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Monday, May 20, 2013

Verona Arts and Crafts Fair Draws Guests, Despite Rain

Cold and wet but Verona Park Arts and Crafts Fair was warm and inviting.

Rose Squared held its 28th annual Fine Art and Crafts at Verona Park show in Verona Park. People from all over the area enjoyed creative work of fine artists and crafters in glass, clay, clothing, leather, wood, jewelry, photography and much more.

Friday, May 17, 2013

AMC Loews Wayne Theater 14 Showtimes

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The latest installment in the Star Trek franchise, "Star Trek Into Darkness," finds the crew of the Enterprise being called back home to stop the destruction of Earth. Chris Pine, Zachary Quinto, Zoe Saldana. Also premiering this weekend is "Aurangzeb," the story of a family made up of law-enforcement officials and criminals. The law-enforcement members must think like criminals to catch the criminals.  

Monday, May 13, 2013

Report: Lauryn Hill to Perform Tuesday in Brooklyn

South Orange resident to sing, rap in concert featuring her new song, "Neurotic Society Compulsory Mix," at Music Hall of Williamsburg.

Singer, songwriter Lauryn Hill, the South Orange resident and former Fugee who must soon surrender for a three-month prison term for failing to pay taxes on $2.3 million in income over a five-year span, will perform Tuesday, May 14 in Brooklyn, a published report Monday said. Hill, who was sentenced on Monday, May 6 for tax evasion, will sing and rap at the Music Hall of Williamsburg, according to the NJ.com report. Tickets to the show are $85 in advance and $100 at the door, the report said, and VIP “meet and greet” passes may be purchased for $200. The NJ.com report said Hill took to Twitter to give her rationale for scheduling a last-minute show – citing an opportunity to perform "Neurotic Society Compulsory Mix," her recently released …

Friday, May 10, 2013

AMC Loews Wayne Theater 14 Showtimes

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F. Scott Fitzgerald's timeless classic, "The Great Gatsby," starring Leonardo Dicaprio, Tobey Maguire and Carey Mulligan returns to the big screen. Would-be writer Nick Carraway leaves the Midwest and comes to New York City in the spring of 1922, an era of loosening morals, glittering jazz and bootleg kings. Chasing his own American Dream, Nick lands next door to a mysterious, party-giving millionaire, Jay Gatsby, and across the bay from his cousin, Daisy, and her philandering, blue-blooded husband, Tom Buchanan. Nick pens a tale of impossible love, incorruptible dreams and high-octane tragedy, and holds a mirror to our own modern times and struggles. In "Peeples," Wade Walker is eager to propose to his girlfriend, Grace Peeples. But after…

Friday, May 3, 2013

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An all-star cast stars in "Iron Man 3," where brash-but-brilliant industrialist Tony Stark/Iron Man takes on an enemy whose reach knows no bounds. When Stark finds his personal world destroyed at his enemy's hands, he embarks on a harrowing quest to find those responsible. This journey, at every turn, will test his mettle. Starring Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle and Ben Kingsley.

Thursday, May 2, 2013

Cedar Grove Student Selling His First Completed Comic Book

Dylan Green, sixth grade student at Memorial Middle School in Cedar Grove will be selling signed copies of his first comic "The Adventures of Sumo, Fred, Bob and Greg."

Monday, April 29, 2013

Board of Ed Meetings, Golf Classic and Meet and Greet in the Week Ahead

See what's going on this week in Verona and Cedar Grove.

School is back in session and that means both the Verona and Cedar Grove boards of education will meet for public sessions this week. In Verona, the board of education will meet on Tuesday, April 30 at 8 p.m. at Verona High School. During the last meeting, the board discussed holding a referendum for repairs to various buildings and grounds repairs and upgrades. An agenda is attached as a pdf. The Cedar Grove Board of Education will also meet for a public session on Tuesday, April 30 at 8 p.m. at North End School. During the last meeting, Cedar Grove resident Bill Fearon, an active duty law-enforcement officer and President of Triangle Training Group presented his findings from his review of school safety measures. An agenda is attached as…

Friday, April 26, 2013

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An all-star ensemble cast — including Robert DeNiro, Katherine Heigl, Diane Keaton, Amanda Seyfried, Topher Grace and Susan Sarandon and Robin Williams — star in "The Big Wedding," a romantic comedy about a modern family trying to survive a weekend wedding celebration that could become a full-blown family fiasco.  In "Pain And Gain," Mark Wahlberg stars as a body builder tired of his lifestyle who concocts a plan to kidnap a rich man at his gym. Also stars Tony Shalhoub, Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson and Ed Harris.

Monday, April 22, 2013

Lauryn Hill Sentencing Postponed

Multiple Grammy winner's sentencing adjourned to May 6. Singer did not pay taxes on three years' worth of earnings.

Sentencing in the federal tax evasion case against singer Lauryn Hill, who rose to fame as part of The Fugees and for her 1998 solo album, The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill, was adjourned Monday until May 6 after a dispute arose over how much she actually owes.  The 37-year-old singer and South Orange resident pleaded guilty in June 2012 to failing to pay taxes on $1.8 million in income earned in 2005, 2006 and 2007. The eight-time Grammy winner earned most of that income from music and film royalties and also owned at least four businesses.   Sitting in Newark federal court, Judge Madeline Cox Arleo took Hill to task for failing to pay off the more than $500,000 in federal taxes she owes despite earlier promises to do so before her …

Jason

9:47 am on Monday, April 29, 2013

Does this mean that Lauryn is in fact a "Teapartier"..just sayin..LOL   more ›

Friday, April 19, 2013

AMC Loews Wayne Theater 14 Showtimes

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Tom Cruise stars in the sci-fi thriller "Oblivion," about a future Earth that has evolved beyond recognition, where one man's confrontation with the past will lead him on a journey of redemption and discovery as he battles to save mankind. In "Ek Thi Daayan," a popular illusionist is haunted by a Daayan witch.

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