EWING, NJ -- Cedar Grove resident Peter Vincent Corso made the Fall 2022 semester Dean's List at The College of New Jersey with a GPA of 3.8. 

A senior in his final semester, Peter is a double major--B.A. Political Science and B.A. Music (Voice)--and a member of the Political Science Honor Society, Pi Sigma Alpha. 

He is ...

VERONA, NJ -- The Verona Board of Education voted last week to approve the hiring of Henry Bottiglierie as facilities manager.

Bottiglierie will be paid a prorated salary of $117,000 effective Feb. 27 through June 30. He was hired on the recommendation of Verona Schools Superintendent Diane DiGiuseppe.

Bottiglierie previously worked as the facilities foreman in the Madison School ...

SCRANTON, Pa. -- Local residents were among more than 1,600 students named to The University of Scranton's Dean's List for the 2022 fall semester.

The Dean's List recognizes students for academic excellence. A student must have a grade point average of 3.5 or better with a minimum number of credit hours during the semester to make the Dean's List. The list ...

VERONA, NJ -- The township will be seeking ways to bring its budget back in line.

Verona is above the 2% budget cap, at 2.61%, Jennifer Muscara, acting Chief Financial Officer of the township, told the Town Council at its meeting Monday night.

"We're about $600,000 over the appropriations cap," Muscara told the Town Council, "which is 2.5 percent from last ...

VERONA, NJ -- Verona residents could be seeing an increase in their water bills soon, although no discussion on raising rates in Verona has taken place yet.

The Passaic Valley Water Commission rates are going up by 6 percent.

Verona has been purchasing its water from the PVWC since 2021 after the township was forced to shut down its own water wells because of compliance issues.

The ...

VERONA, NJ -- A resolution on the agenda for Monday night's Verona Township Council meeting calls for the township to apply for a grant to build new pickleball courts.

A resolution authorizes the submission of an application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for a Local Recreation Department Improvement Grant (LRIG).

The Verona Township Council is seeking to obtain ...

PARSIPPANY, NJ -- Parsippany Hills recorded more pins, but the Cedar Grove wrestling team came away with more points, and the victory, 44-27, over the Vikings on Friday.

Cedar Grove is 12-7. Parsippany Hills is 11-8.

157 Robert Kelly (CG) — Decision 3-2 Nicholas Buckley (PH)
165 Nicholas Genuario (CG) — Pin 1:16 Cole SanMartin (PH)
175 Michael Willis (CG) — Decision 3-1 ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove wrestling team honored its nine 12th-graders with ceremonies on Senior Night on Wednesday.

The Panthers then went out and defeated Paterson Eastside, 78-3.

Cedar Grove seniors honored were: Christopher Babcock, Adolfo Cadillo, James Canterelli, Edmund Dakar, Christian Morrice, Mark Ratel, Preston Saraiva, AJ Soriano and Michael Willis.

The Panthers ...

VERONA, NJ -- The Verona wrestling team turned in a convincing performance on Senior Night with a 78-6 victory over Paterson Kennedy on Wednesday.

Seniors Matt Steitz (165 lbs.), Christian Vasquez (175 lbs.) and Nick Priori (190 lbs.) all pinned their opponentsin well under three minutes.

 Also recording victories via pin for Verona (7-10) were Nicolae Stanescue (134), Gavin ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Two members of the Cedar Grove Police Department received promotions on Monday.

Jose Rodriguez was promoted from sergeant to lieutenant, and Joseph Ligas was elevated from patrolman to sergeant.

Both of them took their oaths in a ceremony Monday at Town Hall.

VERONA, NJ -- A resolution on the agenda for Monday night's Verona Township Council meeting calls for the township to apply for a grant to build new pickleball courts.

A resolution authorizes the submission of an application to the New Jersey Department of Community Affairs for a Local Recreation Department Improvement Grant (LRIG).

The Verona Township Council is seeking to obtain ...

TRENTON, NJ — A bill that would require telemarketers to identify themselves and what they're trying to sell in the first 30 seconds of the call has advanced in Trenton.

“New Jerseyans should know who they’re talking to on the phone and what’s being sold to them by telemarketers,” Sen. Jon Bramnick (R - District 21), one of the primary sponsors of the ...

TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey's Hospital-Based Violence Intervention Programs (NJHVIPs) received a big boost on Friday, in the form of $10 million in federal American Rescue Plan funds.

The programs launched three years ago using federal money with the mission of ending cycles of violence across the state by helping victims and their families.

“These innovative violence ...

TRENTON, NJ — During Tuesday's State of the State Address at the Assembly Chambers in Trenton, Gov. Phil Murphy said he's confident with the direction in which the state is going.

"We are stronger and we are fairer," Murphy said. "We are moving confidently in the right direction — forward."

Republicans aren't so sure.

"Despite the ...