West Essex News
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
March 2, 2025
ESSEX COUNTY, NJ – Five wrestlers from Caldwell High School and four from West Essex qualified for the NJSIAA State Championships at Atlantic City next weekend.There are 448 wrestlers in all who will be competing in the annual event at Boardwalk Hall.Among them will be:Matt Ruane, Caldwell (106 ...
ROSELAND, NJ – A contractor with the New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) has alerted the Borough of Roseland that repair measures are being designed for a culvert conveying I-280 over Foulerton Brook in Roseland. The borough has announced that repairs will take approximately four ...
FRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – The West Essex girls basketball team upset Ramapo, 52-50, to advance in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 tournament on Saturday.Junior guard Madelyn Schlosser scored a season-high 21 points and grabbed six rebounds for fifth-seeded West Essex (18-10), which ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy has earned the 2024 College Board AP® Computer Science Female Diversity Award for achieving high female representation in AP Computer Science Principles (CSP). This is the second consecutive year the Mount has received this prestigious honor.The Mount prides ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – An investigation led by West Caldwell Det. Daniel Potucek has resulted in the arrest of a 19-year-old suspect from Newark in connection with the theft of a motor vehicle a year-and-a-half ago.Jahquil Louis faces charges of Receiving Stolen Property, a third-degree crime, related ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell girls basketball team advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 tournament with a 70-20 victory over Weequahic on Thursday.Addison Keenan collected 20 points, five assists, four steals and four rebounds for Caldwell (24-3), which took a 22-2 lead ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team knows that it won't be this easy the rest of the way.But the top-seeded Chiefs did just what a No. 1 seed is expected to against 16th-seeded Becton of East Rutherford on Thursday afternoon in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – The West Essex girls basketball team advanced in the opening round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 tournament with a 47-45 victory over Morris Hills on Wednesday.West Essex (17-10) rallied from a 10-point halftime deficit, outscoring Morris Hills, 14-7, in the fourth ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – The West Essex-Caldwell ice hockey team advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North, Public Co-Op Tournament with a 3-2 victory over Park Regional on Wednesday.Ryan McInerny's goal late in the second period with an assist from Dante Gallucci have West Essex (15-10-1) ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – As the days draw near for the Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education’s March 11 referendum questions to be presented to the voters, a final informational session was presented during the board’s meeting this past Monday.With approximately 40 attendees, including coaching ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Sports Management students and members of the West Essex ice hockey team had the opportunity to meet Aron Augustitus, a video coach for the NHL's Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday, Feb. 14. Augustitus, a West Essex alumnus, spoke about his journey through high school and college, ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy proposed a record $58.1 billion state budget with more than $1 billion in new taxes and fees, a continued commitment to property-tax relief, and a raft of socially progressive initiatives that may collide with what he called “the noise of chaos and confusion” of ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team closed out the regular-season portion of its season with a 70-38 victory over Parsippany on Monday night.Senior guard Joe Giannetta scored 15 points for Caldwell (21-3), which led, 33-18, at halftime.Brodie Cook finished with 10 points for the ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – The West Essex-Caldwell ice hockey co-op opened play in the NJSIAA North Public Co-op Tournament with a 3-2 overtime victory over Tenafly on Monday.Patrick Devaney scored his second goal of the game in overtime to give West Essex (14-10-1) the win. Sam O'Hern, who had assisted ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Four members of the West Essex wrestling team won championships in their weight class in District 4 over the weekend.Nick Bastante (132 pounds), Reid Clausi (144), Benjamin Marques (157) and Carmine Masi (175) all finished first in District 4. They will be joined by five other ...
CRANFORD, NJ – Four members of the Caldwell wrestling team won individual championships at the District 10 Tournament over the weekend.Solomon Soriente won his second career district title at 138 pounds.Mike Mignone was the 215-pound champion. Anthony Barrett won the 132-pound title. Yankee Mabee ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Ryan San George, a resident of Irwin Place, addressed the Caldwell Borough Council and administration at its meeting earlier last week, questioning an ordinance that required single and two-family homeowners to pay a 1.5% fee on renovations to their owner-occupied homes. The ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Last week, West Essex faculty and staff attended professional development seminars and workshops involving artificial intelligence (AI) and its implications on education. After an introductory keynote address on the benefits and challenges of AI in the classroom, teachers had ...
VERONA, NJ – The Caldwell girls basketball team came away with a 49-42 victory over Verona on Thursday afternoon.Addison Keenan scored 18 points and handed out three assists for Caldwell (23-2), which has lost only one game since December. Keenan made four steals and sank four 3-pointers.Tea Fiore ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell boys basketball team reached the 20-victory milestone on Thursday night after beating West Orange, 64-46.Ryan Keenan scored 11 points to lead a very balanced attack for Caldwell (20-2), which had a nine-point lead going into the second quarter.Joe Giannetta finished ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ — Essex Fells resident and president of We Care NJ, Joseph Pannullo, talked to the West Orange Township Council at its most recent meeting about the proposed West Essex Highlands development. “I live in the 200-foot notice area of the West Essex Highlands project. I am here tonight ...
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Only one judge showed Vito Mielnicki Jr. (20-1-1, 12 KOs) of Roseland, NJ some love on Valentine’s Day night as he faced Connor Coyle (21-0-1, 9 KOs) in a 10-round 160-pound bout at Madison Square Garden.The other two judges scored the fight a draw, with Ken Ezzo and Kevin Morgan ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell erased a two-point deficit and went on to a 50-40 girls basketball victory over West Essex on Tuesday night.Addison Keenan scored 15 points for Caldwell (22-2), which took a 41-34 lead with a 15-6 spurt in the third quarter.Grace Hodgson finished with 10 points for ...
Ensign Katarina Katzarov, a Caldwell, N.J. resident, stands watch on the bridge of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer (DDG 108) during a special mission ship defense exercise in the Pacific Ocean, Jan. 31.Wayne E. Meyer is underway in U.S. 3rd Fleet conducting ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell built a 15-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 69-56 boys basketball victory over Montville in a regular-season game on Monday.Brodie Cook scored 18 points for Caldwell (19-2), which led, 21-6, going into the second quarter.Santiago Garces finished with 13 ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy's Diversity Club held its annual Black History Month assembly on February 3, 2025, in the PAC. Like all Mount assemblies, the fully student-led event was organized by club president and Black History Month committee chair Arianna Jean-Philippe, with ...
ROSELAND, NJ – The Borough of Roseland was among the 12 Essex County municipalities and 36 community organizations that received a total of about $5.7 million from the Community Development Block Grant program and the Emergency Services Grant program on Tuesday, Feb. 4.The CDBG and ESG programs are ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – With the passing of an ordinance Monday night, Fairfield’s water and sewer rates will be going up. A homeowner’s quarterly water bill will increase from $73.25 to $80.75 for zero to 15,000 gallons, and above 15,000 gallons, for every additional 1,000 gallons, it will increase ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell will host West Essex in a girls' basketball game on Tuesday night that will raise funds for Hoops for Hopes.Proceeds from the game will go towards a former high school teammate of Caldwell girls' basketball coach Amanda Keenan's who has been diagnosed with lung cancer.
ROSELAND, NJ – The people who have brought an elevated indoor golf experience to Sparta are taking their talents to Roseland. When Jon Trotta and Patrick McKernan opened The Green 973 in 2023 they knew Sparta would be the first of many indoor golf locations. The Essex Golf Center’s indoor facility ...