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By TAPINTO CHATHAM STAFF
January 19, 2025
CHATHAM, NJ – Teesta Bhola-Shah, a sophomore at Chatham High School, will be joining TAPinto Chatham as a contributing student intern.Bhola-Shah is an avid reader and accomplished writer, having won Scholastic Writing Awards at the regional and national levels. She is the 2024 winner of the New ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ – Have dresses hanging in your closet that you’ve only worn once or twice? Don’t let them go to waste! Donate your new or gently worn prom, bridesmaid, formal, and semi-formal dresses to support a meaningful cause.The 2025 Dress Express event, in its fifth year, will take place ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Kiera Harkins wasn't racing the clock on the way to her meet-record-tying win in the 100 butterfly on Saturday in the Morristown High pool. She knew the record holder - Thi Tran - was swimming in the lane right next to her.The Chatham junior touched first in 1:02.17, which tied the ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – The plan was to get the most points it could out of senior Charlie Kulp and that worked out fine for the Chatham boys swim team as Kulp delivered with a record-setting win in the 100 butterfly and swam on three winning relays for the Cougars on Saturday at Morristown High.Kulp, ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Chatham junior girls swimmers Gloria Jeng, Kiera Harkins and Madeline Crawford were reminiscing between races about their freshman year at the Morris County Championships.After the trio helped their older sisters win a team title, Cougar swim coach Laura Hartnett had asked, as she ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The School District of the Chathams has announced its revised Chatham Board of Education meeting schedule for 2025.The March meeting where the preliminary school budget will be presented is set for Monday, March 17 and the public hearing for the budget will be held on Monday, April ...
MENDHAM, NJ – Chatham played the game at Mendham's pace and that paved the way for a defensive struggle that the Minutemen pulled out for a 45–44 boys basketball overtime win on Thursday night.“It's a tough place to play,” Chatham coach Todd Ervin said. “We had our chances. We very easily could ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Freshman Owen Young connected for a goal in the first period and two in the second, notching a hat trick to highlight Chatham's 5-0 boys ice hockey win vs. Morristown on Thursday night at Mennen Sports Arena.Young's second hat trick gave him 10 goals on the season for Chatham ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior guards Mia Semioli and Ella Kreuzer scored 17 and 15 points, respectively, as the undefeated Chatham girls basketball team posted its 13th win of the season, 50-34, vs. Mendham on Thursday night at CHS.The 13-0 start marks the best start to a season since coach Joe Gaba's ...
CHATHAM, NJ – One of the lessons learned from Chatham's four-overtime girls basketball win vs. Westfield last week: Don't underestimate the shooting ability of the “tall, skinny kid.”“It's clear to see that I'm underestimated out there because I'm tall, I'm skinny, and they don't think I can hit a ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Borough of Chatham and Mayor Carolyn Dempsey announced that its developer has received $5 million in affordable housing funding from the state Department of Community Affairs, which will allow for construction to begin at Post Office Plaza in the “next few months.”Bergen County ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – The Chatham girls and boys swim teams continued their win streaks Wednesday night over Morris Hills 112-58 and 109-61, respectively, at the County College of Morris.Both teams remain undefeated, each moving to a 6-0 record, and both are one win away from securing the conference ...
ROSELLE, NJ – Chatham got off to a great start with goals by Luke Brendle and Roman Kostrowski in the first period, but Cranford came back to win the boys ice hockey contest, 5-3, with two decisive Christian Adamski goals in the third period on Wednesday at Warninanco Park.Sophomore Brendle ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Junior Michael MacAniff scored a career-high 28 points and the rest of his Chatham teammates joined in during the 78-62 boys basketball win vs. Morris Knolls on Tuesday night.MacAniff was complemented in the balanced attack with 18 points from senior forward Quinn Burke, 12 points ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Senior guard Ella Kreuzer collected 13 points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals in leading undefeated Chatham past Morristown, 42-34, for its 12th straight girls basketball win in an NJAC American Conference contest on Tuesday night.Chatham (12-0, 4-0 NJAC American) ...
NEW YORK - Kevin Grundy, Adam Petitjean, Finn Valli and Marcus Valenzuela all placed first in their respective events for the Chatham boys track & field team at the SJTCA Invitational indoor meet held Monday at Ocean Breeze.Valenzuela won the 3200-meter run in a personal record time of 9:24.54, ...
NEW YORK – Chatham junior Sarah Nacinovich broke a 25-year-old school record in winning the 400 meters and also placed first in the 200-meter dash at the SJTCA Invitational indoor track & field meet held Monday at Ocean Breeze.Nacinovich won the 400 in 56.32, breaking the Chatham mark of 57.40 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Ashley Branda noticed over the years that her clients were getting married and moving to the suburbs. Over the summer, she decided to move into the suburbs, too, by opening a second location for her Hoboken-based Two01 Salon in Chatham.Two01 is targeting a soft opening in late January ...
LONG BEACH ISLAND, NJ – Save LBI, a non-profit organization dedicated to protecting the marine environment and coastal communities, announced on January 13, 2025, a lawsuit against several federal agencies and the Atlantic Shores Offshore Wind project. The suit alleges violations of multiple ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Outgoing Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa reflected on his 24 years with the district on Monday night and also targeted starting time swaps for the elementary school and middle school that would take place after he leaves to take the superintendent's job in Princeton.The School ...
MADISON, NJ – The Chatham girls fencing team won its third straight Santelli Tournament on Sunday at Drew University.The 44th Santelli Tournament, one of the oldest team tournaments in the world, is hosted by the New Jersey Interscholastic Fencing Association.
WESTFIELD, NJ – Senior guard Ella Kreuzer carried the offensive load for Chatham with 27 points and junior forward Grace Cloud provided the extra lift the Cougars needed in the fourth overtime.In a game that started in the morning and ended in the afternoon, the undefeated Chatham girls team put ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ – Owen Young, Luke Brendle and Thomas White each produced two goals and an assist to highlight Chatham's 10-0 boys ice hockey win vs. Bernards on Friday at Mennen Sports Arena.Chatham (6-7) also received a goal each from Kieran Brendle, James Lee, Roman Kostrowski and Evan Thomas.
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Chatham boys basketball team got an up-close look at one of the best teams in the state when they visited Union Catholic on Friday night.Chatham held its own for the first two quarters before standout freshman Malik Moore and the front line of 7-0 Yaw Ansong, 6-8 FK Muntari ...
Chatham fencing hosted Morristown High School on Wednesday, January 8th. Both Cougar teams came away with their largest score gaps to this point in the season against a full team. The boys secured a 20-7 victory, while the girls earned a 24-3. The Chatham girls' and boys' fencing teams stand at 5 ...
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NEW YORK - Julianna Vaglio, a second-grader at Southern Boulevard School in Chatham, became an automatic qualifier for the 117th Millrose Games “Fastest Kid in the World Race" on Wednesday with her 8.97 time in the 55-meter dash.The top seven times earn automatic qualification for the race and ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Call it an aftershock.Minutes after making history by winning a 50th consecutive swim meet for the Chatham boys team on Thursday at the County College of Morris, it suddenly hit seniors Ryan O'Day and Aryan Kumar with the light at the end of the tunnel in their high school ...
CHATHAM, NJ – After Charlie Kulp broke his Chatham school swim record in the 200 freestyle - again - last Friday in the meet against Scotch Plains-Fanwood, the senior thought about the timing and when to break the news to coach Laura Hartnett.“I told her at the end of the meet,” Kulp said. “It was ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It all came back for Chatham on Wednesday night: The 3-pointers in transition from Will DesMarais, Michael MacAniff's power drives to the basket, the smooth 3-point shots by Quinn Burke and the passing and ballhandling by Ryan Leach.All the ingredients that went into Chatham's opening ...