue in which someone broke a bus window with an unknown object.

In honor of Memorial Day, Goodwill of New York and New Jersey is remembering members of the armed forces who have sacrificed so much for our country by helping veterans returning to the work force.