TOP LOCAL News
By ISABELLA BICKENBACH
June 10, 2024
CHATHAM, NJ -- Looking for something fun to do this summer? Want to give a try at acting? Great news, there are still spaces available in the Summer Youth Theater Program. Submit your audition video by June 28th to be considered for the program! The program will run from July 8th to August 11th, ...
At the Fishawack Festival on Saturday, St. Patrick School teachers and staff advertised everything the school has to offer as well as meeting prospective families. Saint Patrick School is a Catholic school that was founded in 1872 in Chatham, New Jersey. This year marks 152 years of the ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The annual Chatham Borough Mayor Commendations that went away when the pandemic hit were revived on Saturday at the 2024 Fishawack Festival with presentations at the Gazebo to Megan Deaton, Rev. Jeff Markay and Tom Salvas. "The three people being commended today are examples of ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Chatham residents have been running to stay healthy and for good causes, and on Saturday they kept running toward summer at the Chatham Jaycees 47th Fishawack Run. A week earlier, it was the James A. Pinaire Foundation's 5K that raises funds for education scholarships and on ...
FRANKLINVILLE, NJ -- Chatham junior Adam Petitjean and sophomore Kevin Grundy both placed in the NJSIAA Group 3 track and field meet held Saturday at Delsea High, earning berths in this week's Meet of Champions. Petitjean qualified for two events at the MOC set for Wednesday at Pennsauken High ...
FRANKLINVILLE, NJ -- Caroline HImstreet broke her own Chatham school record in the 1600 to take the silver medal at the NJSIAA Group 3 state track & field meet held Saturday at Delsea High, earning a spot in this week's NJSIAA Meet of Champions. The Chatham senior set the school mark with a ...
FLEMINGTON, NJ -- Liz Sherman saved the day for the Chatham girls lacrosse team on Saturday. The senior goalie only got better as the game wore on and made her last appearance in a Chatham uniform her best in the NJSIAA Group 3 state championship game that extended to three overtime periods vs.
FLOHRAM PARK, NJ — The Florham Park Rehabilitation and Healthcare Center celebrated its grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony on Thursday, June 6, at the historic St. Anne Villa building on Park Avenue. This event signified a fresh chapter for the landmark, which has a rich history as a ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Going into the local primary election on Tuesday, only Jocelyn Mathiasen and Katherine Hay were named on the Democratic ballot, running unopposed for the two seats they currently hold that will be voted on in November. A couple of days after the primary was held, the race for two ...
Chatham, NJ -- In 2018, Thomas Lee’s daughter Sharon Neuner was renovating her home on Washington Avenue when the workers found a certificate dating back to 1942 while taking apart an upstairs closet. Having her curiosity unlocked, Neuner urged her father to find out who used to live in her home, ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It figures that Bill O'Shaughnessy would turn his own award ceremony into a seminar on volunteerism. O'Shaughnessy, touted by presenter Kevin Leonard as someone who always "gets involved and makes a difference," thanked everyone for the honor of being the 62nd recipient of the ...
ROCHELLE PARK, NJ — After more than a dozen years working with The Commerce and Industry Association of New Jersey (CIANJ) and COMMERCE Magazine, editor Diane C. Walsh is retiring. “I want to thank Diane for her many years of service and dedication to serving the business leaders of New Jersey, ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- For the first time, the annual Chatham Torch Run will pass by every school in Chatham with the addition of the Chatham Middle School and Milton Avenue School for the Friday, June 7th run that benefits New Jersey Special Olympics. The run will kick off 9:30 a.m. at the Southern ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It started out as a suggestion by her parents that it would be good for Sarah Nacinovich to run outdoor track as a means to improve her conditioning and speed for ice hockey, her No. 1 sport. "Sometimes it is a sport that people do to stay in shape, but I don't think she realized ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It was no secret that the top-seeded Chatham boys lacrosse team's Achilles heel in 2024 has been its paucity of faceoff wins and Ridge exploited that on Wednesday in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Group 3 state championship game played at Cougar Field. Even Chatham's home-field ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Just before the start of the fourth quarter, the skies opened up with a deluge of rain, perhaps, a hint from a higher authority that it was time to cool off the Chatham girls lacrosse team on Wednesday at Haas Field. The Cougars started off hot on the offensive end and scored 14 ...
MILLBURN, NJ -- When Davis Zhang forced a 10-point tiebreaker after two sets, hope was still alive for the Chatham boys tennis team in its long-odds chance to unseat top-seeded Millburn in the NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 2, Group 3 state final on Tuesday afternoon. Cougar sophomore Zhang had ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- In less than three months, the Kings Food Market on Main Street in Chatham will close its doors. "Albertsons Companies Mid-Atlantic Division recently announced plans to close the Balducci's location at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD as well as the Kings location in ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The annual Fishawack Festival will take place on Saturday, June 8th from 9 a.m.-6 p.m., primarily at Railroad Plaza South, Lum Field, Fairmount Avenue, and Reasoner Park, but also around the downtown Chatham area. "It’s an announcement of the summer for the students and parents,” ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- It's a good thing that senior goalie Henry Davenport took his pregame warmup very seriously because the Chatham boys lacrosse team needed every one of his 10 saves to keep its season alive on Monday. The Cougars, thanks to Davenport and the stellar play of its defense, held on to ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- The Chatham girls lacrosse team played like it was in a hurry to get the job done on Monday afternoon, capitalizing on its zone-ride defense that led to a number of fast-break goals against Randolph's defense. "We went into our zone ride and that worked really well today, and we ...