TOP LOCAL News
By ED BARMAKIAN
November 10, 2024
CHATHAM, NJ – Testimonials about his coaching talents are coming in for Ken Cherry, the former Chatham High boys soccer coach whose recent death was announced in a South Carolina publication. He was 70.“We all knew we were lucky to have Cherry as our high school coach," Billy Walsh, who both played ...
HOLMDEL, NJ -- Chatham junior Nicolette Grossman ran 21:26 to place 65th out of 149 runners at the NJSIAA State Group 3 girl’s cross-country meet held Saturday at Holmdel Park.Chatham finished 20th as a team in the Group 3 meet.Chatham's top finishers in the race behind Grossman were Arwen ...
HOLMDEL, NJ – Juniors Marcus Valenzuela and Thomas Haines both broke 17 minutes over the 5K course at Holmdel Park in leading the Chatham boys cross-country team to third place in the state Group 3 meet on Saturday.Valenzuela placed sixth overall in 16:24 to qualify for the cross-country NJSIAA ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Top-seeded Phillipsburg met expectations with its 31-14 football win vs. Chatham in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 semifinal round on Friday night at windy Maloney Stadium.Still, that didn't change anything about Chatham's 2024 campaign, the fourth and best under ...
SOUTH PLAINFIELD, NJ – The Chatham boys soccer team had the No. 2 seeded South Plainfield Tigers by the tail for the majority of the game. Then came the whistle in the 68th minute for a penalty kick.Cougar goalie Jack Paone came off his line to challenge for a rolling ball that was headed toward ...
SEA GIRT, SPRING LAKE, MANASQUAN, NJ - With the recent Federal, State, County, and local elections almost behind us, several major issues remain at the forefront for Gold Coast towns. Key concerns include offshore wind projects, Verizon 5G tower installations, upcoming flood elevation changes that ...
CLARK, NJ - GolfCave has announced the opening of its largest location later this month at 675 Central Ave in New Providence. The indoor golf concept, which first opened in Clark in 2012, is expanding as indoor golf grows in popularity for year-round practice and play. The New Providence location ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It wasn't planned, but Abby Droner found a special way to separate her 50th career goal from all the others she scored on Thursday at Haas Field.The senior Georgetown commit did something she's never done before, curving a corner kick over the leap of the keeper and directly into the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Coach Kaitlin Ledyen's 2024 Chatham field hockey team has scored 91 goals this season and on Thursday the Cougars reached that total with a wide spectrum of goal-producing players in their final home game of the season.Leading scorer Allie McCaffrey connected twice to push her season ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Tommy Douglas admits he was getting bullied a little bit on the football field as a 15-year-old sophomore linebacker for Chatham last season, butting helmets with the likes of Mount Olive's Aidan Lynch, now playing at Virginia Tech.“That was my welcome to the varsity moment,” Douglas ...
SCOTCH PLAINS, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team closed out its season by playing one of its best matches of the year in the quarterfinal round of the state sectional tournament on Wednesday.Unfortunately for the Cougars, after an impressive performance in winning the first set, 25-15, they ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ - Phillipsburg High School and Chatham will meet on a football field for the first time ever when the Cougars come to town for a North 2 Group 4 semifinal playoff game on Friday night.Kickoff is set for 7 p.m. for the contest on Bellis Field at Maloney Stadium. Fifth-seeded Chatham ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Council President Jocelyn Mathiasen and council member Kate Hay won re-election to the Borough of Chatham Council and Craig Alperowitz leads a narrow race with incumbent Mark Lois for a seat on the Chatham Township Committee on Tuesday.The unofficial results posted by the Morris ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys soccer team experienced a near-death experience in the final seconds of regulation before Demir Cetinkaya resuscitated the Cougars' postseason with his overtime goal for a 4-3 win in the opening round of the state tournament on Tuesday at Cougar Field.Middletown ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Molly Chazen and Allie McCaffrey each collected a goal and an assist as the Chatham field hockey team opened state tournament play with a 4-0 win vs. Middletown North on Tuesday at Haas Field.The Cougars also received a goal each from Emily Deutsch and Emma Shushansky while Fiona ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – If you haven’t purchased your tickets there’s still time to purchase a ticket or cheer on your favorite team by streaming the game.Ticket InfoTickets are $6.00 for general admission adults, PHS student section and Student General Admission are $3.00. Seniors age 65 and older are ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team faced its first test of the state tournament in its opening round matchup with Belleville and aced it.The Cougars served up 14 aces in the 2-0 win vs. Belleville, taking the two sets, 25-7 and 25-16, in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Top-seeded Chatham began defense of its 2023 Group 3 state championship with a 9-0 girls soccer win vs. Carteret in the opening round of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament on Monday at Haas Field.“We're really excited, especially coming off of the county win, ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ -- Nicolette Grossman, Arwen Ellis and Maisie O’Donnell were the top finishers for the Chatham girls’ cross-country team on Saturday when the Cougars placed fifth in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 race held on the Greystone course. Junior Grossman finished 11th in ...
CHESTER, NJ – Senior forward Allie McCaffrey converted a pass from sophomore forward Erin Flynn in the second quarter and sophomore goalie Georgia Lee made it stand up in Chatham's 1-0 field hockey win vs. West Morris in an NJAC American contest played Saturday.It was McCaffrey's team-leading 27th ...
MORRIS PLAINS, NJ – Senior Finn Valli ran 15:51 in the 5K race to become the first Chatham runner to ever win the state sectional boys cross-country competition, highlighting the Cougars' team victory that gave them the 2024 NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state crown on Saturday over the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Seniors Milind Talwalkar, Declan Leahy and Demir Cetinkaya each netted a goal for the Chatham boys soccer team in its 3-1 win vs. Mendham on “Senior Day” held Friday at Cougar Field.All three goals for Chatham (9-8-1) were set up by senior classmates. Talwalker scored off a feed from ...
WAYNE, NJ – The mantra all week was that it was time for the Chatham football team to break a nearly 10-year state playoff win drought.Chatham senior quarterback Will Allen didn't have to go back that far, he still remembered how he felt when the Cougar football season ended two years ago on the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – It was a great day for parents, grandparents and retired teachers to line the route for the annual Halloween Parade down Washington Avenue on Thursday.The warm weather made for a pleasant march for the children showing off their Halloween costumes from Washington Avenue, Saint Patrick ...
CHATHAM, NJ – There are no frills or aspirations of personal glory for McKenna Hogan when she plays soccer, steps on the basketball court, or toes the line on a running track. The Chatham High senior is there to compete - and win.Such was the case last Saturday when Hogan anchored the Chatham ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team got a preview of what the competition will be like when the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state tournament begins next week with its matchup against Summit on Wednesday at CHS.Summit, the No. 3 seed in the section, scored a 25-23, 25-23 win ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham seniors Will Allen and Alex McWilliams are confident in the game plan. Now the Cougars need to go out and execute it when they travel to meet Wayne Valley in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 4 state football playoffs.“I think we have a great game ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Community members and hospital staff gathered in the Malcolm Forbes auditorium at Morristown Medical Center to hear Atlantic Health's plans for their proposed $1 billion expansion project. Morristown's Business Administrator was in the audience during the town hall but did not ...
CHATHAM, NJ – Chatham coach Mark Maka has been moving senior striker Jasper Peters around to give him more chances to influence the offense.On Tuesday, Peters was an attacking midfielder and he was in a good position to key both goals scored by Chatham in its 2-0 boys soccer win vs. Randolph at ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Senior Ryan Bolger scored her first career goal for Chatham as the Cougars closed out their regular season with a 3-1 setback to Randolph on Tuesday.Entering the game, Chatham (12-7) already had clinched the top seed for the upcoming NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state ...