West Essex News
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
December 29, 2025
CALDWELL, NJ – Junior guard Addison Keenan scored 28 points, grabbed six rebounds and passed for three assists to lead Caldwell to a 58-38 girls basketball victory over West Essex in the championship game of the West Essex Holiday Classic on Monday.Tea Fiore finished with 14 points, six rebounds ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Although the team has a much different cast than last year, the Caldwell boys basketball program nonetheless repeated as the winner of the West Essex Holiday Classic.Caldwell defeated West Essex, 57-42, in the tournament final on Monday.Aiden Nienstadt scored 19 points for the Chiefs ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex boys basketball team rallied from an eight-point halftime deficit for a 54-48 boys basketball victory over Verona in the first round of the West Essex Holiday Tournament at Caldwell University.Gaetano Iavarone, a junior guard, scored 19 points for the Knights (2-2), ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell rolled to a 62-26 boys basketball victory over Cedar Grove in the first round of the West Essex Holiday Classic at Caldwell University on Sunday.Senior forward Aiden Nienstadt scored 25 points for the Chiefs (4-1), who raced out to a 23-6 lead after one quarter. It was ...
SUMMIT, NJ — The Livingston boys basketball team came into the first game of the Oratory Prep Tournament undefeated and having allowed 45.3 points a game.But Hillsborough put both of those distinctions in jeopardy right away by firing in five 3-pointers in the first quarter against the ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Emma Carriker was sworn into service as the newest member of the West Caldwell Police Department (WCPD) on Tuesday, Dec. 16, joined by family members and a contingent of police officers who welcomed her to the ranks. Carriker, a West Caldwell resident, had been a dispatcher with ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – With between 5 and 9 inches of snow forecast for North Caldwell Friday into Saturday, the borough has issued these guidelines for the storm.A winter storm is expected to impact the area beginning today and continuing through Saturday morning, with anticipated snow accumulations ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – A fire at a Westwood Drive residence early Friday morning claimed one life.Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and West Orange Fire Department Chief Anthony Vecchio announced today that an investigation is underway into the house fire that killed a woman.The fire broke ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The West Caldwell Township Council passed two resolutions at its Dec. 16 meeting that will guide the fourth round of Affordable Housing obligations. The township had filed its Housing Element and Fair Share Plan in June as required by statute. The Fair Share Housing Authority ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex Regional Board of Education recognized Jean Zuhl and Paula Arbadji of West Essex Middle School, whose last day at West Essex will be Dec. 23.Principal Dr. Gina Donlevie of West Essex Middle School said, "They were both hired in 2006 and first met at our West ...
TRENTON, NJ — Restaurants and other places that serve food in New Jersey would be banned from providing single-use utensils and condiments to customers, except upon request, under legislation sponsored by Sen. Bob Smith (D - District 17) and Raj Mukherji (D - District 32).The bill, S3195, would ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex built an 11-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 50-35 girls basketball victory over Hanover Park on Tuesday.Lexi Castro scored 14 points and took down four rebounds for West Essex (2-1), which led, 27-13, at halftime.Madelyn Schlosser finished with 12 ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Flags in Roseland will be flown at half-mast to commemorate the passing of former Roseland Councilman and longtime Chairman of the Planning Board, Louis LaSalle.From Tuesday, December 23 through Friday, January 2, 2026, Roseland flags will be at half-mast, and memorial bunting will ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Cale White scored two goals and had an assist to help West Essex/Caldwell to a 5-3 ice hockey victory over Mount Olive in the Essex Holiday Tournament on Monday.Silas Levy's goal for West Essex broke a 2-2 tie in the third period with assists from White and Jesse Friedman.Joe ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Bloomfield took a 14-point halftime lead and went on to a 47-41 boys basketball victory over West Essex on Monday.Cameron Arana collected 17 points, six rebounds and two assists for the Bengals (4-1), who outscored West Essex, 11-5, in the second quarter to take a 30-16 ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Chief of Police Anthony G. Manna and the officers and staff of the Fairfield Police Department welcomed four new officers to the department’s law enforcement team. Officers Etian Rivani, Matthew Iatesta, Christopher LeMay and Brenden Muhs were appointed by the mayor and council as ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell opened a 23-point lead by halftime and went on to a 49-29 girls basketball victory over Verona on Saturday.Junior guard Addison Keenan scored 21 points and sank four 3-pointers for Caldwell (2-0), which outscored Verona, 18-5, in the second quarter to take a 32-9 lead ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education thanked Tim Ayers, outgoing principal of Jefferson Elementary School, for his 19.5 years of service to the district at its Dec. 15 meeting.Lincoln Elementary School principal Adam Geher, on behalf of the administrator association, ...
ESSEX FELLS, NJ – A traffic accident led to a drug arrest in the borough earlier this week.On Tuesday, Dec. 16 at approximately 12:03 p.m., Sergeants Murphy and Cohen and Officer Barisciano of the Essex Fells Police Department were dispatched to the area of Old Chester and Tothill roads on a report ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Essex/Caldwell advanced in the first round of the Essex Holiday Tournament with a 3-2 ice hockey victory over Ridge on Thursday.Cale White scored two goals in the first period for West Essex (3-2). Joe Weber and Carmine Bogert combined for the assists on both goals.White ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland police recently arrested two Essex County men in connection with the shoplifting of $920 of merchandise at a local pharmacy. On Nov. 20, two males entered the Walgreens at 45 Eisenhower Parkway and shoplifted skin care products.Detectives Gibbons and Aue conducted an ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Caldwell held Columbia to four points in the first half and went on to a 44-24 boys basketball victory on Thursday night.Joe Diorio scored 12 points for Caldwell (2-0), which outscored Columbia, 8-1, in the first quarter and 11-3 in the second for a 19-4 halftime lead.Dan Vybihal ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell girls basketball team opened its season by defeating the team that reached the NJSIAA Group 1 state championship game last March.Caldwell won its opener, 56-30, over Glen Ridge on Thursday night.Addison Keenan scored 23 points and sank five 3-pointers for the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex boys basketball team opened its season with a 53-36 victory over University on Thursday night.Jack Cleary scored 12 points for the Knights, who outscored University, 15-2, in the second quarter to open a 22-4 lead.George Apostolopoulos finished with 11 points for ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – At Monday’s Fairfield Township Council meeting, Mayor William Galese stated that there are issues with the new Federal No Surprise Act (NSA) related to Fairfield’s self-funded healthcare. Galese intends to write letters to our representatives in the house and senate asking ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Dr. Lydia Fulnari, the Interim Superintendent of Schools for the Caldwell-West Caldwell School District, addressed the latest incident of a swastika that had been drawn in a bathroom at Grover Cleveland Middle School (GCMS), referencing a letter that had gone out on Dec. 12 from ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic girls basketball head coach Brian Dorf knows what his team needs to do to take that next step up the ladder in the division, county and states. The first stride is to improve on last season's mark of 12-15 in the 2024-25 season and then some when the season tips ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield police charged a Totowa man after a pursuit that began on Route 46 on Friday night.Police arrested Seaf Alswelim, 20, of Totowa and charged him with eluding police and a variety of motor vehicle offenses on December 12. On that date, at approximately 9:21 p.m., Officer ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – When is “none” the most welcome word in the English language?When a girls basketball coach is asked to list the team's “key losses” going into a new season.Caldwell and its head coach Amanda Keenan face that pleasant predicament heading into the 2025-26 campaign, which opens ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland police charged a motorist from Orange with eluding after an attempted motor vehicle stop earlier this month.At approximately 12:45 a.m. on Dec. 3, Officer Michael Traina attempted to conduct a motor vehicle stop on Harrison Avenue for a traffic violation. The vehicle fled ...