CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Four players from Cedar Grove High School who are members of the Clifton United tri-op ice hockey team have been named to the Big North Conference 2024 All Patriot Division team.
Sophomore Ryan Montana was selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Montana scored a team-high 33 goals and passed for 10 assists this past season.
Junior defenseman Jonathan Montana was named to the division's second team. He tied for the team lead in assists with 22 and scored 10 goals.
Honorable mentions went to senior defenseman Colin Healey and sophomore forward Leo Marzullo.
VERONA, NJ -- Our Lady of the Lake Parish will host Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin for a Palm Sunday Mass on March 24 at noon.
Palm Sunday commemorates Jesus’ triumphant arrival in Jerusalem. During Mass, Catholics will hear the gospel account of the Passion and Crucifixion of Christ. Blessed palm fronds, which represent the palm branches the crowds scattered in front of Jesus as he rode into the city, will be distributed.
On Easter Sunday, Cardinal Tobin will celebrate his own liturgy in the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart at noon. The Easter Sunday Mass adheres closely to the traditional liturgical format, so it does not include the solemn ceremonies featured in the Easter Vigil. However, each liturgy commemorates the miracle of Christ’s Resurrection.
All Holy Week, liturgies at the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart will be livestreamed through the Archdiocese of Newark’s YouTube channel and Facebook page as well as the Cathedral Basilica of the Sacred Heart’s YouTube channel and Facebook page.
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VERONA, NJ -- The proposed 2024 municipal budget for Verona Township was introduced at its Town Council meeting Monday night.
Total appropriations are projected to be $28.2 million, with $17.8 of that raised by taxes. This represents a 1.6% increase in taxes, which is the lowest tax increase since 2017. The mandatory minimum library tax is $1 million.
Last year's budget went up by 2.14% over the 2022 municipal budget.
"Over the last four years, inflation compounded has increased prices nearly 20 percent-plus," Councilman Alex Roman said, "which is significant when we're talking about municipal government. We can't raise that much more, and I do like to credit this council for trying to make everything as affordable as possible for our residents, and I think this budget is a commitment to doing that."
For a user-friendly look at the budget breakdown, click here:
The hearing on the budget will be on Monday, April 8, the date on which the budget is set to be adopted.
]]>CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Fire Department extinguished a blaze at a Timberock Road residence late Thursday afternoon.
At 4:33 p.m. on March 14, the Fire Department was dispatched to a reported fire, where Chief Chris Donlon reported that a gas-fed fire on the exterior of the residence.
The fire department put out the blaze and the gas was secured by PSE&G. There were no reported injuries.
"Thank you to all the mutual aid agencies that assisted at the scene and provided house coverage," the Cedar Grove Fire Department posted on its Facebook page.
]]>VERONA, NJ -- The Verona Township Council at its Monday, March 11 meeting approved a resolution requesting that the Planning Board review its request to deem the entire stretch of Bloomfield Avenue as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
The council received a report on request to determine if the entire Bloomfield Avenue corridor within the township's borders could be classified as an Area of Need of Rehabilitation. The township's planner, H2M, concurred that it could.
Within 45 days of reviewing the request, the Planning Board submits a recommendation to the Township Council, which is not bound by law to follow the Planning Board's recommendations. Once the proposed resolution is adopted, the entre area is designated as an Area in Need of Rehabilitation.
Most of the homes and apartments on Bloomfield Avenue in Verona exceed 50 years in age, as does the water and sewer infrastructure.
The sanitary sewer pump station was built 100 years ago, and the water main is more than 60 years old. Boswell Engineering cited both the sewer pump and the water main as being in need of "substantial maintenance" and repair.
If the Verona Planning Board agrees with these findings, the township might be in a more favorable position to pass tax incentives to spur redevelopment and renovations to properties.
"The Council does need to make zoning fixes along the entire corridor to address zoning issues that were identified in our Master Plan," Councilwoman Christine McGrath said in a post on her blog. "In my opinion, those zoning issues are holding back property re-investment in Verona."
"I have always been of the opinion that one of the things that is holding back the Bloomfield Avenue corridor within Verona, when you look at some of our neighboring towns that have more activity in their commercial district, is our building stock," Verona Councilman Alex Roman said. "This is a way of encouraging property owners to upgrade the structures in the corridor without overdeveloping the corridor. I'm hoping that this puts the conditions in place where people are willing to put money into existing buildings."
Verona Mayor Christopher Tamburro said that this action "might get Bloomfield Avenue property owners more interested in investing in their property."
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CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Board of Education appointed a leave replacement teacher to Memorial Middle School at its Feb. 27 meeting.
Ashlie Fautz will be replacing an instructor who is going on maternity leave. Fautz will start on or before April 8 at a prorated salary of $54,809, and she will continue in that role through June 20.
The board also approved the appointment of Alexa Rubino as an assistant track & field coach beginning March 14 for $5,009.
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VERONA, NJ -- The Verona Township Council introduced three ordinances regarding municipal pool fees at its Feb. 26 meeting.
The first ordinance defined membership classes. Children under the age of 18 months would be able to attend the pool for free. The council is also defining a "caregiver" so that both adults and children who need assistance can have someone join them at the pool for a set fee per year.
"We overspent on what we did up there (at the pool)," Deputy Mayor Jack McEvoy said. "We need revenue at this pool so we can have it run on its own. A year, 2 years (old), I don't think it's going to make that much of a difference."
Another ordinance sets the fees for the summer, with the family rate proposed to be $605 next year (from $520), and adding a caregiver would be $150. For the second year in a row, the council majority made allowances to lower the senior rate, despite receiving a recommendation from Township Administrator Joseph D'Arco not to do so.
McEvoy proposed lowering the senior rate increase from $202 to $185. The senior rate was $175 in 2023. "I seriously think we will end up losing money," McEvoy said of the suggested $202 senior rate. "I think we should reconsider increasing the senior rate. ... We ended up losing $20,000 from the (previous senior rate) increase from $165 to $175."
Councilman Alex Roman said, "The economic perspective of crossing the $200 threshold is likely to cause people to opt out of membership. ... This whole thing is always a cost/benefit optimization problem."
Councilwomen Cynthia Holland and Christine McGrath both voted against the introduction of that ordinance.
"I made the point, emphatically, that crossing the $600 mark for family memberships was just as significant, and questioned why we are not making adjustments for families," McGrath said in a post on her blog. "I voted against lowering this rate just for seniors."
A third ordinance was introduced to define the pool memberships for volunteer fire/rescue squad members, and to exempt them from paying the fees.
]]>TRENTON, NJ -- A vascular surgeon with a practice in Cedar Grove has agreed to permanently cease engaging in the clinical practice of medicine and surgery in New Jersey to resolve allegations he indiscriminately prescribed high volumes of controlled dangerous substances (“CDS”) to patients he treated for addiction.
Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and the Division of Consumer Affairs has announced that Dr. Marc Watson agreed to permanently forfeit his authority to diagnose, treat or render medical care in New Jersey to resolve allegations stemming from an investigation conducted by the division’s Enforcement Bureau.
The state alleges that Watson, who has been practicing addiction medicine since 2005, engaged in "gross negligence and professional misconduct: by prescribing high volumes of CDS to his patients without sufficient medical justification. The drugs he prescribed included benzodiazepines, stimulants and, in some cases, narcotics. The state has alleged that Watson also engaged in inadequate physical examinations, patient monitoring, and record keeping.
“As New Jersey continues to fight the addiction epidemic and provide resources for those battling substance use disorders, we will not allow our efforts to be undermined by doctors whose negligent prescribing allows dangerous, habit-forming drugs to flow into our communities,” Platkin said. “We will continue working to identify and prevent problem prescribers from impeding the work we’re doing to stop the scourge of addiction and save lives.”
An inspection of Watson’s medical office and review of his patient records revealed that in some cases, he prescribed CDS for years without fully assessing the patient’s underlying medical conditions or referring the patient to alternate treatment providers, like psychiatrists.
Watson appeared last August before a Preliminary Evaluation Committee (“PEC”) of the board and admitted that he has no formal training in addiction medicine and did not see any patients in person or conduct any urine drug screens between March 2020 and August 2021. Additionally, Watson testified that he often fails to obtain a patient’s prior medical records; diagnoses conditions—including psychiatric and neurological conditions—without adequate testing; and has prescribed CDS upon a patient’s initial presentation before first prescribing safer alternative medications, as required.
Under a final consent order filed by the board on Feb. 22, 2024, Watson must close his office and permanently cease engaging in the clinical practice of medicine and surgery in New Jersey, following a 30-day wind-down period to allow him to transfer the care of his patients.
After the wind-down period, Watson’s New Jersey CDS Registration, which allowed him to prescribe controlled dangerous substances in this state, "will be permanently retired with prejudice and he is prohibited from reapplying for one in the future," according to the Office of the Attorney General.
Watson is permitted to retain his medical license only for the limited purpose of conducting mandated on-site testing of construction workers in connection with his ownership and operation of a mobile Occupational Safety and Health Administration testing company. He is prohibited from practicing medicine in any other capacity—or seeking to expand the scope of his medical practice—beyond what is permitted in the final consent order.
Investigators with the Enforcement Bureau within the Division of Consumer Affairs conducted the investigation.
]]>CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- There will be no Memorial Day parade in the township this May.
Cedar Grove Township Manager Joe Zichelli said that there will be a ceremony honoring Veterans in Community Park with a barbecue to follow on Memorial Day.
Resident Steven Young, during the public comments portion of the Township Council meeting on March 4, said, "Last year, that was very disappointing, the parade. I'd like to know if, somehow, we can get it back for a short distance. ... I think it's an insult (the low attendance) to the men and women who gave their life so we can celebrate that holiday."
Zichelli said that the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) "want(s) no part of closing the state highway (Route 23). I think this is going to be slightly exacerbated this year by the work that PSE&G is doing on Bowden Road and Route 23."
The Fire Department, Police Department and Rescue Squad would be part of the Community Park ceremonies the township is planning, along with Veterans "to do a proper ceremony to honor their service to the country and pay respects and memorialize those Veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice. I believe that will be more well-attended. Hopefully, it's something that will pull the community together, because last year's attendance at the parade was poor."
Zichelli said, "It's getting harder to organize participants in the parade, and the Veterans felt the parade (last year) was without recognition of the Veterans. Our hope this year is to provide them with the recognition that they deserve."
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VERONA, NJ -- High winds took down a large tree on Mount Prospect Avenue late Monday morning.
The felled tree took down some power lines, and caused Mount Prospect Avenue to be closed to traffic between Sunset Avenue in Verona and Woodland Avenue in West Orange.
The likelihood of more downed trees and possible power outages is high on Monday, with winds forecast to be between 25-30 mph sustained, with gusts up to 50 mph.
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VERONA, NJ -- The Verona Township Council introduced an ordinance at its Feb. 26 meeting to raise parking rates from 25 cents per 40 minutes to 25 cents per 20 minutes.
The ordinance would also add parking fees on Saturdays. The money raised from these increased fees would then be reinvested by the township for upgrades to the municipal parking lots and parking infrastructure.
Overnight parking permits in Verona will also go up, with the annual permit being increased by 50 percent, to $375 (from $250).
]]>CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Township Council introduced an ordinance Monday night to allocate funds within the capital improvement fund for the purchase and installation of water meters.
The contract was awarded to MeterTek Utility Services of Kenilworth for the replacement of water meters throughout the township at the Feb. 4 meeting.
The proposed ordinance does not create any debt and provides a purpose for the funds that were previously allocated in a general format. This money already exists in the Capital Improvement Fund in FY2023’s budget in the amount of $1,943,593, which is set forth on Sheet 26 of the Adopted Municipal Budget for 2023.
"Of that amount previously allocated, this ordinance takes $1.5 million from the Capital Improvement Fund to pay for the meters and their installation and leaves the remaining amount for other capital projects which, if the need arises, will also require an ordinance to allocate specific funds for their purpose(s)," Cedar Grove Township Manager Joe Zichelli said.
]]>CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Two students from Verona, N.J. were named to College of Charleston's President's List for the Fall 2023 semester.
Mackenzie Garmont and Abigail Petruzzi, both of Verona, were named to the President's List. Petruzzi is majoring in Communications. Garmont has not declared a major yet.
To qualify for the President's List (Highly Distinguished), students must earn a GPA of 3.800 or higher and complete a minimum of 12 semester hours.
]]>CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Township Council on Monday night approved a resolution that amends upward the dollar figure in a prior resolution regarding renovations at Community Park.
The township is seeking to obtain a matching grant of 75 percent from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) for the reconstruction of Community Park. The new resolution amends the amount to $1,441,529.08 and, if awarded the grant, would require out-of-pocket costs from the township totaling $360,382.27, with the difference being paid for from the Jake’s Law Grant.
Previously, at the Feb. 5 Township Council meeting, Township Engineer Alexandra Handel of Suburban Consulting Engineers discussed the proposed Jake’s Law Green Acres Grant Match for potentially renovating the lower playground at Community Park. In her presentation, at that time, she said that total "all-in" cost of renovating the lower playground at Community Park would cost $1.2 million.
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CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- A new superintendent of the Cedar Grove School District will be in place by July 1, according to a timeline set forth by the Board of Education.
Current Superintendent Anthony Grosso is still in his position, fulfilling his role until his contract expires on June 30.
Grosso, who is continuing to attend Board of Education meetings, took over as the superintendent in the summer of 2020.
The application window for Grosso's replacement began on Jan. 29, and Board of Education President Dawn Daura said at the Feb. 27 meeting of the CGBOE that the board had received 22 applications to that point. Monday of this week was the final day for the board to collect applications.
"Once the applicaton process closes, the Board of Ed will meet with school boards to start to review those applications," Daura said. "And then, interviews. And then the process is going to start to move really fast."
Interviews with applicants will begin next week. Final candidate interviews would take place the week of March 25.
"(We) hope to have somebody hired, or to the board, sometime in early April," Daura said. "We are open to hearing anybody's comments and concerns, so please feel free to reach out."
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VERONA, NJ -- The Verona Township Council introduced an ordinance at its Feb. 26 meeting to increase water and sewer rates for the next five years.
The ordinance, which also adds a PFAS (polyfluoroalkyl substances) surcharge starting in 2025, calls for a rate hike of more than 28 percent on residents' water bills in 2024. The water rate for 2024 will be $8.88 per Kgal, with a $26.64 minimum. This is a 28.3% increase. After this year, the rate will go up 4%.
The PFAS surcharge added in 2024 will be a flat $18 for the majority of Verona households, but will be higher than that depending on the size of the water pipe to the residence or commercial property. The quarterly sewer rate will increase 6 percent in 2024 to $159. After that, it increases by approximately 4 percent per year.
All the recommendations that were in Verona's recent water and sewer rate study are being adopted.
]]>CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- The Cedar Grove Township Council is taking direct issue with a bill recently passed in Trenton.
The Township Council approved a resolution at its meeting on Monday, March 4 to condemn the bill recently passed by the New Jersey Legislature as it relates to the most recent round of Affordable Housing obligations coming due in 2025.
On Feb. 12, the New Jersey General Assembly passed Assembly Bill No. 4Aca by a vote of 51 in favor and 28 opposed -- with Cedar Grove’s legislative representatives in the General Assembly, Assemblymen Al Barlas (R) and Chris DePhillips (R), voting "no" in opposition to the bill.
Cedar Grove's resolution contends that the new bill "imposes unmanageable and impractical requirements for townships to meet the arbitrary, capricious, and unjustifiable affordable housing obligations set forth to achieve compliance."
The new state bill maintains the following:
The Council on Affordable Housing is abolished;
The Department of Community Affairs will calculate municipal obligations on 40% of population growth for qualifying for affordable housing based off of the following provision:
Projected household change for a 10-year-round in a region shall be estimated by establishing the household change experienced in the region between the most recent federal decennial census, and the second most recent federal decennial census. This household change, if positive, shall be divided by 2.5 to estimate the number of low- and moderate-income homes needed to address low- and moderate-income household change in the region, and to determine the regional prospective need for a 10-year-round of low- and moderate-income housing obligations. If household change is zero or negative, the number of low- and moderate-income homes needed to address low- and moderate-income household change in the region and the regional prospective need shall be zero
Provides municipalities with immunity to builder’s remedy lawsuits but revokes immunity if deadlines are not met or if it is determined a municipality is not committed to complying with the obligation, including not updating its public website;
Residents and third parties can challenge plans in a newly created Affordable Housing Dispute Resolution Program which will certify administrative agents and municipal housing liaisons to monitor compliance and bring a challenge before a county-level housing judge to determine compliance;
Towns out of compliance would pay a fine of an unspecified amount
Challenged plans must be revised and adopted by December 31, 2025 and March 16, 2026, respectively; failure to do so would allow builder’s remedy lawsuits be filed unless the municipality can prove it missed the deadline due to factors out of its control;
The establishment of two boundaries for the entire northern part of the State where three special masters will oversee all municipalities within the designated areas.
Using three factors to determine need: Equalized Nonresidential Valuation Factor; Income Capacity Factor; and the municipality Land Capacity Factor. Each factor to be weight equally;
Provides a cap on bonus credits for age-restricted housing.
According to the Cedar Grove Township Council, "(The) New Jersey Legislature abdicated their responsibility to take affordable housing administration out of the courts and restore the obligation of ensuring compliance to the elected representatives of the towns that must meet this unjustifiable mandate; and ... the New Jersey Legislature acted with wanton disregard for the impact on services that such unmanageable mandates will impose on infrastructure, schools, and emergency services."
The Cedar Grove Township Council "stands united in opposition to the unmanageable and impractical requirements set forth by A4Aca."
Cedar Grove Township Manager Joe Zichelli said at the March 4 meeting, "The builder's remedy lawsuits will destroy a municipality. Losing your builder's remedy immunity takes all control away from a municipality."
The builder's remedy is a legal mechanism that is used to facilitate the construction of low-income housing when a town doesn't comply with housing development laws. The builder's remedy enables developers to circumvent local zoning laws and begin construction faster.
"Can a town (that) is trying but not succeeding lose their immunity? It's possible," Cedar Grove Township Attorney Matthew Giaccobe said on Monday.
"There are townships that are willfully trying to delay," Cedar Grove Councilman Joseph Maceri said, "but the townships that in good faith in the past have tried to follow the law, now it's irrelevant, because they've created a (situation in which) you have a deadline, (and if) you don't meet that deadline you lose your immunity, and it's over. There's no flexibility, it appears, for towns like ours that have always worked in good faith to try to fully comply."
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CEDAR GROVE, NJ -- Township residents will see the price of an annual pool membership in Cedar Grove rise by 4 percent this summer.
According to Township Manager Joe Zichelli, "I recommended increasing in-town rates by 4%, and out-of-town rates by 6%; the Recreation Advisory Board agreed with the recommendation."
Cedar Grove will be completing its Annual Financial Statement (AFS) this month. Zichelli said, "This is important because we are trying to plug the deficit in the pool budget and by doing this, I think we will be really close to that in 2024, and I will know more when our AFS is done by the end of this week."
The proposed municipal pool membership rates for 2024:
RESIDENT FAMILY: $609
RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL: $434
RESIDENT COUPLE OR PARENT CHILD: $519
BABYSITTER: $160
RESIDENT SENIOR CITIZEN: $208
For non-residents, the rates recommended are as follows:
NON-RESIDENT FAMILY: $1,600
NON-RESIDENT INDIVIDUAL: $848
NON-RESIDENT SENIOR CITIZEN: $583
For guests, there is a $2 increase for adults and $1 increase for children:
ADULT GUEST: $12
CHILD GUEST: $8
]]>MADISON, NJ -- Students from both Cedar Grove and Verona who attend Fairleigh Dickinson University's Florham Campus have been named to the Honors Lists for the Fall 2023 semester.
Roma Martirano of Cedar Grove and Shalena Seepaul of Verona both received academic honors.
To qualify for the Honors List, a student must carry a 3.5 or better grade point average out of a possible 4.0 and be enrolled in a minimum of 12 letter-graded hours (four courses).
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VERONA, NJ -- Five players from the Verona-Glen Ridge ice hockey team received recognition on the All-Kelly Division team as selected by the league's coaches.
First-Team All Kelly-Division:
Pyotr Sysak
James Benson
Second-Team All Kelly Division:
Jack MacEvoy
Honorable Mention All Kelly Division:
Jack Budinick
Jackson Soshnick
]]>TRENTON, NJ -- Legislation was introduced this week to fund projects with the goal of preventing future floods along the Peckman River in Essex County.
The measure would appropriate $500,000 to fund a Peckman River Dredging and Restoration Project that will support efforts in Cedar Grove, Little Falls, Verona and Woodland Park. The Commissioner of Environmental Protection would establish an application process to determine the amount of funding provided to each municipality for the purposes of cleaning, dredging or restoring the river.
The Peckman River, a tributary of the Passaic River, starts in West Orange and flows through Verona, Cedar Grove and Little Falls until it meets the Passaic River in Woodland Park.
State Senator Kristin Corrado (R) and Assemblymen Christopher DePhillips (R) and Al Barlas (R) introduced the bill.
]]>VERONA, NJ -- The projected increase in Verona's municipal tax rate for 2024 is under 2%.
According to budget discissions that took place at the Feb. 26 Township Council meeting, the municipal tax levy is projected to be $18.8 million, an increase of $3.3 million over the $18.5 million in 2023.
The increase of 1.89% in the municipal levy for 2024 represents the smallest percentage increase in the last seven years.
Total operating expenses decreased to $26.4 million, down from $27 million.
Insurance costs, both general and employee medical, changes to police pension payments; legal down payments required for projects; and an increase to the capital improvement fund will represent the biggest increase in operating costs
The township's total anticipated revenue for 2024 is expected to be $5.2 million.
The budget for the pool would rise by $140,000, to a total budget of $950,000. Future capital needs for the pool include relining the main pool at a cost of about $240,000, and the purchase of new tables.
The Township Council has proposed increasing the membership rates for the pool.
The budget will be formally introduced at the March 11 Verona Township Council meeting, and there will be a public hearing on the budget at the April 8 meeting, when the new budget will be adopted.
A detailed look at the budget presentation can be found here.
]]>WALDWICK, NJ -- Waldwick's 46-34 victory over Cedar Grove in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 1, Group 1 tournament brought the Panthers' girls basketball season to a close on Tuesday.
Jillian Blanchfield scored 13 points for 11th-seeded Cedar Grove (8-17), which trailed, 19-12, at halftime. Alexa Wolff had nine points and Isabella Coletta eight points for the Panthers.
Ava Incorvaia scored 18 points for third-seeded Waldwick (15-11), which moved on to play second-seeded Mountain Lakes on Thursday. Cedar Grove had lost,. 44-37, to Waldwick in the regular season.
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NEWARK, NJ -- Newark Tech established a 12-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 61-39 boys basketball victory over Cedar Grove in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 1 tournament on Tuesday.
Ammon Eaton finished with 17 points and six rebounds for Newark Tech (16-9), which led, 17-5, after one quarter.
Nick Russo scored 13 points for sixth-seeded Cedar Grove (16-11), which outscored Newark Tech over the middle two quarters, 31-27. Nick Iannacone had nine points and Gianluca Targia seven points for the Panthers.
Newark Tech, the third seed, will play at second-seeded Glen Ridge in the sectional quarterfinals on Thursday.
]]>RUTHERFORD, NJ -- Rutherford rallied from a six-point deficit in the fourth quarter for a 47-40 girls basketball victory over Verona in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 tournament on Monday.
Mackenzie Vellis scored 16 points and came down with four rebounds for Rutherford (21-5), which outscored Verona, 20-7, in the fourth quarter.
Taylor McClain scored 13 points and Jada Bednar finished with eight points for seventh-seeded Verona (19-8), which had outscored Rutherford, 16-11, in the third quarter to take a 33-27 lead.
Rutherford, the second seed, will host third-seeded Madison in the semifinals on Wednesday.
]]>WEST ORANGE, NJ -- Jake Ferry, a senior from Verona High School, has qualified for the NJSIAA State Wrestling Championships in Atlantic City next weekend.
Ferry, a 150-pounder, was the runner-up in his weight class at the Region 3 tournament this past weekend.
Ferry pinned the first three opponents he faced in Region 3 to reach the final round, where he came in second to Jayden Iznaga of Bergen Catholic.
Unofficially, Ferry has lost only two matches this season. Several of his victories also came when wrestling at 157 pounds earlier in the season.
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