Tuesday, May 14, 2013
Unofficial results from Essex County Clerk put Verona's Bob Manley up on Rich Williamson by single vote.
Verona and Cedar Grove residents have decided to maintain the status quo voting their incumbents back into office, according to unofficial results from the Essex County Clerk's Office. In Verona, incumbents Kevin Ryan and Jay Sniatkowski won with 1,153 and 1,036 votes, respectively. Incumbent Bob Manley eeked out a victory over challenger Rich Williamson by a single vote, with Manley garnering 1,009 votes and Williamson 1008. Manley isn't celebrating just yet, however. “It's extremely close,” said Manley just after the numbers came in Tuesday night. “I think we have to wait for the county to do a final count, but hopefully it will be good news.” Williamson was not immediately available for comment. The makeup of the council will stay the …
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
Council votes $3 million in bonds for Panther Park Monday night.
The Cedar Grove Township Council voted unanimously Monday night to appropriate $3 million for the redevelopment of Panther Park after months of discussion, calling the project “long overdue.” The project calls for a turf multi-purpose field, walking track, concessions and bathrooms as well as renovations to two baseball fields. At the last meeting on Panther Park, Carl O’Brien, a partner at Maser Consulting, presented a preliminary design to the council depicting several different options and possible choices. “The money needs to be put in place first and when it does go out to bid, the council directed Town Manager Tom Tucci to bid it with options,” said councilman Joseph Chiusolo. “Regardless of the options we feel comfortable we will …
Monday, March 4, 2013
Council discussed imposing parking ordinance to keep high school students from parking on Ridge Court.
Cedar Grove may soon be adding parking restrictions to Ridge Court after complaints of many High School students parking in front of houses all day, despite an ample amount of parking spaces in the assigned parking lot. No action was taken during the meeting but the council unanimously agreed to move forward on enacting a two-hour parking limit for all of Ridge Court, based on a recommendation from Cedar Grove Chief of Police Richard Vanderstreet. “I live in that neighborhood and it is narrow and it makes the ingress and egress very difficult in that area,” said Mayor Peter Tanella. During a February public meeting, Ridge Court resident Michael Picardi approached the council with concerns over a bunch of Cedar Grove High School students …
Monday, February 4, 2013
Township council unanimously passed an amendment Monday to a ban parking on either side of Union Street near Ridge Road.
The Cedar Grove Township Council Monday night amended a Union Street parking ordinance, which originally called for two-hour parking limits on the north side of the street. The ordinance, passed unanimously by the council, calls for a limit of two-hour parking on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. on both sides of the street up to 200 feet from Ridge Road. The ordinance will take effect 20 days after being published in local newspapers, said Cedar Grove Township Manager Thomas Tucci. In July 2012, the council enacted parking limits on four township roads, including Union Street, “due to congestion from people commuting to New York and parking on these roads all day,” said Deputy Mayor Robert O'Toole at the time. “Cars are parking too close…
Both Verona and Cedar Grove councils will meet for public sessions as well as the Cedar Grove Board of Education.
February will kick off with town meetings in both Verona and Cedar Grove. The Verona Township Council will meet Monday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in council chambers at 600 Bloomfield Ave. A meeting agenda is attached. The Cedar Grove Township Council also meets at 7 p.m. at town hall, 151 Pompton Ave. An agenda is attached. The Cedar Grove Board of Education meets on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 8 p.m. at the North End Elementary School Media Center, at 122 Stevens Ave. A meeting agenda is not yet available. Check out more events going on in Verona and Cedar Grove this week. To see all area events, click on Events at the top of this page. Click here to add your events. Intro to Vinyasa Today, 9:15 a.m. Starseed Yoga and Wellness, 271 Grove Ave., Verona …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Township Manager Tom Tucci completes presentation, but the process is just beginning.
Cedar Grove Township Manager Tom Tucci and the township council continued to outline the 2013 budget Tuesday night with the remaining departments from Monday's hearing. The hearing continued with budgeting for municipal court, engineering, ambulance and rescue squad, police and fire departments, along with several public works items. According to Tucci, public safety is the largest single portion of the municipal budget, which is made up of police and fire appropriation requests. The 2013 budget calls for $3,891,337 for the police department, an increase of $108,902 from 2012. Part of the additional funds will be used for two new police Ford Interceptor SUV's. The new vehicles will be used to replace the department's old Ford Crown …
Monday, January 14, 2013
Recently published report based on New Jersey Treasury data indicates Cedar Grove has the lowest municipal tax rate in Essex County.
Members of the Cedar Grove Township Council took extra pride when a Star-Ledger report Sunday, Jan. 13 showed the township ranked well below the average Essex County municipal tax rates for New Jersey. The article was the main discussion point during the 12-minute council meeting on Monday. According to the report, the average municipal tax in Cedar Grove is $1,853, well below the $3,942 average Essex County municipal tax. Council members congratulated Cedar Grove Township Manager Thomas Tucci, Township Attorney Thomas Scrivo and other township staff using words like “proactive” and “frugal.” “I would like to congratulate Mr. Tucci and all the staff for what you have done on the municipal tax,” said Deputy Mayor Robert O'Toole. “It is …
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Petitions to run for Township Council must be in by March 11, 2013.
Three Council seats will be open for the Cedar Grove election to be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2013. Councilmen Joseph Chiusolo, John Zunic and E. Romeo Longo are up for re-election. Chiusolo told Patch during a phone interview that he will be seeking re-election. He is currently in his 4th term on the council. "I enjoy serving and I think that our council treats the township monies the same way we do in our personal lives," he said. "In my case, running a business and a family is the same way I treat the people's money." "It's imperative that we have a business-minded council that we have had in the past," he added. Councilman Zunic confirmed via email that he will be seeking a second term on the council. Zunic was elected in 2009. …
Thursday, January 10, 2013
The Cedar Grove Township Council presented a proclamation to members of the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking.
In honor of National Human Trafficking Awareness Day, which is Friday, January 11, The Township Council of Cedar Grove presented a proclamation to the New Jersey Coalition Against Human Trafficking during its Monday night meeting. Deputy Mayor Bob O'Toole presented the proclamation in place of Mayor Peter Tanella who was absent from the meeting. “The United Nation’ International Labor Organization has estimated that at least 12.3 million adults and children worldwide are currently in forced labor, bonded labor, or forced prostitution,” said O'Toole. “It is estimated that more people are now harmed by Human Trafficking worldwide than have been at any other point in human history,” he continued. “Approximately 80 percent of the victims are …
Tuesday, January 1, 2013
Plans to improve recreational facilities are high on the priority list in both Verona and Cedar Grove.
Verona Beginning in 2013, Verona Deputy Mayor Bob Manley said one of the council's main issues will be seeing through a project to bring new athletic fields to Hilltop Park. During 2012 meetings, the Council has reviewed plans for a new baseball field, multi-purpose field, walking trails and an amphitheater as part of Phase II of the Hilltop Park development plan. The proposed plan also calls for improvements to two existing fields, Veterans Field and Centennial Field, by adding a new press box and resodding the fields. “We hope the voting on the field for Hilltop can happen very early in the new year,” said Manley. “We hope to get shovels in the ground in spring.” The project would take approximately 18 months to complete, which would …
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11:35 pm on Tuesday, March 5, 2013
well parking is restricted to seniors and teachers only... so they can be like the rest of the juniors over the years and park on the right side of ridge road and walk up the sidewalk more ›