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By TAPINTO STAFF
February 19, 2025
ROCKAWAY, NJ – The Morris Knolls High School girls basketball team was playing its usual strong defense against sister-school Morris Hills on Tuesday, Feb. 18, when a look at the half-time scoreboard showed them that Hills was playing a pretty darn good game of “D” itself.Fact is, the host team had ...
DENVILLE, NJ – With at least four games left in the season – including a state tournament game – the Morris Knolls High School boys basketball team took a huge step in finishing with better than a .500 record for the season by beating Randolph, 66-36, on Tuesday, Feb. 18, at Knolls.The Eagles are ...
WHARTON, NJ - Route 80 westbound is scheduled to be closed tonight (Tuesday, Feb. 18) from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. at Exit 34B for additional testing as emergency sinkhole repairs in the vicinity continue, said the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT).That means both lanes of the interstate will be ...
On February 14, 2025, the Denville Township Police Department investigated a report of shoplifting from Bluebird by Bullet Boots (8 Broadway). At the conclusion of the investigation, it was determined that an individual, later identified as Amy Belmonte, was responsible for shoplifting cowboy ...
Additional structural issues have been identified, requiring more work to fully stabilize the roadway and ensure long-term safety.NJDOT crews are working 24/7. Drilling locations have been identified, with 11 already drilled and 4 filled. Another significant void was discovered over the weekend ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – It will be Morris Catholic vs. Chatham for both the boys AND the girls championship games this weekend in the Morris County Basketball Tournaments at the County College of Morris.No. 2 seed Morris Catholic defeated No. 6 Delbarton, 73-63, in the semifinals of the boys tournament on ...
MOUNTAIN LAKES, NJ – Morris Knolls didn’t waste any time taking control of the two matches they won when the Eagles closed out their regular season with a double-dual meet at Mountain Lakes High School on Friday, Feb. 14.The Golden Eagles (19-5) won the first six matches of the meet in a 62-15 ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – Unbeaten Morris Catholic put its 20th victory of the season into the Crusader basketball record books and unstoppable Mia Pauldo put her 2,000th point of her varsity career into those same books.It all happened on Friday, Feb. 14, at the County College of Morris when the top-seeded ...
STATEN ISLAND, NY – Another “Mission Accomplished” for the Morris Knolls winter track program!Coaches Drew Reinhart and Peter Stallupi took a small contingent of eight runners to the Garden State Invitational at the Ocean Breeze Track and Field Facility on Friday, Feb. 14, and all eight came home ...
MOUNT OLIVE, NJ – A one-game lead with one game to play – that’s how close the Morris Knolls girls basketball team is to winning the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference’s National Division championship.The Lady Eagles clinched at least a tie for the division title on Thursday, Feb. 13, when they ...
DENVILLE, NJ – Chatham scored early and often in moving out to a 69-45 victory over Morris Knolls in a high school boys basketball game at Knolls on Thursday, Feb. 13.Chatham (17-5) took a 12-6 lead after the first quarter of play; extended its lead to 16 points with a 25-15 second-quarter spurt; ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – Junior Michael Safkan came through in Game 1 and senior captain Joey Agodini and senior Kyler Krajcsovics paved the way in Game 2.The trio led the Morris Knolls bowling team to a 2-0 victory over Wayne Hills in an NJSIAA North Jersey, Section 1, Group 3 quarterfinal-round match held ...
ROXBURY, NJ - With an abandoned iron mine collapsing below Route 80 twice forcing the closure of the highway's eastbound lanes in Wharton, officials want to know if a similar danger exists below the interstate's westbound lanes.To find out, the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT) is going to ...
WASHINGTON, DC — Today, Representatives Mikie Sherrill (NJ-11) and Nikema Williams (GA-05) reintroduced the Secure Storage Information Act, legislation to help incentivize the use of secure storage devices that are proven to reduce accidental shootings and firearm deaths. This commonsense bill will ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ – According to Morris Knolls bowling coach Erik Bradley, the Golden Eagles have reached the point in their season where they understand that “… every frame, every shot, every mark, and every pin is so very important to us.”That reasoning worked out just fine in a 7-0 victory over ...
DENVILLE, NJ – The Morris Knolls girls basketball team took another step closer to the Northwest Jersey Athletic Conference National Division title on Tuesday, Feb. 11, with a 49-34 victory over Roxbury in a game played at Knolls.The victory gave the first-place Lady Eagles a 9-1 division record, ...
MENDHAM, NJ – Believe it when you hear that the Mendham High School boys basketball team is “… glad to see the end of Morris Knolls” for the season.Mendham, remember, is 19-3 with one of those losses to Knolls. Mendham, remember, is the No. 1 seed in the Morris County Basketball Tournament.
STATEN ISLAND, NY – The Morris Knolls winter track coaches got just what they wanted and more from their respective teams at the South Jersey Track Coaches Association meet held Monday, Feb. 10, at the Ocean Breeze Athletic Complex.The boys and girls teams combined for only four top-ten finishes ...
RANDOLPH, NJ – For the second straight meet, the outcome of the Morris Knolls NJSIAA’s North 1, Group B competition came down to the last race of the day.This time, however, the result did not favor the Lady Eagles.No. 1 seed Randolph (6-1) and No. 4 seed Morris Knolls (5-5) went into the 400-yard ...
Monday, Feb. 10 – Kyle Dixon scored 20 points as the Crusaders (16-4) beat St. Peter’s Prep (18-4) in Jersey City, 76-58. Don Gregory added 16 points and a team-high seven rebounds and Cristian Nicholson finished with 14 points.Tuesday, Feb. 11 – Mattia Baccchelli (19), Don Gregory (17), Kyle Dixon ...
Monday, Feb. 10 – No games scheduled.Tuesday, Feb. 11 – In girls basketball, Madelyn Shanley scored 14 points, Isabela Lipsky and Priya Gandhi each added nine; and Alicia Boscarino finished with eight points as Tech (9-9) beat Pequannock, 52-23; in boys basketball, Tech lost to Pequannock, 58-45, ...
Denville Police are excited to announce that this year’s Junior Police Academy will be July 7th-11th. Applicants must be Denville residents and currently in the 5th, 6th, 7th, or 8th grade. Applications will be made available on April 1, 2025, and more information will be released in the near ...
ROXBURY, NJ – Construction of warehouses on a former quarry site in Landing is expected to begin by the third quarter of this year, according to the developers.The “Parkview Business Center,” to be built by Accordia Realty Assets of Fairfield and Park View Business Property of Kenvil, will span ...
TRENTON, NJ — A bill that would vastly reduce plastic waste in New Jersey won narrow support from lawmakers amid criticism from business groups and praise from environmentalists.The legislation, S-3398, was approved Monday by a 3-2 vote in the Senate Environment and Energy Committee, with Democrats ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Monday, Feb. 10, 2025, will into the Morris Knolls High School wrestling annals as a day when the Golden Eagles experienced the highs and lows of their favorite sport.And it all happened within the space of a little more than two hours.Knolls, the No. 4 seed in the eight-team ...
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ - Any middle school or high school student in Morris County is invited to participate in the Morris County Sheriff's Office Human Trafficking Awareness Poster Contest.“Human Trafficking is all around us and many are unaware of the dangers", said the sheriff's office. “The Moris ...
ROXBURY, NJ - The sinkhole in Wharton that forced the closure of eastbound Route 80 in December returned this morning, prompting officials to again warn Roxbury residents about traffic as drivers seek to avoid the area.The state Department of Transportation (NJDOT) announced the closure at about ...
MORRISTOWN, NJ - Meera Iyer from Morristown Beard School and Bianca Diez, from Morris County School of Technology were named the Region 4 Finalists at the 2025 New Jersey Poetry Out Loud Region 4 competition, part of the National Poetry Out Loud recitation program. Iyer and Diez will represent ...
DENVILLE, NJ –Morris Knolls girls basketball head coach Rob Moore is used to seeing his team engage in what he likes to call “defensive slugfests” with his team doing the better part of the “slugging.”In the Lady Eagles’ Morris County Tournament quarterfinal game against Morristown on Saturday, ...
ROCKAWAY, NJ –Morris Knolls had to come from behind twice – the second time with a pin in the last bout of the meet – to defeat Morris Hills, 31-28, in Knolls’ last regular-season high school wrestling match of the season on Friday, Feb. 7, at Morris Hills.With Knolls trailing, 28-25, going into ...