West Essex News
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
May 29, 2025
CALDWELL, NJ – Jackson Lodgek pitched a four-hitter and Joe Panzarino achieved a significant career milestone to highlight top-seeded West Essex' 3-0 victory over Lyndhurst in the quarterfinals of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 baseball tournament at the Kiwanis Oval on ThursdayPanzarino, a senior ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA South Jersey, Group 1 boys lacrosse tournament with a 17-1 victory over Haddon Township on Wednesday.Jordan Gruzas finished with six goals and one assist for the Chiefs, who scored seven goals in a row to start the game.Ryder ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – Briana Gillen pitched a no-hitter as the West Essex softball team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 softball tournament with a 1-0 victory over Montville on Wednesday.Gillen struck out 12 batters and walked five in seven innings. Montville was seeded ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield police arrested a Montclair man after a confrontation with patrons and employees outside a local bar.Police arrested Brian Dougherty, 27, of Montclair after an incident that occurred on Sunday evening. At approximately 6:11 pm, officers were dispatched to Danaher’s Pub ...
HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ – Caldwell edged Hasbrouck Heights, 3-2, in the NJSIAA Quarterfinal Round, North Jersey, Section 2, Group 1 playoffs on Tuesday afternoon at the Neal McCarthy Courts at Hasbrouck Heights High School. The Aviators end the season with a 14-3 record.Jordan Ghongpa won the First ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team found out what its road map will be to get to an anticipated return to the Non-Public A final.The Lions are the second seed in Non-Public North A, only behind the top-seeded Immaculate Heart Academy. Last season Mount St. Dominic took home ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield Mayor William Galese and Police Chief Anthony Manna reported the passing of former Fairfield Special Police Officer Nicholas Sierchio on May 12. Sierchio served the township for over 38 years. He was a special police officer, court security officer and township emergency ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Top-seeded West Essex advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 baseball tournament with a combined no-hitter in a five-inning, 10-0 victory over Hillside on Tuesday.Left-hander Aidan Burgos struck out eight batters in four innings and allowed three walks, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ - The seventh-seeded Caldwell baseball team fell in the first round of the NJSIAA Section 2, Group 2 tournament, losing, 3-2, to Bernards in eight innings on Tuesday afternoon.Winners in five of their previous seven games, the Chiefs (14-10) wanted to make noise again in this ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy (MSDA) is proud to announce that Mary Frances Palisano, Class of 1989, will serve as the 2025 Commencement Speaker. Attorney Mary Fran will address the graduating Class of 2025. This year marks the 130th Commencement at the Mount, and we are excited to ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy Class of 2010 alumna Emilie Stewart returned to speak with students in the Mount’s Social Justice Concentration about advocacy, leadership, and finding purpose through service and unexpected opportunities. Now a manager of Policy Advocacy for the Newark ...
ESSEX FELLS, NJ – Essex Fells resident Michael Cetrulo, a senior at Newark Academy, signed a letter of intend to attend Wesleyan University, where he will continue his wrestling career.“I am so honored to be able to continue wrestling at the collegiate level so I can continue playing the sport I ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex High School has named the following students its ShopRite Stars for the fourth marking period:Katherine Housel has received the ShopRite Star Award for Leadership. Throughout her four years of high school, Katie has been actively involved in a wide range of clubs and ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Benji Josefsberg's two-out RBI double in the bottom of the eighth inning capped a three-run rally – and three hours and 22 minutes of general baseball mayhem – to give Columbia a 12-11 victory over West Essex in the final game of the regular season Saturday at Underhill Field.West ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ –The Fairfield Police Department has been taking the month of May to educate the whole community on the operation of e-bikes, e-scooters, e-skateboards and skateboards, which are not permitted to be operated on any sidewalk or in any park. In addition, those 16 years or younger are ...
VERONA, NJ – The bottom of the order did the heavy lifting for the Caldwell baseball team on Friday, and the Chiefs will hoist a division championship banner as a result.The last three batters in Caldwell's starting lineup got on base 10 out of 11 times at bat and combined for five runs scored and ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Fairfield police have arrested a Flushing, N.Y. man in connection with the theft of $12,000 from a Fairfield resident's bank account.Xuan Jin, 50, has been charged with thefts that occurred on November 21 and 22, 2024. Police allege that he obtained personal banking information ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Four members of the West Essex Class of 2025 and the Knights' baseball program recently signed letters of intent to attend colleges where they will continue their athletic careers.Joe Panzarino will attend Rowan University, Chris Murano will attend Kean University, Aidan Burgos ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – An 18-year-old Montville man faces charges of leaving the scene of a crash after an accident in Fairfield on Wednesday night.At approximately 9:26 p.m., Fairfield police officers were dispatched to the area of 100 Horseneck Road for a report of a pedestrian who had been injured ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – On Monday, May 26 starting promptly at 8 a.m., the Mayor and Borough Council will hold a Memorial Day ceremony at the Veterans Memorial on Gould Avenue in North Caldwell. The ceremony will begin with a 21-gun salute. “Do not be alarmed by the brief gunshot noise,” the borough ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Councilman Michael Docteroff confirmed during Tuesday’s West Caldwell Township Council meeting that the Cedar Street pool will not be open for Memorial Day weekend due to a critical repair issue. The issue was not able to be identified until the pools were filled, and the ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department announced the arrest of a 56-year-old suspect from Mexico in connection with a Bitcoin scam.Jose Renteria-Medellin, 56, of Guadalupe, Mexico, was arrested for theft by deception that occurred on Feb. 10, 2024. On that date, an employee of Care by ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – At Monday night’s meeting of the Fairfield Township Council, Aaron Lowe, a long-time Fairfield resident, posed questions to the mayor and council and to township business administrator James Gasparini. It appears that an employee received more than $48,000 in vacation pay when, in ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy’s softball team felt confident they would face rival Cedar Grove a third time this season.The Lions had lost both regular season matchups, which ended their drive for another Super Essex Conference American Division title.But Mount head coach Rob Stern ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Anthony Drago scored seven goals and assisted on one to lead West Essex to a 12-11 boys lacrosse victory over Montclair-Kimberley Academy on Monday.Luca Tartara collected three goals and one assist for the Knights (10-6), who led, 10-8, after three quarters. Drago, a Duke ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex broke a tie with a run in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 2-1 softball victory over Caldwell on Monday.Gab Sia had two doubles and a run batted in and Erin Mah doubled in a run for West Essex (9-15), which scored runs in the third and seventh innings.Sophia ...
NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ -- Libby Knight collected five goals and one assist to lead New Providence to a 15-9 girls lacrosse victory over Caldwell on Monday.Stephie Hughes finished with a season-high eight assists for New Providence (12-4), which outscored Caldwell, 5-0, in the third quarter to take a ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ – West Essex scored two runs each in the first, fourth and six innings and went on to a 6-2 baseball victory over Caldwell on Monday night at Yogi Berra Stadium.An RBI triple by Joe Panzarino and a sacrifice fly in the first inning gave the Knights a 2-0 lead.Caldwell (13-9) got a ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Fifteen-year-old Sanaya Mistry, a sophomore at Mount Saint Dominic Academy in Caldwell, recently earned international recognition by winning first place at the prestigious International Classical Music Competition. The young violinist performed on March 16 at New York City’s iconic ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Jackson Lodgek pitched six strong innings and West Essex scored three runs in the third on its way to a 4-3 baseball victory over Millburn on Saturday.Lodgek allowed three runs on seven hits in six innings for his second win over Millburn this season. He struck out six batters and ...