Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Top 10 Most Read April Stories on Verona-Cedar Grove Patch.
Alexandros Sgourdos, co-owner of The Grove catering hall in Cedar Grove, was the intended victim of an elaborate murder-for-hire plot involving his nephew, state police said at a news conference Wednesday, April 10. Cedar Grove and Verona police reported a total of five burglaries between Tuesday, April 2 and Wednesday, April 3 in both townships, officials said. "Jerseylicious" star and Verona salon owner Anthony Lombardi has just revealed his latest venture, a picture book depicting the history of style in New Jersey. Residents of multiple Essex towns have reported property damaged by potatoes police believe were launched using a homemade cannon, according to officials. A Cedar Grove teen's arm — and not a potato gun — is believed to be …
Thursday, March 28, 2013
A monthly roundup of top local news stories on Verona-Cedar Grove Patch.
While South End teacher Lara Bottner attended Cedar Grove High School's performance of Beauty and the Beast on Feb. 21, she became ill and went into cardiac arrest in front of friends, students and other staff members. On March 26, the Cedar Grove Board of Education honored them. After months of meetings, testimony, discussion and study, the Verona Zoning Board unanimously voted to deny a controversial Bloomfield Avenue mixed retail and residential development after a 4½-hour meeting on March 14. A New York woman was arrested twice in the same night on Sunday, March 3, after racking up an extensive list of charges in Cedar Grove. Verona police scrambled to clear roads as a stolen Honda led police on a high-speed pursuit through several …
Thursday, February 28, 2013
A monthly roundup of top local news stories on Verona-Cedar Grove Patch.
College students can no longer be hassled by credit card companies on New Jersey public college campuses thanks to a new legislation signed by Gov. Chris Christie. Two cars left idling by the valet service at Lu Nello Italian Restaurant in Cedar Grove were stolen around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 2, Cedar Grove police said. The Cedar Grove Fire Department, along with detective bureau personnel, and the the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office are still trying to determine the cause of an early-morning fire that left an elderly Cedar Grove resident hospitalized. It may have snuck up on consumers, but Verona and Cedar Grove retailers have mixed feelings about a new surcharge they’re now allowed to tack on to customer costs for using credit …
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
A monthly roundup of top local news stories on Verona-Cedar Grove Patch.
William Culbertson, 22, of Verona, last heard from by his Montclair parents on Dec. 12, has been reported missing, according to police. Culbertson is described as being white, 6-foot, 3-inches tall, about 275 lbs., and has blond hair and blue eyes. A 77-year-old Bloomfield man was charged Jan. 23 in a widespread federal sweep targeting a mob-run conspiracy to control the trash-hauling industry in New York and New Jersey. Anthony Pucciarello, known as "Muzzy" and a soldier for the Genovese Crime Family, was one of 32 people in New York and New Jersey charged in an FBI-run takedown that included members of several crime families, US Attorney for the Southern District of NY, Preet Bharara, Assistant Director in Charge of the NY Office of …
