Incumbents Hint They'll File for Verona, Cedar Grove BOE races
June 5 deadline approaching for terms on respective school boards.
School board candidates in Verona and Cedar Grove have a matter of days to enter the fall election, and so far only the incumbents have said they plan to run. Two seats are up on the five-member school boards of each town. However, as of Wednesday, no one had filed the necessary paperwork with Essex County Clerk Christopher Durkin’s office, his office reported. The filing deadline is June 5 at 4 p.m. In Cedar Grove, board president Frank Mandala Jr. and board member Laura Marinelli said this week that they would be running for re-election. Mandala, seeking his third three-year term, said Wednesday he felt there was more he wanted to accomplish — such as continuing facility upgrades at the district’s schools. Marinelli, seeking her second …
