TOP LOCAL News
By ED BARMAKIAN
September 8, 2024
CHATHAM, NJ – There will definitely be some turbulence to absorb along the way in the 2024 season, but the Chatham football team couldn't have had a smoother takeoff in its season opener.The Cougars were flying high from the start, scoring four touchdowns in the first quarter of their 41-0 win vs.
ROXBURY, NJ – Chatham cross-country runners Finn Valli, Marcus Valenzuela, Dylan DeCicco and Brady Byrne combined to win the “Fastest Four” race at the Roxbury Invitational as the Cougars opened the 2024 season Saturday on the Horseshoe Lake course.In the 5K “Fastest Four” race, the Cougars won ...
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FLEMINGTON, NJ – Senior forward Allie McCaffrey scored in the first and third quarters, boosting her season goal total to five in Chatham's 6-0 field hockey win vs. Hunterdon Central on Saturday.Chatham (2-0) received a goal apiece from Fiona McSweeney, Keira McManus, Emily Deutsch and Erin Flynn.
CHATHAM, NJ – Senior quarterback Will Allen and his Chatham teammates have been working since last June to get ready for the 2024 season, which opens 1 p.m. Saturday with a home game vs. Morris Hills at Cougar Field.When Allen takes his first offensive snap from senior center Eric Riso, he'll have ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham boys soccer team is used to banging heads with the best teams in Morris County during the regular season and on Friday the Cougars got a chance to test themselves against a talented squad from Bergen County.Ridgewood came to Cougar Field and left with a 1-0 win when senior ...
RIDGEWOOD, NJ – Junior striker Amanda Thornton scored two goals, converting passes from Alex Donoghue and Abby Droner in Chatham's 2-0 girls soccer win vs. Ridgewood on Friday.The goals were the first two of the season for the Rutgers commit, who collected 14 goals last season for Chatham (2-1).
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls tennis team won every match in straight sets to score a 5-0 win vs. Montville in its home opener on Friday at the Colony Tennis Courts.Freshmen Joyce Zhang and Alina Belinskaia won at first and second singles, respectively, for the Cougars and senior captain Jin ...
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WAYNE, NJ – The Chatham girls soccer team knows its resiliency is going to be tested early on with seven consecutive away games to open the 2024 season.One of those tests came Thursday night with a trip to Joe Lennon Field for a meeting with DePaul Catholic, the No. 2 ranked team in the state ...
RANDOLPH – In case anyone was wondering how the Chatham field hockey team that won 15 games last fall was going to replace all its key seniors this year, the answer came quickly from a bunch of “Super Sophomores” that coach Kaitlin Leyden put on the field for the season opener on Thursday.Senior ...
WATCHUNG, NJ - Valairco Cares continues to uphold its commitment to supporting local community organizations with its latest quarterly donation of $500 to Wilson Memorial Church in Watchung. The check presentation took place on August 29, with Kevin McHugh, owner of Valairco Heating and Cooling, ...
NEWARK – Two well-known philanthropists in Newark, and one key social services provider in the city, recently joined together for a TAPinto Roundtable focusing on the ways in which they are directly impacting the lives of those in need.The panel included Mary Ellen Harris, the president of the ...
CHATHAM, NJ – The Chatham girls volleyball team served up an 11-point win in its first set of the season and then scrapped to pull out the second set as the Cougars opened with a 25-14, 27-25 win vs. Pope John on Wednesday at CHS.“We're just trying to get as many made serves over the net and then ...
SPARTA, NJ – Freshmen Joyce Zhang and Alina Belinskaia each won their varsity debuts at first and second singles, respectively, and senior Jin Zhang won at third singles as Chatham swept Sparta, 5-0, to open the girls tennis season on Wednesday.The win was the first for new Chatham girls tennis ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Senior Shaan Modi scored his first career goal to give Chatham the lead in the first half and classmate Milind Talwalker slotted home his breakaway chance in the second half in lifting the Cougars to a 2-1 boys soccer win vs. Morris Hills on Wednesday.Modi netted Chatham's first goal ...
CHESTER, NJ – In the four years of Abby Droner's varsity girls soccer career at Chatham, there have been several times when she tumbled to the ground and wound up with a big smile on her face after the game.Such was the case on Tuesday afternoon when the senior striker was upended and the ball ...
JERSEY CITY, NJ — Despite its impressive size and multinational reach, Goya Foods is still a privately held family business; fiercely devoted to family, quality, and its Hispanic roots.“My first day with the company was in 1964,” recalls Robert (Bob) Unanue, President and CEO of Goya Foods. “Our ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Chatham residents who went away for the Labor Day Weekend will return to a town that no longer has a Kings Food Market. As reported on TAPinto Chatham in June, the Albertsons Companies announced that Kings in Chatham would close by Sept. 1, 2024, and that's what happened this ...
HACKENSACK, NJ - Two New Jersey men were arrested on multiple charges including burglary, theft, and weapons charges in a three-county burglary spree. One of the charges involved a Chatham Borough residence that was burglarized in January 2024. Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella announced ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Chatham is one of six New Jersey towns rated among the best places to live in the United States when the combination of safety and wealth are factored in, according to a personal finance advice website. The website, GOBanking.com placed Chatham at No. 14 on its list when it rated ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Jersey Girl Cheese and Capizzi Zeppole are the newest vendors to join the Chatham Borough Farmers' Market, open on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chatham Train Station. Jersey Girl Cheese, based in Branchville, "...brings authentic Italian cheese-making traditions to New ...
JERSEY SHORE, NJ – Labor Day Weekend Events at the Jersey Shore. As summer draws to a close, the Jersey Shore is gearing up for one last hurrah this Labor Day weekend. With the start of the school year just around the corner, this weekend offers the perfect opportunity to soak up the final days of ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It was the final warmup before it gets real next week and in the battle between the football teams from Summit and Chatham on Thursday, the Hilltoppers brought the game while Chatham was still in scrimmage mode. At least that's what the score looked like when the Summit varsity ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- There have been just two scrimmages and many new faces joining the 2024 Chatham girls soccer team as it begins defense of its NJSIAA Group 3 state championship. The Cougars are going to be a work in progress early on as they were on Wednesday in the scrimmage at Livingston, ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Jasper Peters wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea of bleaching his hair blond for a second straight Chatham boys soccer season, but the senior striker is all in for 2024. "The bleach is back," Peters, the Bowdoin College commit, said. "There is a lot to build on this year and ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- A concentration of late-arriving new students from the Ivy Apartments in Chatham Borough has contributed to a rise in enrollment, it was reported at Monday's regular meeting of the Chatham Board of Education. Chatham Superintendent Michael LaSusa put the enrollment figure at 3,551 ...
BERNARDSVILLE, NJ -- Chatham High sophomore Roger Rice represented the NJPGA for the second year in a row in the junior circuit's season-ending Jon M. Pritsch Memorial, helping the Garden State contingent bring home the cup with an 11-7 win vs. a team representing the Philadelphia section. Rice ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- After a year of maladies that kept him from competing in cross-country and track for most of his junior year, Finn Valli decided to get an early start on the 2024 cross-country season. "I started training in May because my (track) season ended early," Valli said. "I had mono, the ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The Chatham Be Positive (B+) Club held its third annual 3v3 basketball tournament on Saturday at the Garden Park courts and raised more than $20,000 for pediatric cancer research. Twenty teams competed in the 2024 Be Positive Club tournament, which has now raised more than $50,000 ...