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By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
October 7, 2025
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Marcus Valenzuela crossed first in 16:05 and Brady Byrne placed third in 16:53, pacing the Chatham boys cross-country team to wins vs. Mendham and Morris Knolls in a Batch Meet held Tuesday on the Greystone Course.Chatham (4-2) closed out its dual meet season with wins vs.
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior setter Emily Kelley tried to credit everyone else for her 20 assists in Chatham's three-set girls volleyball win vs. Villa Walsh in the preliminary round of the Morris County Tournament on Monday. Still, there was one play she had to own.In the decisive third set, Kelley ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Nine days after Michelle Moran and Mary Zhang clinched Chatham's 12th straight Morris County Tournament with a third-set tiebreaker win vs. Mendham, the duo repeated their feat on Monday in Chatham's 3-2 girls tennis win at the Colony Courts.Senior Moran and junior Zhang dropped the ...
NEW JERSEY — Eligible voters in New Jersey have three ways to cast their ballots in the 2025 General Election.According to the New Jersey Voter Information Portal, the three options are in-person early voting, at a polling place on Election Day and using a mail-in ballot.In Person on Election ...
MADISON, NJ — The Madison Area YMCA, in partnership with Stop & Shop, will host a community flu vaccination clinic in the Madison Area YMCA on Monday, Oct. 6, and Tuesday, Oct. 7.The days and hours are as follows:Monday, Oct. 6: 9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 7: 9:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m.The YMCA ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Daniel Hesse has been hired as the new Chatham Borough Recreation Coordinator, replacing Carol Nauta, who retired after 39 years on the job.Hesse earned a degree in Recreation, Parks and Tourism Management from Penn State University.“The Borough of Chatham is pleased to welcome Daniel ...
Chatham's doubles duo of senior Michelle Moran and junior Mary Zhang won three matches over the weekend, advancing to the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA doubles tournament.Unseeded Chatham will meet No. 2-seeded Rachel Bai and Angelina Gao of Pingry in the quarterfinals Saturday at Princeton ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Chatham senior Marcus Valenzuela ran the Holmdel Park Course in 15:55 to win the Varsity “C” Race at the Shore Coaches Boys Cross-Country Invitational on Saturday.Chatham posted an average 5K time of 17:49 to place fifth out of 26 teams in the race.Valenzuela's 5K time places him in ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It would be easy to second-guess Chatham football coach Evan Picariello, but in his defense, he was holding a hot hand and playing the odds that seemed to be in his favor with 47 seconds left in the see-saw battle with visiting Roxbury.After quarterback Ryan Hogan hit Michael MacAniff ...
MADISON, NJ – Senior goalie Jack Paone was credited with 11 saves as Chatham played to a 0-0 boys soccer tie with Madison, ranked No. 6 in the state by NJ.com, in a regular-season game that remained scoreless through two overtime periods on Saturday.Paone notched his sixth shutout of the season and ...
ROXBURY, NJ – A defamation lawsuit filed by the Roxbury High School librarian against the parents who criticized her inclusion in the library of sexually explicit books was dismissed Friday (Oct. 3) by a judge, according to a lawyer involved in the case.State Superior Court Judge Jonathan Romankow ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham High Theatre Department will present its fall production of Pride and Prejudice from Nov. 20 through Nov. 22.Performances will be held Thursday, Nov. 20 at 4:30 PM, Friday, Nov. 21 and Saturday, Nov. 22 at 7:00 PM.Tickets for the performances must be purchased in advance ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ — Atlantic Health’s Morristown Medical Center has preserved a newly uncovered piece of its past: the original dedication stone from All Souls Hospital, the institution founded in 1893 by the Sisters of Charity of St. Elizabeth.The artifact surfaced this summer during demolition of ...
BERKELEY HEIGHTS, NJ – Kayra Agar and Aileen McEnroe each won a third-set tiebreaker to highlight Chatham's 5-0 girls tennis win vs. Gov. Livingston on Friday.Agar won her first singles matchup with Julia Kravchenko of Gov. Livingston, 2-6, 6-4, 1-0 (10-6). McEnroe won her third singles match vs.
CHATHAM, NJ – When it comes to crucial fourth-down plays, Chatham head football coach Evan Picariello and offensive coordinator Brian Nagy have the answer in plain sight. Give the ball to No. 4.Of course, it's not that simple, but senior running back Shepard Boyd has been making it look that way by ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham girls soccer coach Anthony Correale has been challenging his team to “figure things out” on the field of late, expecting the Cougars to raise their game to a higher level.“We still have to improve a little bit with our decision-making,” Correale said. “I still think we can be ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Chatham girls tennis team remained unbeaten in NJAC American Division play with a 5-0 win vs. Morristown on Wednesday.Junior Mary Zhang stepped up from first doubles to play third singles for Chatham (15-3, 9-0 NJAC American) and contributed a 6-1, 6-0 win.
CHATHAM, NJ – Twenty-seven Chatham High seniors have been named “Commended Students” in the 2026 National Merit Scholarship Program.Commended Students placed among the top 50,000 scorers of more than 1.6 million students who entered the 2025 competition by taking the 2024 Preliminary SAT/National ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Senior runners Marcus Valenzuela, Brady Byrne and Santiago Gebara placed first, third and sixth, respectively, in leading Chatham to two team wins in the boys cross-country batch meet held Tuesday on the Greystone course.Chatham (2-2) defeated Montville, 15 to 49, and Randolph, ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Junior forward Molly Chazen scored two goals to lead a balanced attack as the Chatham field hockey team scored all seven of its goals in the first half of its 7-0 win vs. Randolph on Tuesday.Chazen netted her eighth and ninth goals for Chatham (8-1), which credited three assists to ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls tennis team, seeded No. 2 in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament, swept past Colonia, 5-0, in the opening round on Tuesday at the Colony Courts.
CHATHAM, NJ – In a game that seemed upside down at times, the Chatham girls soccer team managed to make it right in the end when Lucy Arps scored in the eighth minute of overtime to lift the Cougars to a 3-2 win vs. Morristown on Monday at Haas Field.“Not the way we drew it up, but teams that want ...
FLANDERS, NJ – Senior striker Marco Mannino netted his eighth and ninth goals of the season in fueling Chatham's 4-0 boys soccer win at Mount Olive on Monday.Senior forward Ryan Hoffelder contributed his sixth goal of the season in the win for Chatham (6-2), which also received a goal from ...
VALLADOLID, SPAIN – Ever since Sarah Stubeck finished her first 1,000-piece jigsaw puzzle at the age of six, people have noticed that she has a talent for putting them together.“It's a relaxation thing for me,” Stubeck said. “In college, I kept hearing how fast I was, and I decided to look into ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Nothing seemed to be going right for the Chatham football team on Saturday night, so coach Evan Picariello decided to “Let Shep Boyd Cook.”Down by 11 points in the third quarter, Picariello gave the signal to Boyd for the fake punt and the senior running back/punter did the rest.
MORRISTOWN, NJ – When it comes to the girls Morris County Tournament Tennis Championships, it's a stage where Chatham comes ready to play its best.Needing to win three of four matches in the finals to out-point rival Mendham, the Cougars impressively won all four courts to win their 12th ...
BASKING RIDGE, NJ – Junior forward Molly Chazen scored three goals and senior winger Emma Shushansky netted her team-leading 18th goal as the Chatham field hockey team posted a 5-2 win at Pingry on Saturday.Chazen's hat trick boosted her career goal total to 30 for Chatham (7-1), which received a ...
SUMMIT, NJ — The stage is set, the amps are ready, and the beat drops this weekend.Summit’s fifth annual Battle of the Bands will rock the Village Green on Sunday, Sept. 28, from 12:45 p.m. to 2:45 p.m. at 356 Broad Street. Some of the area’s top local bands will go head-to-head in 30-minute sets, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Jake Keltz struck for his fourth goal of the season and Marco Mannino scored on a header for his seventh goal as Chatham, fueled by the two goals in the first half, secured a 2-0 boys soccer win vs. Mendham on Friday at Cougar Field.Chatham (5-2) had its chances to break the game ...
CHESTER, NJ – Senior midfielder Alex Donoghue scored the final two goals in regulation to earn Chatham a 4-4 girls soccer tie with West Morris in a game that remained locked through two overtime periods on Friday.Sophomore Lucy Arps scored a goal in each half for Chatham (4-2-1), which also ...