TOP LOCAL News
By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
April 6, 2025
SUMMIT, NJ – The Chatham girls track team opened its spring season at the Summit Relays on Saturday with the Cougar distance medley relay team of junior Avery Bruzzo, freshmen Emily Piskadlo and Meegan Carey, and sophomore Jackie Horan placing third with a time of 14.14.Chatham's triple-jump team ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Roads through Roxbury are likely to remain clogged with detouring Route 80 traffic until mid-May as crews continue to repair sinkholes in Wharton, a situation that has prompted the federal Small Business Administration (SBA) to offer low-interest loans to small businesses impacted by ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There was nothing for Chatham to fix at halftime of its boys lacrosse game vs. Hun on Saturday. The only message from Cougar coach Christian Scarpello was: “Let's just turn it up a little bit and let them know how good we are.”Junior attack Kyle Gibney did his part to validate that ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It's only been two games, but Chatham baseball coach Todd Leathers noticed a pattern after Friday's 7-1 home-opening loss to Roxbury.“So far, it's one big inning where we kind of have some lapses and both times the other team takes advantage of it,” Leathers said. "I know (Roxbury) ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Senior midfielder Grace Hallahan collected four goals, an assist, two ground balls and nine draw controls in leading Chatham to a 17-5 girls lacrosse win at West Essex on Friday.Hallahan will take career totals of 97 goals and 197 draw controls into Tuesday's game vs.
CHATHAM, NJ – Bergen County United Way held a ceremonial groundbreaking at Post Office Plaza for the 15 all-affordable units that will satisfy Chatham Borough's third-round obligation as negotiated with the Fair Share Housing Center.In January, Tom Toronto, president of the Bergen County United ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Luke Azzinaro, a two-year starter for the Delbarton basketball team, has given his commitment to play for NCAA Division 1 Lafayette College.The Chatham resident was an all-conference performer for the Green Wave, averaging 12 points, five rebounds and four assists per game.
MADISON, NJ – The Chatham boys lacrosse team met some old friends on the field Wednesday night when Gill St. Bernard's came to FDU to face the Cougars.“Two of their best players are from Chatham, so naturally that's going to help us be excited to show them that they should have stayed in town,” ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Freshmen Analia Garcia and Rory Presti, and senior winning pitcher Lara Thistlethwaite each knocked in two runs in helping Chatham score an 11-4 softball win vs. Parsippany Hills in its home opener on Wednesday.Third baseman Garcia collected two hits, scored three runs and drew a walk ...
NEW JERSEY - Opening day of Trout Season is Saturday, April 5 and to celebrate, state waters have been stocked with more than 180,000 rainbow trout. In Morristown, Burnham Park Pond, Speedwell Lake and Whippany River have been stocked with fish. Most trout being stocked will average 10.5 inches in ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Janice DeBiasse Piccolo will officially conclude 17 years as Chatham Borough's Director of Community Services on May 1 when she retires. Piccolo, who was given a sendoff Tuesday at Borough Hall, started as the assistant to the administrator in Chatham Borough before becoming the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The way Helen McCutcheon Oliver figures it, it usually takes four or five games before the Chatham girls lacrosse coach can sort out what combination of players works best. In the second game of the season on Tuesday, Oliver discovered that her team can win a game without having much ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys tennis team earned a 3-2 win vs. Morris Hills on Tuesday at the Colony Courts.Davis Zhang won at first singles for Chatham (2-0) in straight sets, as did the Cougar doubles teams of Chris Allen and Ranvir Iyengar, and Aidan Wong and Tyler Lasky.
CHATHAM, NJ - Senior middle Alex Fairbairn knocked down five kills and made three blocks and senior setter Shreyan Lingampalli was credited with 17 assists as the Chatham boys volleyball team scored a 2-0 win vs. Vernon on Tuesday.Junior Kevin Wang contributed four kills and seven digs for Chatham ...
The Chatham boys lacrosse game, originally scheduled for Wednesday at Cougar Field vs. Gill St. Bernard's has been moved to a 7 p.m. start at FDU Madison.Chatham (2-0) has outscored West Morris and Livingston 33 to 8 in its first two games. Gill St. Bernard's (1-2), the 2024 NJSIAA Non-Public B ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Seven individuals from Morris County, will be serving on the Association for Professionals in Infection Control and Epidemiology, Northern New Jersey Board (APIC, NNJ). This group of health-care professionals are dedicated primarily to preventing infections and communicable ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It was the kind of encore that Jack Howden wasn't expecting.The Chatham High senior knew that the flu was going through the cast of The Music Man in the week leading up to the opening performance, but he didn't figure it would snag him a second time.“I got hit with the flu early in ...
Chatham High School’s production of The Music Man filled the CHS auditorium with energy, music, and enthusiasm from March 19 to 22, captivating audiences and leaving a lasting impact on both performers and spectators alike. Despite unforeseen challenges—including the cancellation of two ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Longtime Chatham resident Bill O'Shaughnessy is planning to go the “extra mile” to benefit the St. Joseph's Health Foundation next month.“Since retiring, people often ask me what I’ve been up to. Well, on Saturday, April 12th, I’m taking on a big challenge—walking the 50-plus mile ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Even Chatham boys lacrosse coach Christian Scarpello admitted that he was getting a little tired of hearing it. After each Cougar goal, a snippet from Lynyrd Skynyrd's 1973 song “Free Bird” was played over the loudspeaker: “Won't you fly high, free bird, yeah.”On Saturday, “Free Bird” ...
GLADSTONE, NJ – First baseman Maddie Huth collected three hits and knocked in two runs and center fielder Clare Shanley had two hits, including a double, scored twice and drove in one for Chatham it its 9-6 opening softball loss at Gill St. Bernard's on Saturday.Outfielder Katie Pignatello had a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – As the three-time defending NJSIAA Group 3 state champion, the Chatham girls lacrosse team anticipates its opponents will come at them aggressively in 2025.Chatham faced that reality in its season opener vs. county rival Mountain Lakes on Friday at Haas Field, where the Lakers were ...
CHESTER, NJ – There were a few early hiccups before the Chatham boys lacrosse team got its act together and posted a 15-4 season-opening win at West Morris on Thursday.All the big guns on the attack - Shep Boyd, Kyle Gibney and Nick Lagunowich - led the way on the offensive end and senior middie ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior Eva Morrison led all golfers with a 47 as the Chatham girls team scored a 206 to 214 season-opening win vs. Morristown-Beard at the Fairmount Country Club on Thursday.Senior Grace Mulligan shot a 52 for Chatham, which received a 53 from Alex Caruso and a 54 from Karina Gilmore.
MENDHAM, NJ – Grayson Rivera won his match at third singles with a second-set tiebreaker victory, helping the Chatham boys tennis team sweep past Mendham, 5-0, in its season opener held Thursday.Rivera won his match with Mendham's Anthony Levine, 6-2, 7-6 (7-4) as the Cougars took all five matches ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It hasn't exactly been great weather for tennis, but the Chatham boys team will be looking for blue skies when it opens the 2025 season Thursday at Mendham.“It's a relatively younger team than the previous years, but these are all experienced players,” Chatham coach James Cai said.
CHATHAM, NJ – Better prepared and a year older.The returning players of the Chatham softball team have been working to make their second season under coach Brett Picaro a much-improved one.“Everyone is really focused on practice and we have a lot of new faces that are really promising, so I think ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham Township Committee unanimously introduced its 2025 municipal budget of $19.2 million on Tuesday night.For a home assessed at $870,000, the 2025 budget represents an increase of approximately $170.The public hearing and adoption of the budget is scheduled for the April 22 ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Senior Will DesMarais and sophomore Roger Rice each shot a three-over-par 39 on the front nine at the Spring Brook Country Club, pacing Chatham to a 160 to 179 season-opening boys golf win vs. Morristown on Tuesday.The win was the first for new Chatham coach Michael Leo.DesMarais ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The Morris Arts and Blackwell Street Center are once again hosting their annual student art exhibition that is set to take place at the Atrium Art Gallery of the County’s Administration and Records Building in Morristown. This year, twenty pieces of CHS artwork were selected to be ...