🌱 Patch AM: How Verona police will handle mental health crises differently starting this week

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In today's newsletter:

• How Verona police will handle mental health crises differently starting this week
• How many Verona kids will get free books delivered to their homes?

Also on today's calendar: M y Big Beautiful Clear-Out Sale and 6 more events.

Today's riddle: What is the difference between a jeweler and a jailer? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Showers and a heavier t-storm, with a high of 81 and low of 68 degrees.
• Friday: Humid with a thunderstorm, temps: high: 81, low: 67.
• Saturday: Clouds and sun; less humid, with a high of 83 and low of 63 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Police Upgrade Response To Mental Health Crises (myveronanj.com) — Verona police will begin partnering with a mental health clinician through New Jersey's ARRIVE Together program starting August 31, aiming to improve responses to local mental health crises. The clinician, based at the Verona Community Center and linked to Clara Maass Medical Center, will support officers across several West Essex towns, building on Verona's long-standing crisis intervention training.
   

• Dolly Parton's commitment to literacy has lasting impact on Tri-State communities (abc7ny.com) — Verona families with young children could soon receive free books at home through Dolly Parton's Imagination Library, as The Collective Literary Foundation expects to launch its local program within two weeks. Organizers hope to reach roughly 1,000 Verona kids from birth to age five, honoring Parton's literacy legacy while expanding early reading opportunities in town.
   

📸 Around Verona

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Verona

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• M y Big Beautiful Clear-Out Sale →
  53 Greenwood Ave, Montclair
  9:00 am
Monday August 31
• A Recipe for Community: Challa' Bake →
  ShopRite of West Caldwell, 900 Bloomfield Ave, West Caldwell
  7:00 am
Saturday September 19
• First Touch Soccer Academy In Partnership With MKA Presents - Mini Kickers Academy - Fall 2026 →
  Montclair Kimberley Academy – Primary School Campus (224 Orange Road, Montclair, NJ).,
  9:00 am
Thursday September 24
• Taylor Simon King →
  The Wellmont Theater, 5 Seymour St, Montclair
  8:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Donation Day for Montclair Used Book, Movie & Music Sale! →
  26 Park St, Montclair
  10:30 am
Monday August 31
• Become a NJ Real Estate Agent * IN PERSON or ONLINE * NEW Classes →
  Montclair School of Real Estate, 89 Walnut St, Montclair, NJ 07042
  6:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Family Night - Verona Residents
  Township of Verona Verona Community Pool at 257 Fairview Ave., Verona, New Jersey 07044
  3:00 pm
Saturday September 5
• Donation Day for Montclair Used Book, Movie & Music Sale! →
  26 Park St, Montclair
  9:30 am
Saturday September 12
• Franciscan Charities 5K Run and Walk →
  South Mountain Recreation Complex, West Orange, N.J.; registration at the Clipper Pavilion
  9:00 am

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🗓 Events Nearby

Thursday August 27
• Bachathursdays (FREE SOCIAL) →
  Newark Arts Lancers Restaurant & Bar, 459 Ferry St , Newark, NJ 07105, Newark, N, 07105, United States
  8:00 am
• Freeman Gardens Storytime
  Glen Ridge Public Library Glen Ridge - Freeman Gardens, Glen Ridge Free Public Library
  11:00 am
• Brockton Rox at New Jersey Jackals →
  Yogi Berra Stadium, 27 Clove Rd, Little Falls Township
  12:00 pm
• High Altitudes and High Stakes: A Miss Marple Mystery with Lucy Fol
  Glen Ridge Public Library Glen Ridge Free Public Library
  2:00 pm
• IMC Kids Gym | AGES 5-6 →
  IMC KIDS GYM, 40 Belden Pl, Montclair
  4:00 pm
• STEW LEONARD'S X 50 CENT, NJ — Average Socialite →
  Stew Leonard's Wines & Spirits of Clifton, 467-B Allwood Rd, Clifton
  5:00 pm
• Music, Movement & Movies →
  Newark Arts New Jersey Performing Arts Center (NJPAC), 1 Center St, Newark, NJ, 07102, United States
  6:00 pm

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Thank you 👏👏👏 to these businesses for making Verona PatchAM possible:

• Crane's Mill — (973) 276-6700
• HZY Goods Dispensary — (973) 200-3030
• Bella Lash & Beauty — (973) 289-8725
• Chrill Home Care — (973) 744-8103
• The Pool Boss — (973) 823-7007
• Insurcomm Restoration — (866) 708-5357
• PSE&G — (800) 436-7734
• Darren Smith Helping Entrepreneurs Buy & Sell with Confidence — (973) 996-1168
• Fairways at Cranford — (908) 913-8138
• Paul Miller Toyota — (973) 298-0726

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Michael Page posted a job opening for Quality Manager - Precision Component Manufacturing - NJ in Montclair. Apply here.
• The Rittenhouse Hotel posted a job opening for Room Attendant - Housekeeper in West Orange. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Verona here.

🗞 Nearby News

Montclair

• Montclair Schools to Limit Chromebook Use in Classrooms (montclairlocal.news)
• Montclair House Fire Displaces 3 Families, Blaze Extinguished With Aid From Nearby Towns (patch.com)

Caldwell

• First Day Of School Nears In Caldwell-West Caldwell: See Dates For Last Day, Spring And Winter Break (patch.com)

Livingston

• Ex-NJ Wrestling Coach Sexually Assaulted Teen In Hospital Parking Lot: Prosecutors (patch.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: A jeweler sells watches and a jailer watches cells. (Thank you Jean D. for sending it in!)
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