West Essex News
By GUY KIPP
May 2, 2025
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – A young Caldwell baseball team passed its biggest test of the season, rallying for a 6-5 victory over West Orange in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament under the lights on Friday night.Caldwell (9-6) rallied for three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to take ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Third-seeded West Essex advanced in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 10-0 baseball victory over 14th-seeded St. Benedict's Prep on Friday.Caden Lozito went 3-for-4 with a run scored and two runs batted in for the Knights (9-4), who scored two runs in the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The 2025-2026 West Essex Regional school district budget unanimously passed at the school board’s meeting on Monday. Melissa Kida, the district’s business administrator, presented the final budget explaining the district’s revenue and expenditures that impact the overall budget ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield mayor and council introduced three ordinances at their monthly Monday night meeting. The first ordinance deals with fixing the salary and compensation of the municipal engineer. The second one authorizes the township’s conveyance of the property of 9 Bodkin Road. The ...
CHATHAM, NJ – West Essex scored five runs in the fourth inning and went on to a 9-6 baseball victory over Chatham on Wednesday.Max Garcia drove in three runs and went 1-for-3 at the plate for West Essex (8-4), which broke a tie with its fourth inning uprising.Winning pitcher Caden Lozito went ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – Brianna Gillen pitched a one-hitter and starred at the plate to lift West Essex to a 4-0 softball victory over Montclair on Tuesday.Gillen struck out eight batters and walked four in seven innings. She also went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in.Brooke Gillen was 1-for 3 with a ...
CALDWELL - The Mount St. Dominic Academy softball team's reputation proceeds itself as well as expectations. The Lions came into the 2025 season, off winning its 11th Essex County Tournament title and reaching the Non-Public A championship (losing to St. John Vianney) in 2024. With Mount St.
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Charlie Wall pitched a four-hitter to lead Millburn to a 5-0 baseball victory over Caldwell on Monday.Wall, a junior right-hander, struck out four batters and walked none. He threw 85 pitches in seven innings.Millburn (6-7) scored two runs in the top of the first inning on an ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Three pitchers combined on a two-hitter to boost West Essex to a 5-0 baseball victory over Morristown on Monday.Left-hander Aydan Sorrentino pitched four innings, allowed one hit, struck out five and walked two for the Knights (7-4), who scored two runs in the third inning and ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Anthony Drago, a senior on the West Essex boys lacrosse team, reached 200 career goals last week, surpassing the previous school record of 200 career goals set by Michael McWilliams (Class of 2000).Drago's 12 points in the 13-8 Knights victory over Columbia – on four goals and ...
ESSEX FELLS, NJ – A third suspect, a juvenile, has been charged in an auto theft incident that occurred six months ago.On Oct. 18, 2024 at approximately 5:50 a.m., Sergeant Cohen and Officer Rigas of the Essex Fells Police Department were dispatched to a residence on Windsor Place on a report of an ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – West Essex rallied with three runs in the fifth inning and went on to a 4-3 softball victory over St. Mary of Rutherford in the Black & Gold Invitational on Sunday.Olivia Blanco and winning pitcher Briana Gillen each had two hits and drove in one run for West Essex (5-10), ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Jordan Gruzas and Sean Murtagh each scored two goals and had one assist as the Caldwell boys lacrosse team won its rivalry game over West Essex, 8-2, on Saturday night.Milo Ruggiero won nine of 13 faceoffs for Caldwell (4-5), which led, 5-1, after three quarters.Riley ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Julianne Grosso, president of the Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education, announced that the board will be presenting a referendum to the voters to fund a revised plan for a new field house at James Caldwell High School (JCHS) in November. Grosso said that achieving Title IX ...
RUMSON, NJ – Caldwell scored four runs in the first inning and went on to a 6-2 baseball victory over Rumson-Fair Haven on Saturday.Nick Arvanites went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in for the Chiefs (8-5), who added their final two runs in the seventh inning to make the score 6-2.Dante Placenti hit ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Max Peri pitched a five-hitter and Livingston won a key American Division matchup in the Super Essex Conference with a 3-2 baseball victory over West Essex on Friday.Peri struck out seven batters and walked two in seven innings and 104 pitches for Livingston (9-4), which ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell overcame an erratic day in the field with a big day at bat, scoring seven runs in the first two innings on its way to a 9-5 baseball victory over West Orange on Friday.Dante Placenti went 3-for-4 with three runs batted in for the Chiefs, who led, 7-1, after a five-run ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and West Caldwell Police Chief Dennis A. Capriglione, Jr. have announced charges against 11 individuals in connection with an auto theft ring responsible for numerous incidents across New Jersey and New York. The suspects allegedly targeted ...
WHARTON, NJ – Two westbound lanes of Route 80 in Wharton, closed for sinkhole repairs in mid-March, will not be reopened until the end of May, almost a month longer than initially predicted, according to the state Department of Transportation (NJDOT).Two of the road's three westbound lanes were ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – West Essex scored seven goals in the second quarter and went on to a 13-8 boys lacrosse victory over Columbia on Thursday.Senior Duke University commit Anthony Drago passed for eight assists to go with four goals for West Essex (4-4), which led, 10-3, at halftime.Anthony Conforti ...
EAST HANOVER, NJ – After falling behind by six runs in the first inning, West Essex came all the way back for an 8-6 baseball victory over Hanover Park on Thursday.Senior right-hander Tyler Gordon pitched 6 ⅔ innings of shutout relief for the victory. Gordon kept things in hand and gave the Knights ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – A 25-year-old male has been charged in connection with an armed home invasion on Natalie Drive earlier this month.On April 9, the West Caldwell Police Department responded to an armed home invasion on Natalie Drive. West Caldwell police partnered with the Essex County ...
MONTCLAIR, NJ – West Essex scored four runs in the top of the first inning and went on to a 7-2 baseball victory over Montclair on Wednesday.Jack Epstein's RBI single highlighted the Knights' first-inning uprising, which also saw runs score on a throwing error and two wild pitches.West Essex (5-3) ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell-West Caldwell Education Association (CWCEA) was out in full force with approximately 75 members, mostly wearing black shirts in solidarity, who attended the Board of Education’s conference meeting on Monday. The educators came to voice their objection to a pending ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Jenna Wakefield drove in five runs to lead Union to an 11-7 softball victory over Caldwell on Tuesday.Wakefield went 4-for-5 with two home runs, a triple and two runs scored for Union (4-4), which scored five runs in the top of the seventh to take an 11-6 lead.Nevaeh Mendez and ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- Pitchers Adam Goldberg of Livingston and C.J. Bates of Scotch Plains-Fanwood dueled to a draw for five-and-a-half innings before Robbie Lynn's RBI single in the bottom of the sixth delivered the tiebreaking run in Livingston's 2-1 baseball victory over the Raiders on Tuesday ...
CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell Borough Council unanimously passed the 2025 budget during the meeting held on April 15. The municipal portion of the budget will increase by $701,306.75, which is an increase of 6.6% that includes municipal and public library costs. The amount to be raised by taxes ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell pounded out 14 hits and Vin Brown pitched a five-inning two-hitter in the Chiefs' 13-0 baseball victory over Bloomfield on Monday.Brown, a junior left-hander, struck out seven batters and walked three in his 76-pitch outing.Dante Placenti went 3-for-4 with three runs ...
ROSELAND, NJ – The Roseland Borough Council unanimously passed the 2025 budget during last Tuesday’s council meeting. Roseland Mayor James R. Spango stated that the total tax increase is .97%, which is less than the allowable 2%, which represents an additional $307,404 that could have been levied.
MONTVILLE, NJ – Abby Anemone scored four goals and passed for four assists to lead Caldwell to a 13-12 girls lacrosse victory over Montville on Saturday.Kaitlyn Mullin finished with three goals and two assists for Caldwell (2-5), which clamped down after allowing seven goals in the first quarter, ...