TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
November 30, 2025
CHATHAM, NJ – According to a recently published article by Megi Canco at Islands.com, Chatham Borough is viewed as One Of America's Best Places To Live Is A Diverse New Jersey Suburb With International Flair.Canco mentions other notable rankings in her piece that can be read HERE
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham residents and other Christmas shoppers were presented with an alternative to the frantic quest for a good deal in a more personal, unique setting, where reasonably priced gift options were offered at the Holiday Market Art and Craft Fair on Saturday at the Chatham Middle ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham Borough residents have used 47 million fewer gallons through October than last year, but the lower revenue will mean slightly higher rates to cover operating costs in 2026.That was the analysis of the water rates in a presentation given by Chatham Borough Chief Financial ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham residents rolled out of bed and lined up for the 14th annual Trot the Manor one-mile fun run and 5K race held on the leafy streets of the Manor section in Chatham Borough on Thanksgiving morning.“It was a record turnout with more than 900 signed up for the race,” Dave Heflin, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The 17th annual Chatham Turkey Trot on Thursday morning was dedicated to the memory of Kevin Myler, who recently passed away unexpectedly.The Thanksgiving community event — a one-mile fun run and 5k race — held in the Highlands section of Chatham Township raises funds for the Chatham ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Alexandra Donoghue has a pretty good story to tell about the final time she touched a soccer ball in her Chatham High career. And the details are so unique that she probably won't be tempted to embellish them over the years.The senior midfielder leaped high to meet a corner kick ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Bill Heap made a tongue-in-cheek admission about the Chatham Jaycees' “Socialist" leanings with a poster featuring NYC Mayor-Elect Zohran Mamdani on Monday night at the Borough of Chatham Council meeting when he promoted the 59th annual Jaycees Christmas Tree Sale.During the public ...
CHATHAM, NJ — Months of rehearsal came together for the actors and crew of Chatham High School’s fall play this past weekend. CHS’s fall production of Pride and Prejudice was The show, adapted by Kate Hamill and directed by CHS theater director Laura Russo, ran for three performances and brought a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – When Chatham resident Tanu Kumar launched her business, GoodsAgain, she did so with one simple intention: to do her part in reducing the overwhelming amount of waste that surrounds us. As consumers, people often don’t consider the amount of waste produced on a daily basis, the things ...
SOMERSET, NJ – All season long, Lucy Arps has been taking corner kicks for the Chatham girls soccer team, knowing that either Alex Donoghue or Amanda Thornton would get to the ball, whether she hits it to the back or near post.That scenario played out at the most crucial moments in Chatham's ...
STAFFORD TOWNSHIP, NJ -Manahawkin-based local businessman and long-time Joey’s Pizza owner, Joe Rulli, is bringing the amazing life and tragic, unsolved disappearance of his father, famous fighter Joey "Lupo" Rulli, to the screen. After years of meticulous research, Joe Rulli—with the strong ...
Chatham High School held its annual Fall Honors Recital on Monday, filling the CHS choir room with a lively, yet intimate atmosphere. Thirty-seven student musicians performed a wide range of solo and chamber repertoire, many accompanied by student and professional pianists. Among the performers ...
CHATHAM, NJ – After the final practice of the 2025 season on Saturday morning, Chatham girls soccer coach Anthony Correale was confident his team could win one more game when it faces Shawnee in the Group 3 state championship game set for 12:30 p.m. Sunday at Franklin High.“We're ready,” Correale ...
CHATHAM, NJ – More than 65 unique vendors/crafters will be gathering at the Chatham Middle School for the Holiday Market Arts and Craft Fair set for 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 29.Admission is free. The market will also include a chance to get a photo taken with Santa from 1 to 3 p.m.In ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Marcus Valenzuela had one more task to do before he ran in the NJSIAA Meet of Champions last Saturday. He had to decide what to wear for the final boys cross-country race of his four-year tenure at Chatham High.Valenzuela had already handed in his 2025 cross-country uniform after the ...
PRINCETON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy and First Lady Tammy Murphy are inviting New Jersey residents to attend The Holidays at Drumthwacket, continuing the tradition of open house tours at the Governor’s official residence in Princeton.This year’s theme is America’s 250th Anniversary, according to a news ...
CHATHAM, NJ – When the Chatham girls soccer team won its fourth straight state sectional title last Saturday in a penalty-kick shootout vs. Cranford, senior striker Amanda Thornton was not happy with her performance.Thornton erased all those negative thoughts with one of the best games of her ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey users of social media platforms would gain a way to report fraud on their accounts under legislation released by the Senate Commerce Committee on Monday.The bill, S3017, would require the sites’ operators to provide a 24-hour, toll-free phone number to contact live customer ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There will be no secrets on Wednesday at 2 p.m. when the girls soccer teams from Chatham and Morris Knolls meet in the NJSIAA Group 3 tournament semifinal round.This will be the fourth meeting of the 2025 season between Chatham (16-5-2), the North Jersey, Section 2 champion, and North ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There might be a student with a British-sounding accent walking the halls of Chatham High leading up to the presentation of the fall play Pride and Prejudice set for Nov. 20-22 in the Chatham Performing Arts Center.CHS senior Madeline “Mads” Garman might be the one with the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – After receiving 22 goals of support in Chatham's three previous girls state tournament soccer games, it was goalie Charlotte Nelson's turn to step into the spotlight for the Cougars.The sophomore came through in a big way, making two clutch saves in the penalty kick shootout after the ...
HOLMDEL PARK, NJ – Chatham senior boys cross-country runner Marcus Valenzuela competed in his fourth NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Saturday and he saved his best for last.Valenzuela set a Chatham school record on the 5K Holmdel Park course with a time of 15:38, placing fourth in the state and ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Rutgers football scored big with a surprise visit to ECLC student Ryan Langston in Chatham on Friday.Scarlet Knights running back Ja'shon Benjamin, defensive lineman Miron Gurman, and player development assistant Jaden Payoute made their way to ECLC in Chatham to present a Rutgers ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jerseyans would observe a statewide "Day of Civility" in November each year under a resolution approved by lawmakers in Trenton. “New Jersey will set the stage for this to be a domino effect for the world, not just our country,” the bill’s sponsor, Sen. Angela McKnight, (D - ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham Borough Mayor Carolyn Dempsey reported at Monday's council meeting that coordination between the School District of the Chathams and the Borough has now created a human conveyor belt that delivers unused lunch food from the Elementary Schools to the CUMC Food Distribution ...
TRENTON, NJ — Self-driving cars, legal in other states but not New Jersey, would operate here in test runs under a bill released on Monday by the Senate Transportation Committee. Trials would take place on closed and open roads under S4702, sponsored by Senator Andrew Zwicker (D - District ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Seventeen Chatham High senior student-athletes announced on national signing day Wednesday that they will compete for NCAA Division 1 programs in field hockey, lacrosse, rowing, soccer, swimming and track & field.Amanda Thornton will play soccer at Rutgers University; Leah Tapper ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior co-captains, midfielder Alex Donoghue and striker Amanda Thornton, led the way as the top-seeded Chatham girls soccer team scored its third straight mercy win, 7-0, vs. Middletown North in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament on Wednesday at Haas ...
ANNANDALE, NJ – When Molly Chazen and Emma Shushansky each scored a goal for Chatham late in the first period, it looked like the Cougars were on their way to a comeback win in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 final on Wednesday.But by the time No. 2-seeded Chatham revved up its game, top-seeded ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There were a couple of special guests from Vermont and New Hampshire at Chatham's Veterans Day Celebration on Tuesday, held inside Scoops - Liza Poinier, the granddaughter of Robert F. Sargent, and World War II researcher Brennan Gauthier.Gauthier brought more of Chatham's rich ...