West Essex News
By MOUNT ST. DOMINIC ACADEMY
May 17, 2025
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy celebrated Teacher Appreciation Week, honoring the faculty who make a lasting impact on students every day. The weeklong celebration, organized by the Parents' Association in partnership with Interim Head of School Lynn Burek, and Principal Dr. Karen ...
BELLEVILLE, NJ – Dean Tahbaz and Daniel Vybihal combined on a three-hitter to lead Caldwell to a 3-1 baseball victory over West Essex on Friday.Tahbaz got the win, going 4 ⅓ innings, allowing three hits and one run, striking out six and walking three. Vybihal struck out five batters in 2 ⅔ innings ...
SOUTH ORANGE, NJ – Mount St. Dominic scored three runs in the top of the eighth inning and held on for an 8-5 softball victory over Columbia in the semifinal round of the Essex County Tournament on Friday night at Ivy Hill Park.Carlee Perez went 2-for-5 with a home run and three runs batted in for ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex scored in every inning but the first and went on to a 16-6 softball victory over Sparta on Friday.Brooke Gillen and Gab Sia each drove in six runs. Sia hit two home runs and was 3-for-4. Gillen went 4-for-5 with a triple and two doubles for West Essex (8-14).Olivia ...
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ - Due to the large amount of rain recently, and seeing the LARVAL count going up, Essex County will be partnering with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) Office of Mosquito Control in conducting an aerial larval control operation using granular BTI, on ...
NEWARK, NJ – Marco Sozio pitched a three-hitter to lead Caldwell to a 2-1 baseball victory over St. Benedict's Prep on Thursday.Sozio struck out 11 batters and walked two in seven innings and 107 pitches.In the sixth inning, Nick Arvanites led off with a single for the Chiefs (12-7). Courtesy ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex Regional School District has been recognized with the Best Communities for Music Education title by the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM). The award is a signature program of the NAMM Foundation that recognizes and celebrates school districts and ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex scored a tiebreaking run in the bottom of the fifth inning and held on for a 4-3 baseball victory over Columbia on Tuesday.Aydan Sorrentino's RBI single in the fifth inning gave West Essex (11-7) a 4-3 lead.West Essex rallied from a 3-0 deficit with three runs in ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department arrested a 19-year-old suspect from Liberty, N.Y. for receiving stolen property after an incident that occurred on Monday. At approximately 10:20 p.m., Corporal Jeffrey Dean observed an older model silver Honda Accord exiting from the Quick Chek on ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team is showing everybody that they’re a team to be feared this season in the Essex County Tournament despite being the third seed.The third-seeded Lions took care of business on Saturday with a dominating 14-1 victory over sixth-seeded West ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Valentina Dilanni collected three hits and Livingston went on to a 5-2 softball victory over West Essex on Monday.Sophie Rothfeld went 2-for-2 with three runs scored, two runs batted in and a double for Livingston (8-10), which scored single runs in three of the first four innings ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell scored six runs in the first inning and held on for a 9-6 baseball victory over Barringer on Monday.Chris DePrenda's RBI triple and Marco Sozio's two-run double highlighted the six-run first inning as the Chiefs erased a 2-0 deficit.Sozio and DePrenda each had two hits ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The building in which the Caldwell Public Library had been housed for decades before being destroyed during Tropical Storm Ida in late August 2021 will undergo renovation.The Caldwell Borough Council approved an ordinance on second reading to appropriate usage of $957,993.97 in FEMA ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell rallied for three runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 7-6 baseball victory over Sparta on Saturday at the Kiwanis Oval.Caldwell (10-7) trailed, 6-4, going into the bottom of the seventh. After Sean Skikus scored on the front end of a double steal to cut the ...
CALDWELL, NJ – On May 2, 2025, Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell debuted its much-anticipated 2025 Lip Dub, igniting a wave of school spirit and creativity across campus. The vibrant, choreographed music video unites students, faculty, and staff in a joyful celebration of the Mount community’s ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – Livingston doesn't bludgeon opponents with Division 1 bats or overwhelm them with turbo-velocity arms the way some other Top 20 baseball teams in the state do, but, get the Lancers into the late innings of a close game of any consequence, and they've proven themselves to be ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Kate Colello scored four goals to lead West Essex to a 12-8 girls lacrosse victory over Caldwell on Friday night.Sienna Tilton, Adelaide Minnella and Alex Agostini finished with two goals apiece for West Essex (3-10). Samantha VanNess had one goal and two assists and Elyana ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Three members of the West Essex High School Class of 2025 recently signeds letters of intent to attend colleges where they will continue to play football.Brady Phillips will attend Middlebury College, Mikey Cerisano will attend Muhlenberg College and Yeshua Cuello will attend ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – In about 13 months, the first games of the FIFA World Cup 2026™ will kick off. Canada, Mexico and the United States are hosting the biggest World Cup ever, with a total of eight games to be played at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, including the final match of the ...
NEWARK - The controversial $6 billion Newark Bay Bridge replacement has received a permit and “finding of no significant impact” from the U.S. Coast Guard, clearing the way for the New Jersey Turnpike Authority to proceed with the construction of an extension between Interchanges 14 in Newark and ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell advanced in the semifinal round of the Essex County boys lacrosse tournament with a 16-6 victory over Montclair-Kimberley Academy on Wednesday.Sean Murtagh and Jeremy Rodriguez scored five goals apiece and Murtagh added two assists for Caldwell (6-7), which led, 10-4, ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team got off on the right foot in what the program hopes will be a dozen county championships when the smoke clears in less than two weeks.The third-seeded Lions took care of 14th-seeded Newark Academy, 11-1, on Saturday in the Essex County ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – West Essex rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh for a 4-3 baseball victory over Columbia in the quarterfinal round of the Greater Newark Tournament on Wednesday night.West Essex (10-4), the third seed, trailed, 3-1, going to the bottom of the sixth, scored one run that ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Montclair advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournament with an 11-5 girls lacrosse victory over West Essex on Tuesday.Adelaide Minnella had two goals and one assist for West Essex (2-10). Alex Agostini, Kate Colello and Delaney Farrell had one goal apiece ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy, in partnership with Success Street, LLC, invites the public to Empowering Middle School Girls to Lead with Confidence, a seminar designed for middle school girls and their parents on Monday, May 19 at 7 pm in the Doris M. Byrne Performing Arts Center at ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell advanced in the quarterfinal round of the Essex County Tournament with a 13-5 boys lacrosse victory over Livingston on Monday.Jordan Gruzas collected four goals and three assists for Caldwell (5-7), which was never headed after winning the opening quarter, 5-0.Skyler ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Talia LeBorgne, a member of the West Essex High School Class of 2025, signed a letter of intent last week to attend Kean University, where she will continue her athletic career.LeBorgne was a guard on the West Essex girls basketball team. As a senior, she averaged 8.1 points ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Livingston advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 13-11 girls lacrosse victory over Caldwell on Saturday.Taylor Dzama scored seven goals and passed for two assists for Livingston (5-4), which led, 9-5, at halftime.Casey Conklin had five goals and one ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Chief Anthony G. Manna and the Fairfield Police Department introduced Officer Omar Qasem, who took the oath of office on Monday night. Officer Qasem graduated from the Essex County Police Academy in December 2024, where he received the Academy’s academic award for his class. Upon ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex advanced in the first round of the Essex County Tournament with a 4-1 softball victory over Bloomfield on Friday.Briana Gillen got the win and drove in a run, and Carmela Alagia went 2-for-3 for West Essex (7-11), which scored three runs in the fifth inning.Gab Sia ...