West Essex News
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
December 15, 2025
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team opened its season with a 66-39 victory over Memorial of West New York on Monday night.Caldwell outscored Memorial in all four quarters, taking a 33-21 halftime lead with a 14-6 run in the second quarter.Aiden Nienstadt scored 25 points for the ...
ROSELLE, NJ – Cale White scored four goals and had one assist to lead West Essex/Caldwell to a 6-0 ice hockey victory over Cranford on Monday.Dante Gallucci had one goal and one assist and Jesse Friedman scored a goal. White scored twice in the first period and Gallucci's goal on the second period ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Four times during the school year, ShopRite asks the local high schools to identify outstanding students who contribute to the school environment in the areas of academics, leadership, service, arts, and athletics. The following seniors from James Caldwell High School were ...
NEW JERSEY – New Jersey's gas tax is set to go up on January 1, 2025.The 4.2 cents per gallon increase, State Treasurer Elizabeth Maher Muoio announced recently, comes after “a thorough review of fuel consumption statistics" and will support the State’s Transportation Trust Fund (TTF) program ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell Borough Council unanimously approved a resolution to authorize Police Director Nichele Patrick to advertise for the position of police chief for the Caldwell Police Department. Patrick had been hired on Oct. 3, 2024, based upon recommendations from a report that had been ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The pieces that comprised the Caldwell boys basketball team's 22-4 record last winter fit together nearly perfectly.When the Chiefs open their 2025-26 season on Monday night at home against Memorial of West New York, many of those “pieces” won't be there, having graduated.But ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Montville Township Police and several other departments aided the East Hanover Police Department in apprehending alleged car thieves who fled Newark on Dec. 11 overnight and wound up in Pine Brook.Just after 1 a.m., while patrolling residential neighborhoods, Police Officer Cerese ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell Borough Council unanimously approved a three-year agreement with the New Jersey Intergovernmental Insurance Fund effective January 1, 2026. Currently, the borough participates in the Garden State Municipal Joint Insurance Fund. The agreement, approved at the Dec. 9 ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield resident and former Special Police Officer Ronald Delli Santi died on Dec. 7 at the age of 78.Delli Santi served in the department from the mid-1980s until the early1990s. He was also a veteran of the United States Air Force.“When I first came onto the department, I can ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Essex/Caldwell ice hockey team won for the first time this season with a 3-1 victory over Summit on Wednesday night.Dante Gallucci scored with 11 minutes left in the second period to give West Essex (1-2) a 1-0 lead.Carmine Bogert's goal with five minutes left in the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex girls basketball team will open its season on Thursday, Dec. 18 at University High School.The opener against the perennial Newark power is an indication of the upgraded schedule the Lady Knights will be playing after going up a division in the Super Essex ...
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey highway drivers would be required to change lanes or slow down when approaching any stationary vehicle under a bill sponsored by Democratic Senators Paul Moriarty of Washington Township in Gloucester County and Raj Mukherji of Jersey City.Anyone found violating the law ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Five members of the West Essex girls' cross-country team were named to the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division First Team.Serena Rauscher, Samantha Wohltmann, Ella Perez, Elaine Zhang and Annika Johnson of West Essex all received first-team recognition.Zia Parker of West ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Ryan Keenan and Brendan Cunha, two members of the Caldwell boys soccer team, have been named to the Super Essex Conference All-Colonial Division First Team.Keenan, a senior, anchored the back line for the Chiefs but also contributed three assists.Cunha, a senior midfielder, had ...
TRENTON, NJ — Motorists soon may risk $45 traffic fines – triggered by automated cameras – for parking or idling in bus lanes and bus stops. Penalties outlined in Bill A5612, which passed the Assembly Science, Innovation and Technology Committee on Thursday, also would apply to drivers who clog ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic girls soccer team rebounded after their first loss of the season with a dominating 6-0 win over Morris Catholic in the Non-Public North A quarterfinals on Nov. 6. Mount St. Dominic was the second seed in the Non-Public North A tournament with only top-seeded ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — Two members of the West Essex boys soccer team have been named to the Super Essex Conference's Liberty Division first team.Ilias Skounakis and Drew Cerqueira of West Essex were both selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Skounakis, a senior back and ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The team at the newly opened ShopRite of West Caldwell joined Mayor Joseph Tempesta Jr. and town officials to unveil a new street sign honoring Irving Gladstein, the founder of Sunrise ShopRite. Irving Place, an entrance road to the newly opened supermarket, was created as part ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – In the opening game for both ice hockey teams, Livingston defeated West Essex-Caldwell, 4-2, at Codey Arena Wednesday night.Rhys Bernstein scored two goals for Livingston, giving the Lancers a 2-0 lead with his first goal in the second period, and then giving them a 4-1 lead in ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell girls soccer team is represented by five players overall on the Super Essex Conference's Liberty Division post-season teams.Senior Mia Rodriguez was named to the division's first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. She led Caldwell with 10 goals this past ...
TRENTON, NJ — Thirteen Democrats and one Republican filed petitions by Monday’s deadline to get on the ballot for the special primary election to replace Governor-elect Mikie Sherrill in New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District.Sherrill resigned from Congress effective November 20.The special ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Three members of the West Essex girls soccer team have been named to the Super Essex Conference's American Division first team.Brooke Balzano, Maddie Schlosser and Jayla Walton of West Essex were selected to the team in a vote of the conference's coaches.Balzano, a senior ...
NEWTON, NJ – This holiday season marks the 40th anniversary for Birth Haven, a nonprofit shelter for homeless expecting mothers located in Newton, NJ. Since its founding by Betsy Sutherland in 1985 Birth Haven has been providing shelter and hope to the most vulnerable members of our ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department (FPD) is participating in the statewide traffic enforcement initiative Goal Zero. It began with the Thanksgiving holiday and will continue throughout the holiday season. Fairfield Mayor William Galese explained at last week’s council meeting that Goal ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The North Caldwell Fire Department will host the borough's tree lighting ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 7.The festivities will take place from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the municipal pool parking lot, with Santa Claus lighting the tree at 6 p.m.
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Students in the culinary classes of chefs Eckert and DelaPaz at West Essex High School served up a homemade 'Thanksgiving Feast' for all the high school faculty and staff. This annual tradition, started four years ago, has become a favorite of students and staff alike.The ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – members of the West Essex Film Club, led by Mr. Myerson, traveled to the Clairidge Cinema in Montclair on Nov. 18 for an annual field trip organized by the Montclair Film Festival. Students viewed Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein and participated in a Q&A session about the ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield Councilman John LaForgia said at Monday’s meeting of the Fairfield Township Council that the owner of the Corrado’s property on Route 46 has the right to build a strip mall there. The property is zoned for retail, and the plan is to have six to eight retail ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Four members of the Caldwell field hockey team have been named to the Super Essex Conference Liberty Division First Team.Abby Anemone, Morgan Manriquez, Gia Preziotti and Eliza Lima of Caldwell were all selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches.Anemone, a ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Five members of the West Essex girls tennis team were named to the Super Essex Conference All-Liberty Division first team.Sienna Jacobs, Morgan Cronin, Alexandra Hermans, Carly Levitt and Ellie Holinstat of West Essex were five of the 10 division members who made first ...