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Nov 6, 2024 | 
myveronanj.com | Virginia Citrano |CRAIN’S CLEVELAND BUSINESS |Crain’s Akron Business
Vice President Kamala Harris won Verona, but lost the general election to former President Donald Trump. According to the unofficial results, Trump received 3,541 Verona votes this time, down from 3,693 in 2020 but up from the 3,224 he got in 2016. Harris got 4,908 Verona votes, down from 5,507 for President Biden in 2020 but much more than the 3,783 votes for Hillary Clinton in 2016.
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Oct 27, 2024 | 
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The Verona High School football team had a 52-0 loss to Shabazz High School on Friday night. But that’s not the end of the season. Coach Manj Singh said that he played many of his team’s underclassmen in the Shabazz game so that his starters could be rested for the impending NJSIAA playoffs.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
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“If wishes were fishes,” the proverb goes, “we’d all swim in riches.” Many of Dominic Cappello’s wishes have been about fishes for the last three years and, for his birthday, one of the biggest came true: The elementary school cancer patient went on a fishing trip to Alaska. Dominic was in first grade in December 2021 when he was diagnosed with medulloblastoma, the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
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New Jersey’s Department of Community Affairs (DCA) released its eagerly anticipated affordable housing needs for every New Jersey city and town on Friday. The numbers for Verona are mixed. Why it matters: The calculations set a benchmark for how many more units of affordable housing Verona might need. What’s affordable housing? A residence that a household can afford by paying 30% or less of its income on rent or a mortgage. What do we need?
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Oct 19, 2024 | 
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Open houses are the story this weekend in Verona real estate. There are seven of them, spread across Saturday and Sunday. There are also two price changes at the upper end of the Verona market. Here’s what’s happening, from lowest priced to highest in each category:New Verona Listings353 Bloomfield Avenue Unit 153: 2 bed, 1 bath condo. First-floor unit. Hardwood floors. Close to Verona Park. $275,000. Open house Saturday and Sunday, 1 to 3 p.m. both days. 16 Hemlock Drive: 4 beds, 2 1/2 baths.
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Oct 18, 2024 | 
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Sunday, October 20, 202412:00pmArtist open house with Elina Rosenblum and Tatyana Kazakova, Manufacturer’s Village, East OrangeMonday, October 21, 202411:45amMs. Emily’s Sing-Along, Verona Public Library 3:15pmMiddle School Makers [Teen], Verona Public Library7:00pmTown Council, Municipal BuildingTuesday, October 22, 20243:00pmPlaytime, Verona Public Library3:15pmGame On [Teen], Verona Public Library4:00pmGirls soccer vs. Newark Academy, Verona High School, Sellitto FieldBoys soccer vs.
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Oct 15, 2024 | 
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What was life like for American women before the Supreme Court ruled, in Roe v. Wade, that the U.S. Constitution protected the right to have an abortion? Christina Redd has been getting a new perspective on it as she prepares to appear in a show about a time when abortion was illegal.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
myveronanj.com | Virginia Citrano
Cole Martin caught the flying bug as a young kid when he was taken to the Essex County Airport in Fairfield to watch the planes take off and land. Leah Ferrari loved sitting in the co-pilot seat when her dad flew the family around. While Ferrari, a 2016 graduate of Verona High School, and Martin, Class of 2021, were attracted to flying in different ways, both are now thoroughly convinced they only want to do that for a living.
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Oct 13, 2024 | 
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They were called the Summer Olympics, but in 1964, the international sporting event was held from October 10 to 24. And on October 13, a very tall–very tall–young man from Verona smashed the world record in the 200-meter backstroke and came away with a gold medal. Today is the 60th anniversary of that moment, and we’d like to take a moment now to remember Jed Graef, for his record and his legacy: Graef’s then record-shattering time of 2:10.3 is the reason why Verona built an Olympic size pool.
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Oct 11, 2024 | 
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Former Verona High School teacher Matthew Swajkowski was sentenced today in an Essex County court to six years in prison. Swajkowski had pleaded guilty in May 2024 to two counts of sexual assault, second degree, and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child. At the sentencing today, Swajkowski’s lawyer asked for a suspended sentence and parole. The sentence includes credit for time served. Swajkowski has been in the Essex County jail since his arrest in September 2023.
