Verona and Cedar Grove Municipal Election Today

Today is Election Day in Verona and Cedar Grove. Polls will be open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. in both townships. A complete list of polling places can be found below.

In Cedar Grove, three seats; a two-year unexpired term, and two four-year seats are up for election on the five-member governing body. Incumbent Councilman Peter Tanella and Cedar Grove Mayor Robert O'Toole are running unopposed for the four-year seats. Longtime incumbent Councilman E. Romeo Longo, who has served on the council five terms since 1995, is facing a challenge from Cheryl Brown for the unexpired two-year seat formerly held by Patrick DeFrancisci.

In Verona, Eight candidates are vying for a total of three seats on the Township Council. Four men; James Robbins, Kevin Ryan, Gerard Tamburino and Bruce Williams are vying for the two-year unexpired seat formerly held by Ken McKenna. Two four-year seats are up for grabs; those belonging to Deputy Mayor Frank Sapienza and Mayor Teena Schwartz. Schwartz said in March that she would not seek re-election. Sapienza is seeking his second term on the Council. Three challengers are running for the four-year terms; Robert Caruso, Daniel McGinley and Michael Nochimson.

Both townships' municipal races are non-partisan, and voters do not individually elect a mayor in either Verona or Cedar Grove. When the new councils are sworn in on July 1, they will decide among themselves who in the group will serve as the township's mayor for the following year. Though not a certainty, tradition has dictated that the mayoral torch is frequently passed to the person occupying the deputy mayor's seat at election time.

Polling Places:

Verona 

District 1: Laning Avenue School, 18 Lanning Road, 973-239-5590

District 2: Brookdale Avenue School, 14 Brookdale Court, 973-239-4250

District 3: H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, 600 Bloomfield Ave., 973-239-1300

District 4: H.B. Whitehorne Middle School, 600 Bloomfield Ave., 973-239-1300

District 5: Forest Avenue School, 118 Forest Ave., 973-239-2422

District 6: Forest Avenue School, 118 Forest Ave., 973-239-2422

District 7: F.N. Brown Elementary School, 125 Grove Ave., 973-239-5241

District 8: Brookdale Avenue School, 14 Brookdale Court, 973-239-4250

District 9: Verona High School (Lobby), 17 Gould Street, 973-239-3300

District 10: Laning Avenue School, 18 Lanning Road, 973-239-5590

District 11: Verona High School (Lobby), 151 Fairview Ave., 973-239-3300

Cedar Grove

District 1: United Presbyterian Church, 155 Commerce Road

District 2: North End Fire House, 170 E. Lindsley Road

District 3: Memorial Middle School, 500 Ridge Road

District 4: Cedar Grove High School, 90 Rugby Road

District 5: Cedar Grove High School, 90 Rugby Road

District 6: Leonard R. Parks School Building, 520 Pompton Ave.

District 7: Cedar Grove Ambulance and Rescue Squad, 651 Pompton Ave.

District 8: North End School, 122 Stevens Ave.

District 9: South End School, 116 Harper Terr.

District 10: Leonard R. Parks School Building, 520 Pompton Ave.

See Verona-Cedar Grove Patch for candidate information, photos, platforms and more. And check back as the results come in Tuesday night for all the latest election news.