VERONA/GLEN RIDGE — In the longest ice hockey game in state history, second-seeded Verona–Glen Ridge high school captured the Kelly Cup championship, defeating top-seeded Glen Rock High School, 2-1, in five overtimes in the final on Thursday, Feb. 15, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. GR junior Jack Budinick scored the game-winner in […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The second-seeded Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated No. 6 seed Scotch Plains–Fanwood, 5-1, in the semifinals of the Kelly Cup playoffs on Monday, Feb. 12, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange. GR sophomore James Benson scored two goals, Verona senior Jack MacEvoy had one goal and […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Scotch Plains–Fanwood and Montclair to extend its winning streak to five games. GR senior Pyotr Sysak scored both goals in the 2-1 win over Scotch Plains–Fanwood on Tuesday, Jan. 30, at Warinanco Ice Skating Center in Roselle. Verona senior Jack MacEvoy and […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Newton, 6-0, Sunday, Jan. 28, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange for its third win in a row to improve to 10-4-1 on the season. Verona senior Jack McEvoy had three goals and one assist, GR senior Pyotr Sysak had […]
NJ State Police Sgt. Stephen Napoli shed light on what it’s truly like to be at the scene of a roadside incident By Sgt. Stephen Napoli, New Jersey State Police As a seasoned officer who has served 22 years with the New Jersey State Police, I’ve witnessed firsthand some perilous scenes that unfolded on […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team defeated Nutley–Columbia–Bloomfield, 3-1, on Friday, Dec. 8, at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange in the season opener. Glen Ridge sophomores Brandon Grisafi and James Benson and Verona junior Yianni Yanniotis each had a goal. Benson had two assists. Glen Ridge freshman […]
VERONA/GLEN RIDGE, NJ — The Verona–Glen Ridge high school ice hockey team will begin the season on Friday, Dec. 8, against Nutley at Richard J. Codey Arena in West Orange at 8:30 p.m. The Hillbillies are coming off a 10-10-3 season, reaching the semifinals of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association’s Public C state […]
By Diane Gutierrez-Scaccetti, NJDOT Commissioner The start of a new school year is just a few weeks away and with that we will see an increased number of motorists on New Jersey’s roadways. Between hurried school runs, residents returning from vacations, and buses trying to stay on schedule, the pace of activity on our highways, […]
Problems at the printing plant where our newspapers are printed have caused a delay in their distribution. Subscribers to the News-Record of Maplewood and South Orange, The Glen Ridge Paper, West Orange Chronicle, Irvington Herald, The Independent Press of Bloomfield, Record-Transcript and Union County LocalSource should receive their newspapers in Friday’s mail. We apologize for […]
NEWARK, NJ — On Wednesday, Jan. 11, Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo Jr. presented a 2023 county budget of $885.4 million that includes a 1.5-percent property increase and addresses the challenges incurred by the ongoing national economic conditions and rising costs due to inflation, according to a press release from the county. DiVincenzo has […]