Virginia Citrano

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 […]

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, […]

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. The Verona actress […]

Mrs. Constance T. Puleo died on Sunday, October 13, 2024 in Cedar Grove. She was 85 years old. Services will be held in the First Presbyterian Church of Verona, Fairview Avenue, Verona on Friday, October 18 at 10 a.m. Born and raised in Newark, Mrs. Puleo moved to Verona in 1965. She graduated from West […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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. He said […]

Verona High School’s girls soccer, volleyball and field hockey teams all played the first round of the NJSIAA playoffs on Monday, and all three won. For field hockey, the third time was the charm. The team, which was a new varsity sport in 2019, made its first appearance in the playoffs in 2022, losing 1-0 […]

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 […]

It took three sets, but the Verona High School volleyball team defeated Rutherford 2-1 in the NJSIAA North 2, Group 1 semifinal on Friday. Verona, the #2 seed, edged out #3 Rutherford in the opening set 26-24. But the Bulldogs clawed their way back in the second set, taking it 25-21. Verona dug deep, and […]