TOP LOCAL News
By ED BARMAKIAN
March 25, 2025
CHATHAM, NJ – It's one of those hard lessons a team needs to learn.“You can't underestimate any opponent,” Anna Amster, Chatham boys volleyball coach, said.After holding the upper hand in a scrimmage vs. Jefferson on Saturday in its final prep for the 2025 boys volleyball season, the Cougars faced ...
CHATHAM, NJ—Carol Nauta will officially hold the title until the end of the month, but her long career as the Chatham Recreation Coordinator came to a close on Monday night when the Borough of Chatham Council accepted her resignation at its regular meeting.The longtime Chatham Borough resident has ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Emily Sortino will be stepping into her new role as Chatham’s superintendent when Michael LaSusa moves on to Princeton at the end of the school year. Having worked in the district for the past four years, Sortino currently holds the position of assistant superintendent and is familiar ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys lacrosse team played its final scrimmage of the preseason and if there was one takeaway from the 11-10 win vs. Manasquan, it's that junior Kyle Gibney is ready for the 2025 season.Gibney scored six goals - four in the second half - to fuel the offense on Saturday at ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Todd Leathers sees the 2025 Chatham baseball team as a player-led group and that tells the Cougar coach it's going to be an enjoyable year.“We have a ton of seniors and a lot of competition,” Leathers said. "It's nice. A lot of times there are 9 or 10 guys and you don't go deep. This ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls lacrosse team has been to four straight Group 3 state championship games and has won the last three in a row. The question coming into the 2025 season is what do the Cougars have left from those championship teams?“We bring back a lot of really good talent; pieces ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The opening of Chatham High School's performance of The Music Man has been canceled for the second straight day and is set to open Friday night.In a message sent out by the School District of the Chathams below, a 2 p.m. matinee performance will be added for Saturday.Due to ongoing ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Nate West has heard it countless times. People question how he can play outside for the Chatham boys volleyball team when just about everybody on the other side of the net is taller.“You make up for it by jumping,” he said. “The mental part of the game is the most important. You don't ...
CHATHAM, NJ — As we move into the spring of 2025, the real estate market in Chatham, NJ, continues to experience notable growth, characterized by rising home prices and a competitive atmosphere, according to local realtors. Sellers are in a strong position to take advantage of the upward trend, ...
Chatham High School’s theater department is set to dazzle audiences with its spring musical production of The Music Man, running from March 19-22, 2025.This classic Broadway hit follows Harold Hill, a charismatic con artist who arrives in River City, Iowa, with a plan to swindle the townspeople by ...
Most of us are perpetually sleep-deprived. According to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, we should aim for a minimum of seven hours of sleep per night, and many studies show that even this minimum isn’t enough for optimal cognitive or physical performance. Given these sleep challenges, an ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The preliminary budget for the 2025-2026 school year presented by Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa at Monday night's regular meeting includes the implementation of free full-day kindergarten and a 4.76% increase due to rising health insurance premiums and inflation.LaSusa ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham boys lacrosse coach Christian Scarpello got a glimpse of what his team's 2025 offense might look like on Monday when the Cougars took the field against an opponent for the first time in their scrimmage vs. Rumson-Fair Haven.“We're still working out the personnel,” Scarpello ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Lara Paglinawan, a sophomore at Chatham High School, is joining TAPinto Chatham as a contributing student intern. Paglinawan is passionate about writing, especially analytical and argumentative pieces, and has won regional Scholastic Art and Writing Awards, most recently a 2025 Silver ...
CHATHAM, NJ — For the Brandon family, The Music Man is more than just a musical—it’s a legacy. In 1988, San Solou, a young fifth grader at the time, played Winthrop in Chatham High School’s production of the show. Now, more than 35 years later, his nephew, Ray Brandon, is stepping into the same ...
CHATHAM, NJ —The Chatham High School gymnasium hosted the CHS PTO Fashion Show on Friday, featuring 200 members of the Senior Class of 2025. The event, themed "Together Through Any Weather," showcased outfits from local brands, performances, and student-designed fashion pieces.Seniors modeled ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – The game plan was a simple one and Cherry Hill West carried it out to the great satisfaction of its coach, Dan Butler, in gaining the school's first girls state basketball championship.“We wanted to defend the 3-point line,” Butler said. “Once we denied their three-point line, I ...
TRENTON, NJ — Potholes around the state could soon be on the road to recovery. The New Jersey Department of Transportation's (NJDOT) annual statewide pothole repair campaign starts Monday."Over the next couple of months, our priority will be repairing the most significant potholes from this ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ – It has taken 33 games and 370 days for the Chatham girls basketball team to get back to this point.After its 59-51 loss to Mainland in the Group 3 state final on March 10, 2024, the Cougars have been on a mission to get back to the state final for another chance at winning the ...
TRENTON, NJ — A legislative committee signed off on a bill to require New Jersey schools to teach elementary school students cursive handwriting.The legislation is the first step toward reinstituting a statewide policy to teach cursive handwriting to all students by third grade, a move that ...
CHATHAM, NJ – After a Chatham girls basketball win, senior guard Ella Kreuzer is the first to credit a teammate for a key contribution during a post-game interview. Even though the attention is on her throughout the game as the team's leading scorer, she prefers to shine the light on others when ...
NEW JERSEY – Women-owned businesses in New Jersey and across the U.S. continue to thrive. According to the National Women’s Business Council (NWBC) Annual Report, there are 14.5 million women-owned businesses that account for nearly 40% of all businesses in the U.S. In 2024, they had an estimated ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Chatham High School students and others in New Jersey's Eleventh Congressional District are invited to enter Representative Mikie Sherrill's 7th Annual Congressional Art Competition.Ester Hong of Millburn High School won the competition last year.The competition offers high school ...
ELIZABETH, NJ – When Chatham coach Joe Gaba referred to his team's NJSIAA Group 3 state semifinal girls basketball win on Tuesday as a “gut check”, it could have been taken as a figurative or literal description.The Cougars came into the game vs. Morris Knolls at the Dunn Center with a roster ...
COLONIA, NJ – The Chatham High Academic “A” Team finished third in the playoff round of the Colonia High tournament held last Friday.After three preliminary rounds, the top eight teams were seeded and the CHS “A” team placed third overall. Members of the A team include James Li, Ishir Rao, Natalie ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Mayor Carolyn Dempsey confirmed that developer Bergen County United Way will break ground by the end of the month on construction of the 15 all-affordable units at Post Office Plaza at the regular meeting of the Borough of Chatham Council on Monday night.It was reported in January ...
CHATHAM, NJ –The Borough of Chatham Council is set to vote on a resolution to approve the negotiated agreement between the Borough and Chatham Borough Policeman's Benevolent Association Local 226 at its regular meeting scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Monday, March 10.The agreement would be retroactive to ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham senior quarterback Will Allen has been selected to the North squad for the Phil Simms North-South All-Star Football Game set to be played June 8 at Kean University.Allen passed for 2,022 yards and 17 touchdowns in leading Chatham (7-3) into the semifinal round of the NJSIAA ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Ella Kreuzer is normally the stoic one on the Chatham girls basketball team, keeping her emotions in check after big wins or tough losses.But the final home game of the Chatham senior guard's storied high school career brought her to tears after she scored a team-high 19 points Friday ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Tickets for the 2025 CHS PTO Fashion Show, as well as Big Blue Raffle Tickets, are now on sale online at Chatham HS PTO Events and Tickets by GoFan. There will be 200 Chatham High senior models who will showcase fashion styles from more than 30 vendors at the March 14 event. Fashion ...