TOP LOCAL News
By ED BARMAKIAN
February 8, 2025
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Mountain Lakes had to choose its poison in its plan to defend against the Chatham girls basketball team featuring two 1,000-point scorers in Ella Kreuzer and Mia Semioli in the quarterfinal round of the Morris County Tournament.“What makes us so difficult to defend is the fact that ...
STANHOPE, NJ – Three Chatham scouting troops earned top honors at the Patriots' Path Council, Fishawack District's annual Klondike Derby held last Saturday at the Mount Allamuchy Scout Reservation.Troop 280, Troop 121, and Troop 8 from Chatham collectively earned impressive results, securing spots ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Todd Ervin has coached well over 800 games in his 34 seasons as the Chatham boys basketball coach, winning 555 games.On Thursday night, the coach witnessed something his team had never done before during its sixth straight win, 76-45 vs. Morristown in the first round of the Morris ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior guard Ella Kreuzer scored a game-high 10 points as No. 2 seed Chatham scored a 47-19 opening-round win vs. Hanover Park, advancing to the quarterfinals of the Morris County Tournament on Thursday at CHS.“It feels good to win,” Kreuzer said. “This will be the fourth time I've ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham girls basketball followers are finally getting the “unleashed” version of Mia Semioli.In three of her four years as a starter for coach Joe Gaba, the 5-10 Semioli has been slightly restrained as the point guard for the highly successful Cougars. This season, however, she's ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – There were no inspiring speeches or pounding of fists in the Chatham locker room before the start of the overtime period vs. Randolph in the Mennen Cup semifinals.“I walked on the bench and told Isaac (Suh) to shoot the puck and he did,” Brendon Herr, Chatham ice hockey coach, ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa made an early call for a “Snow Day” Wednesday evening, citing a number of factors for the decision to close schools in the district for Thursday, Feb. 6.LaSusa said in his digital notice that high absenteeism was part of the reasoning and said ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham High senior student-athletes Jessica Bao, Ava Cantillon, Ryan O'Day and Finn Valli signed national letters of intent on Wednesday to compete for NCAA Division 1 programs.Bao will continue rowing/crew for the U.S. Naval Academy; Cantillon will play women's lacrosse at Iona ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls basketball team got serious about its preparation for the upcoming county and state tournaments by pulling out a 2-3 zone that it played the entire game for its 20th win of the season.“We need a secondary defense as we advance in the state and county tournaments,” ...
NEW YORK – Junior Kevin Grundy won the long jump and set a personal record in winning the triple jump, and junior Marcus Valenzuela took gold int he 1600 for the Chatham boys indoor track & field team in an SJTCA meet held Monday at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island.Grundy won the long jump with a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Audrey Westwood, a freshman at Chatham High, has been recognized for her talent in ceramics by earning regional Gold Key and Silver Key awards from the Scholastic Arts & Writing Awards. Her piece, “Naka-POT-su #1,” received the Gold Key, the highest regional honor, while her ...
NEW YORK – Chatham junior Alicia Dormevil set an indoor school mark in the triple jump with a distance of 34 feet, 5.25 inches in placing fourth at the SJTCA meet held on Monday at Ocean Breeze in Staten Island.Junior sprinter Sara Nacinovich clocked 25.22 in the 200-meter dash to place fourth for ...
CHATHAM, NJ — Chatham High School hosted its 13th annual Catwalk Show on Sunday, an event inspired by the reality TV series Project Runway. The show, a highly anticipated tradition, showcased the creative talents of student designers who spent a total of 30 hours preparing their garments. The ...
GLEN GARDNER, NJ – The Chatham girls fencing team won the District 4 competition for the third straight year and the Cougar boys placed second at District 4 held Sunday at Voorhees High.Both Chatham teams advanced to the states with seven Cougar girl fencers qualifying for the state individual ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys ice hockey team knew it was going to take some time to reload with all the new faces on the roster this year. The future of the program - freshmen Kieran Brendle and Owen Young - showed some signs of maturity when they teamed up to produce the biggest goal of the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham's Chris Tomaino will be the emcee and opening act for the Chatham Education Foundation's first-ever Comedy Night fundraiser set for 8 to 10 p.m. at the Chatham Middle School on Feb. 22.Tomaino will be joined by New York City-based comedians Erin Maguire, Joe Larson and Eric ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – A snowstorm delay didn't freeze out Chatham's top fencers as the Cougars produced five gold winners in the Morris County Individual Championships that were postponed for two weeks due to inclement weather.The Chatham girls swept all three weapons on Saturday at Randolph High with ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There was no plugging the leaks in the metaphorical dam when it came to Voorhees's zone defense against Chatham's three-point shooting.Ella Kreuzer hit five 3-pointers in the first half and when Voorhees managed to cool her off in the second half, Cougar guard Arden Alvarez unleashed ...
HACKENSACK, NJ – Senior forward Roman Kostrowski collected three goals and two assists and sophomore forward Charlie Dunn contributed two goals and two assists as the Chatham boys ice hockey team scored a 6-3 win vs. River Dell on Saturday at the Ice House.Isaac Suh netted a goal for Chatham ...
TRENTON, NJ — “We want you back!” NJ lawmakers told the nation’s nomadic Miss America, urging the competition to return in 2025 “and every year thereafter.”A resolution pleading with event organizers to come back was passed by the state Assembly by a voice vote, with no objections, on Thursday.
CHATHAM, NJ — It was a “Senior Night” to remember for the Chatham boys basketball team thanks to junior Sonny Arden's heroics on Friday night at CHS.Arden's tip-in of Michael MacAniff's missed shot off the rim beat the buzzer and lifted Chatham to a 53-51 win vs. Vernon.“Thank You, Sonny Arden, for ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham Board of Education has announced that it will elevate assistant superintendent Emily Sortino to the position of superintendent to replace Michael LaSusa, effective July 1, 2025.LaSusa announced on Jan. 6 that he was leaving the district after 24 years, the last 13 as the ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey elementary teachers may soon find furry friends in their classrooms. The state Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a bipartisan bill establishing a pilot program to place therapy dogs in elementary school wellness programs. School districts including Barnegat, Clifton and ...
Chatham High School’s Chamber Choir and Chamber Orchestra are set to present a stirring performance of Maurice Duruflé’s “Requiem” on February 5th at 7:30 PM in the CHS auditorium. This masterwork, a 45-minute symphony dedicated to the composer’s late father, will showcase the talents of CHS’s ...
TRENTON, NJ — Sean Lavin was a Mercer County sheriff’s officer who responded to Hurricane Katrina’s devastation of New Orleans in 2005. His memories of finding those who didn’t survive left him sleepless afterward and triggered post-traumatic stress disorder, he said. “Not one of us were OK with ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Senior guards Arden Alvarez and Ella Kreuzer led the way when Chatham pulled away in the third quarter to score its 18th girls basketball win of the season, 52-37, vs. Morris Hills on Thursday night.Alvarez scored seven of her game-high 15 points and Kreuzer knocked down back-to-back ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham seniors Cole Morris and Finn Valli each won Morris County Boys Indoor Track & Field Championships on Wednesday at Ocean Breeze on Staten Island.Morris won the 55-meter hurdles title with a time of 7.73 and Valli won gold in the 3200 in 9:22.49.Also earning points for ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Maahir Kumar, a freshman at Chatham High School, will be contributing to TAPinto Chatham as a student intern.Kumar is active in athletics as a member of the CHS freshman soccer team and his club soccer squad.“I enjoy keeping up with and supporting many of the other high school sports ...
TOMS RIVER, NJ – New Jersey’s offshore wind industry took another hit as Shell Energy withdrew from the Atlantic Shores wind project, incurring a $1 billion write-off. Citing financial, regulatory, and supply chain challenges, Shell’s exit raises further doubts about large-scale wind projects along ...
The School District of the Chathams announced that the opening time of school hours for Friday, Jan. 31, will be delayed for 90 minutes.Due to the forecast for freezing rain and icing overnight, Chatham schools will operate on a 90-minute delayed opening schedule tomorrow (Friday, January 31).