Verona News

In case you missed them, here are the top five stories from the past seven days.

Pardon our naivety. We were under the impression that a recount would occur if the tally of votes from an election is extremely close.

The Cedar Grove Ambulance and Rescue Squad celebrated 75 years of volunteer service on Saturday with music, food and activities for kids.

The third annual Cops & Rockers battle of the bands pinned the talent of eight teen bands against Undercover, a group made up of local police officers from Verona and Montclair.

The Essex County Free Friday Flicks film series will be held every Friday in June at Essex County Kip's Castle Park in Verona.

I was shocked and perplexed to see that Verona - with my tax dollars - hired a political operative or insurance company apologist, to advise it on health care issues.

Three armed men robbed a Verona Subway Monday night in a manner similar to several other incidents in the area, according to the Essex County Sheriff's Office.

The Verona Township Council will hold a special meeting, Tuesday, to discuss the next phase of the Hilltop Park project.

Two of the males entered the store just before 11 p.m. and used white, plastic zip ties to bind the hands of a female employee, according to the release.

That statement might be a bit of an exaggeration, but it seems as if that's exactly what is happening these days.

That's one of the state-mandated goalposts local schools are seeing approach as the school year wraps up in Cedar Grove and Verona .

Verona High School students will exhibit their creative endeavors from this year's curricular and extracurricular activities on Wednesday, May 22 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. The evening will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the front lobby with instrumental and vocal performances by VHS band and choral students.

Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. recently recognized Verona resident Hilda Lutzke , a retired English teacher at Weequahic High School in Newark for 40 years and one of the founders of the Newark Teachers Union at an awards ceremony at the Essex County Hospital Center in Cedar Grove.

Police are urging residents to keep their cars locked as they investigate a string of car burglaries that hit Verona in the last week.

Cedar Grove Massage Parlors Raided For Alleged Prostitution Raids of four Cedar Grove massage parlors Tuesday led to the arrest of five Queens women on prostitution charges, authorities said.

With Verona candidates Bob Manley and Rich Williamson just one vote away at the polls, the election is too close to call, until the Essex County Clerk's Office opens the provisional ballots.

The number of voters who turned out for Tuesday's Verona and Cedar Grove 2013 municipal elections held steady from previous year's numbers, with less than 30 percent of registered voters heading to the polls, according to figures released from the Essex County clerk's office.

ESSEX COUNTY - Voters in South Orange elected three new village trustees in today's non-partisan municipal elections while voters in Cedar Grove and Verona largely supported their incumbent council members.

Lori and Mark Ligon, and Karen Gorman sign in to vote as Larry Colombo watches at Verona High School Tuesday evening.

Things are running smoothly as voters in Verona and Cedar Grove take to the polls to cast ballots for municipal candidates.