West Essex News
By ELISE PHILLIPS MARGULIS
October 1, 2025
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Members of WeCare NJ, the organization leading the charge to stop the proposed West Essex Highlands 496-unit housing project with four buildings, sent a letter to West Orange Mayor Susan McCartney, the Town Council and the Planning Board.WeCare has hired flood geospacial experts ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – Deanna Skikus collected 10 kills, three digs and a block to help Caldwell to a 21-25, 25-21, 25-8 girls volleyball victory over Cedar Grove on Monday.Sara Lopes led Caldwell (3-7) with 12 digs and Gianna Bravette collected a team-high 17 assists.Olivia DePiro finished with seven ...
WESTFIELD, NJ – West Essex scored three goals in the second quarter to open a four-goal halftime lead on its way to an 8-0 field hockey victory over Westfield on Monday.Adelaide Minnella collected four goals and two assists for West Essex (9-3), giving her 29 goals and 11 assists on the season.Abby ...
WANAQUE, NJ – Caldwell took 23 more shots on goal than Lakeland and rolled to a 3-0 field hockey victory on Saturday.Abby Anemone scored two goals for Caldwell (6-2). She gave the Chiefs a 1-0 lead 13 minutes into the first quarter with an assist from Morgan Manriquez.Anemone's second goal was also ...
WAYNE, NJ – Wayne Hills remained undefeated with a 35-0 football victory over Caldwell on Friday night.Ethan Zacharski scored two touchdowns in the second quarter to help Wayne Hills (5-0) build a 21-0 halftime lead. He ran for a 6-yard TD and caught a 27-yard TD pass from James Wolf.Caldwell (1-3) ...
NUTLEY, NJ – West Essex won its third consecutive game, rolling to a 55-20 football victory over Nutley on the road Friday night.The Knights (3-2) had a 34-13 lead at halftime.Robert Warmington's field goal gave West Essex a 3-0 lead four minutes into the game. It was his first of two field goals ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- Livingston pulled away with two goals in the second half for a 3-0 girls soccer victory over West Essex on Thursday.Olivia Hans, Emily Fernandes and Sienna Goldstein each scored one goal for the Lancers (7-1-1). Dina Bojkovic and Ariana Levitskiy contributed assists for ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Two mayoral appointments to the Fairfield Planning Board were announced at Monday night’s town council meeting. Nick Castelli was appointed as a Class 4 member who will fill the unexpired term of Thomas Waldron, and Michael Lattimer was appointed as alternate member #1 for a ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The Borough of North Caldwell announced the following schedule for road upgrades in the coming week:On or about Friday, September 26 and Monday, September 29, milling operations will take place on Fox Run, Jasmine Place and Sleepy Hollow Court. No Parking and construction ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The West Caldwell Township Council at its Sept. 16 meeting approved an ordinance to prohibit parking, standing or stopping on both sides of the roadway on Annin Road between Ravine Avenue and Springdale Road. Agenda items included two personnel appointments: Julissa Shine as the ...
VERONA, NJ – Adelaide Minnella scored four goals and had one assist to lead West Essex to a 9-2 field hockey victory over Verona on Monday.Delaney Farrell finished with three goals and one assist for West Essex (6-3), which is undefeated against New Jersey opponents.Abby Agostini and Julia Conforti ...
LAWRENCEVILLE, NJ — New Jersey governor candidates Jack Ciattarelli and Mikie Sherrill met for their first debate on Sunday, clashing on affordability, taxes and immigration before a raucous audience of 1,600 people at Rider University in Lawrenceville.Ciattarelli, a 63-year-old Republican and ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell Borough Council meeting began on Tuesday, Sept. 16 with Mayor Garrett Jones asking for a moment of prayer for the victims of violent crimes in the United States since January. Jones recalled multiple mass shootings throughout the country, including school shootings and ...
WANAQUE, NJ – Senior quarterback Jake Long turned in another big-time performance to help steer West Essex to its second consecutive win in football, 42-15, over Lakeland on Friday night.Two touchdown runs by Long in the first quarter helped stake West Essex (2-2) to a 14-0 lead. He scored from 5 ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Matt Murtagh's 42-yard field goal in overtime gave Caldwell its first football victory of the season, 17-14, over Westwood on Friday night.Westwood (3-1) had a 7-0 lead before Caldwell (1-2) came back to tie the game midway through the second quarter.Senior halfback Solomon ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – The West Essex girls soccer team has still lost only one game this year.On Thursday, West Essex shut out Cedar Grove, 3-0, on the road.Brooke Balzano scored two goals for West Essex (4-1), which had a 1-0 halftime lead. Mirolla Twdroos scored the other goal.Ava Brignola, Deia ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – By the end of the first quarter, the West Orange and Livingston football teams had both used two different quarterbacks.The difference was, in West Orange's case, the platoon system was by design. For Livingston, though, it definitely was not.Brandon LaBanca passed for three ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – With a standing-room-only crowd of attendees filling council chambers and outlying hallways, the West Caldwell Township Council was met with a clear message Tuesday night to not support the passage of an ordinance that would place multiple restrictions upon public assemblies of ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Retired Fairfield Police Sergeant Joseph Keegan died this week, the Fairfield Police Department announced on Wednesday.Sgt. Keegan began his law enforcement career with the Fairfield Police Department in 1989 as a probationary police officer, attending the Essex County Police ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education at its Monday night meeting presented the proposed plans for the new field house at James Caldwell High School (JCHS) that will be placed on the ballot Nov. 4 as a referendum question. The proposed field house would be named in honor ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The West Essex field hockey team knocked Livingston from the undefeated ranks with a 5-0 victory over the Lancers on Tuesday.Adelaide Minnella scored four goals, giving the senior forward 117 for her caeer.Kate Colello scored one goal, Jillian Breslin passed for three assists and ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex girls soccer team rallied for a 3-1 victory over New Providence on Tuesday.Ava Brignola scored two goals and had one assist for West Essex (3-1), which trailed, 1-0, at the half before rallying and shutting down New Providence over the final 40 minutes.Brooke ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Seven local artists were recognized during an awards ceremony on Friday, Sept. 12 in the Robert O’Toole Community Center in Essex County Cedar Grove Park in Cedar Grove. Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. (fifth from left) congratulates (from left) West Caldwell ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell broke a three-game losing streak with a 1-0 boys soccer victory over Livingston on Monday.Lucas Suarez scored the only goal, the first for Caldwell (2-3) since opening day on Sept. 2. It was also the first career goal for the senior midfielder.Brody Newman made six ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Tedesco Park is now open again.Roseland Mayor James Spango, Councilman Chris Bardi, and Concilwomen Jean Perrotti and Michele Tolli joined borough employees, several borough families, more than 30 kids, and members of the Tedesco family to celebrate the re-opening of Tedesco Park's ...
PHILLIPSBURG, NJ – Adelaide Minnella scored three goals and assisted on two others to lead West Essex to a 7-0 field hockey victory over Phillipsburg on Saturday.A senior forward, Minnella now has 101 assists in her career to go with 113 goals.Jillian Breslin, Alex Agostini and Angelina Tartara ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Natalia Baca came up with 12 kills and three digs as the West Essex girls volleyball team defeated Columbia, 25-15, 25-17, on Friday.Ashley Henderson-Nemchick made four kills and Olivia Blanco led the Lady Knights with six digs and also had six assists.Lola Halkias led West ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Senior quarterback Jake Long's fourth touchdown of the game, a 1-yard run with eight seconds left, gave West Essex a 28-21 victory over Caldwell on Friday night.Long's TD capped a 76-yard drive and broke a 21-21 tie. West Essex (1-2) had not led in the game prior to Long's final ...
MILLBURN, NJ – The Caldwell girls soccer team shut out Millburn on the road on Thursday afternoon, 2-0.Junior forward Addison Keenan scored both goals for Caldwell (3-1), one in each half. Keenan has five goals this season, already surpassing her total of four as a sophomore.Vivienne Tolchin ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Approximately 100 Winston Churchill Elementary School students gathered on the front lawn of the Fairfield municipal building to participate in the 24th 9/11 Memorial Ceremony. Fairfield Mayor William Galese spoke of the day when 2,977 people, including Fairfield’s John ...