TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
January 20, 2026
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Jonas Wilcox took home two first-place awards, one for his contrasting monologue and partnering with Diego Cobo to win the comedic pairs competition, highlighting 10 awards earned by Chatham High students at the 2026 Speech and Theatre Association of New Jersey Governor's Awards ...
TRENTON, NJ — After more than a decade of clicking keyboards, students will be required to put pen to paper once again as cursive writing makes a comeback in public schools. In his final hours in office, Gov. Phil Murphy signed S1783/A3865 into law, requiring all school districts to reintroduce ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – John Gonnella and Evan Redman each scored a hat trick, accounting for six goals as undefeated Morristown-Beard, ranked No. 4 in the state, skated to a 7-1 win vs. Chatham on Monday at Mennen Arena.“They're a skilled team,” Chatham coach Brendon Herr said. “We put up a good effort, ...
SPARTA, NJ – Senior point guard Ryan Leach scored a season-high 17 points in leading Chatham to a 56-52 boys basketball win vs. Sparta on Monday night.Leach came into the game with a streak of 25 consecutive free throws made, but missed his first attempt and finished six-for-10 from the line in the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Chatham senior Alex Donoghue collected eight goals and an assist in powering the Chatham-Millburn-Livingston girls ice hockey team to a 9-3 win vs. Pingry on Monday at Mennen Arena.Donoghue now has 31 goals and eight assists on the season for CML (7-8-1), which boosted her career ...
CALDWELL, NJ — With less than a month to go before the February 5 special election, residents in New Jersey’s 11th District got a last-minute, jam-packed look at a sprawling Democratic field during a January 15 meet and greet at Caldwell University.Before a standing-room-only crowd of about 300, ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ – The Chatham boys team of Brady Byrne, Braeden Tierney, Santiago Gebara and Marcus Valenzuela won the NJSIAA State Group 3 Distance Medley Relay Championship on Sunday at the Rothman Orthopaedics Sport Complex.Chatham's DMR team posted the fastest time in all groups of 10:34.64. The ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There are so many awards and honors that Chatham High sophomore violinist Stacey Kim has won or received that the list seems to meld into an ever-growing tribute to her musical talent.The 15-year-old is much more than just a singular talent; she's also spreading her music throughout ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The gauntlet of four games in six days for the Chatham boys ice hockey team started with a win over the No. 12-ranked team in the state, Morristown, and ended with a 4-1 loss to Mendham on Saturday night at Mennen Arena.Chatham (7-7-1) was locked in a 1-1 tie through two periods ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Morris County has begun a long-planned construction project to expand its courthouse campus in Morristown, aiming to address updated security requirements and space needs for New Jersey Superior Court operations and staff based in the county seat.County officials said the expansion ...
MADISON, NJ – In a game of momentum swings, Madison had the final say by scoring the final nine points of the game in its 67-55 boys basketball win vs. Chatham on Saturday.“They made shots, and we didn't; that was the difference at the end there,” Chatham coach Todd Ervin said. “The turnovers and ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Chatham’s girls and boys swim teams, both top of their group in the state tournament, defeated Morris Knolls at County College of Morris in a meet packed with hard-fought races and split-second finishes on Thursday.Morris Knolls got off to an impressive start with wins in both 200 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Anyone looking forward to the usual grind-it-out battle between the Chatham and Mendham boys basketball teams may have left the CHS gym a little disappointed on Thursday night.The Cougars refused to play the half-court game preferred by Mendam, using their full-court press and ...
MENDHAM, NJ – Junior Noelle Grady and sophomore Lucy Arps knocked down four 3-pointers apiece and finished with game-high totals of 18 points each in powering Chatham's 53-38 girls basketball win vs. Mendham on Thursday night.Ashley Nowicki also hit a 3-pointer for Chatham (5-9), which hit nine ...
MIDDLETOWN, NJ – Junior Rory McNally scored his fourth goal of the season and senior goalie Snowden Lange came up with 31 saves in leading Chatham to a 1-1 boys ice hockey tie with Middletown North on Thursday at the Middletown Ice Rink.McNally converted a pass from freshman Luca DeNichilo to give ...
BOONTON, NJ — Chatham’s lineup delivered steady production across all three games to earn a 5-2 victory over Morristown in a boys bowling match Thursday afternoon.The Cougars finished with a 3,125 series total and won all three team games, taking the three points available there. Morristown, which ...
MANVILLE, N.J. — Valairco Heating & Cooling is giving the public the chance to direct $500 to a local charity of their choice through its quarterly Valairco Cares donation program. The organization receiving the most nominations from the public by January 31, 2026 will be awarded the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Ava Paone has always been one of the pieces of the puzzle that blended into the big picture of the highly successful Chatham girls basketball program.After playing as a complementary piece on two Cougar teams that reached the Group 3 state championship game, Paone has stepped into the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Coach Todd Drevitch knew he had a short bench coming into the game because of illness and injury, so it was going to take a full 45-minute effort for his Chatham-Millburn-Livingston team to defeat Oak Knoll on Wednesday.Chatham senior Alex Donoghue was more than up to the task, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – According to senior guard Sonny Arden, the Chatham boys basketball team talked about “shooting with confidence” during Monday's practice.The confidence was overflowing in the first quarter on Tuesday night as the Cougars drained eight 3-pointers over the first eight minutes and wound ...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – Chatham’s girls and boys swim teams, both defending state champions, cruised to comfortable wins against Kinnelon on Tuesday at the Lakeland Hills YMCA. Neither Cougar team put swimmers in their strongest events and yet the girls won nine of 11 events on their way to a 120-47 ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Senior guard Ava Paone scored a game-high 18 points in Chatham's 37-32 girls basketball setback to Morris Knolls on Tuesday.Tessa Simone scored 13 points to lead Morris Knolls (3-6), which outscored the Cougars, 15-8, in the fourth quarter.
NEW YORK – Senior Alicia Dormevil won the triple jump and the 4x400 relay of Molly Haid, Avery Bruzzo, Liv Matter and Sarah Nacinovich placed third for the Chatham girls track & field team at the SJTCA meet held Monday at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island.Dormevil won the triple jump with a ...
OLD BRIDGE, NJ – Senior goalie Snowden Lange came up with 38 saves and freshman forward Luca DeNichilo scored his team-leading 14th and 15th goals of the season as Chatham skated to a 6-3 boys ice hockey win vs. Old Bridge on Tuesday at Old Bridge Ice Arena.The Cougars, less than 24 hours after ...
NEW YORK – Kevin Grundy took gold in both the long jump and triple jump, and Marcus Valenzuela set a personal indoor record in winning the 3200 for the Chatham boys track & field team on Monday at SJTCA Meet No. 12 at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island.Senior Grundy took first in the long jump with ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Senior goalie Snowden Lange came up with a season-high 41 saves for Chatham in its 5-3 “Senior Night” boys ice hockey win vs. Morristown on Monday night at Mennen Arena.“I don't think it was just me, it was a whole team effort out there,” Lange said. “We definitely worked really ...
RAMSEY, NJ — Public school districts across New Jersey will have to come up with a plan to ban student cell phone use for the entire school day by the start of the 2026-2027 school year under a new law signed by Gov. Phil Murphy on Thursday.“With today’s bill signing, we are ensuring New Jersey ...
MANASQUAN, NJ – The Chatham girls basketball team appeared to take a couple of big steps forward with its comeback win vs. Morristown on Thursday. Two days later, the Cougars took a step back with a 41-31 loss to undefeated Manasquan, ranked No. 8 in the state.“We take two steps forward, and then ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – It's definitely not the defense.The Chatham boys basketball team has hit a rough spot on the offensive end of the floor in the 2026 portion of its schedule, losing its third straight game of the new year, 47-38, to Montville on Friday night in an NJAC American clash.“We just have to ...
STOCKHOLM, NJ – Freshman forward Luca DeNichilo scored his team-leading 12th goal for Chatham in its 3-1 boys ice hockey setback to Kinnelon on Friday at Skylands Ice World.Luke Brendle and Charlie Dunn were each credited with an assist for Chatham (5-6). Braydon Sisco scored twice for Kinnelon ...