West Essex News
By TAPINTO STAFF
October 9, 2024
TRENTON, NJ — New Jersey Army National Guard members and equipment are expected to be in Florida by the end of the week to help with recovery efforts from Hurricane Milton.The storm is expected to make landfall in Florida on Wednesday.“Floridians are family, and we know from personal experience ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Lt. Richard F. Valentine, a retired former member of the West Caldwell Police Department, passed away on Oct. 4 at Morristown Medical Center.Valentine served the WCPD for 26 years prior to his retirement in 1998. He had served in Vietnam from 1968-1971, when he received an ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell girls tennis team defeated West Milford in a regular-season match on Tuesday.It was the fourth team victory of the season for Caldwell. West Milford is 7-7.First Singles Isabella Margraff (C)66 Cassandra Rubinsky (WM)00 Second Singles Nicolina Castellano ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Three different players scored as the West Essex boys soccer team defeated Cranford, 3-2, on Tuesday.Drew Cerqueira, Franky Danil and Gabe Adelsberg scored goals for the Knights (6-3-3), who led, 2-1, at the half.Kevin Rodrigues had the only assist, and Sebastian Bladek made ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Sophia Sisco collected three goals and three assists to lead West Essex to an 8-0 field hockey victory over Livingston on Monday.Adelaide Minnella finished with three goals and two assists for West Essex (11-2), which outshot Livingston, 34-3.Tessa Delvescovo and Julia Conforti ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ – The West Essex girls volleyball team went on the road and scored a 25-14, 25-18 victory over Columbia on Monday.The Lady Knights are 10-3 on the season.West Essex Sets PlayedKBDASPAcesKatie Cho2510000Avalon Warmington2230000Emily Greczek2120000Olivia Blanco20001502Sophia ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – In a game that featured some spectacular goaltending by both sides, Livingston came away with a 1-0 girls soccer victory over West Essex on Monday.Dina Bojkovic scored the only goal for Livingston (9-2-1) in the first half with an assist from Izzy Kilelee. It was the sixth goal of ...
CALDWELL, NJ – For the first time since its inception in 1902, the Caldwell Police Department will be led by a civilian police director. In a room full of Essex County prosecutor personnel and other dignitaries, police brass from Essex County and family members, Nichele Lynn Patrick was sworn into ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Beginning Wednesday, Oct. at 7 a.m. through Monday, Oct, 21, the Borough of North Caldwell will commence roadway improvements on the streets listed below. Borough officials are requesting that residents refrain from parking on these streets during this period.Schedule and ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ – West Essex scored a touchdown less than a minute into the game and went on to post its second consecutive shutout, 14-0, over Passaic Valley on Saturday night.Anthony Drago's interception on Passaic Valley's first offensive play of the game gave West Essex possession on the PV ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – An investigation continues into the deadly shooting that took place at a Fairfield hotel on Friday afternoon, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna.The fatal shooting at the Ramada Hotel on Two Bridges Road in ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell built a 21-point lead in the first half, but Cedar Grove came back and defeated the Chiefs, 45-28, on Friday night.Nick Mignone's 2-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, Adam Sepe's 15-yard TD pass to Mike Mignone in the second quarter and then a 62-yard TD run by ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – After a person was shot to death at the Ramada by Windham Hotel early Friday afternoon, Fairfield police have confirmed that there is no threat to the community.At 4:15 p.m. Friday, police issued this statement:In collaboration with the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office, there is no ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – A member of the Essex County Prosecutor's Office has confirmed that one person has been killed Friday afternoon in a shooting.The incident occurred on Two Bridges Road in Fairfield, near the Jose Tejas restaurant and the Ramada Inn on Route 46.The prosecutor's office has not ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Starting on Monday, Oct. 7, Roseland Avenue will be paved between Forest Way in Essex Fells and Eagle Rock Avenue in Roseland.In addition, Eagle Rock Avenue will be paved between Roseland Avenue and Livingston Avenue, and Livingston Avenue will be paved between Eagle Rock Avenue and ...
RIDGEFIELD, NJ – The West Essex boys soccer team scored three goals in the second half to come away with a 4-1 victory over Ridgefield on Wednesday.Kevin Rodrigues scored two goals for the Knights (5-3-3), who led, 1-0, at halftime.Drew Cerqueira and Corey Rapkin each scored one goal for West ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Approximately 25 residents attended Monday night’s Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education meeting with questions and concerns regarding the proposed referendum questions that will be presented to the voters on March 11, 2025. The board has framed two questions for voters to ...
NEWARK, NJ – Caldwell's boys soccer team went over .500 for the season with a 2-1 victory over Barringer on Wednesday.Brodie Cook and Ryan Felton each scored a goal and Luca Catizone passed for one assist for the Chiefs (5-4-1). Cook, a senior forward, has nine saves this season.Nicholas Kyriacou ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – In its recently released ratings of the Best School Districts in New Jersey, Niche.com ranked the West Essex Regional District No. 3 in Essex County.Statewide, West Essex came in No. 17 out of 243 public school districts in the state, according to the study.Niche.com also ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell-West Caldwell Superintendent of Schools Dr. Christopher Conklin announced during Monday’s Board of Education meeting that he will be finishing his four-year contract with the district and will not seek a renewal of the contract. Conklin’s last day will be June 30, ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Adelaide Minnella collected three goals and four assists to lead West Essex to a 9-1 field hockey victory over Glen Ridge on Monday.Sophia Sisco finished with two goals and two assists for West Essex (10-1), which had a 7-0 halftime lead after four goals in the first quarter ...
GLEN RIDGE, NJ - The Montclair Fire Department responded to a motor vehicle accident that resulted in “one of the cars traveling 75 feet off the road and crashing through a home”, said Montclair fire officials.On Sunday, September 29, at approximately 10:25 a.m., emergency crews from the Montclair ...
CALDWELL, NJ – As part of Mount St. Dominic Academy's prestigious L.E.O. (Leadership, Entrepreneurship, and Opportunity) program, students had the pleasure of hearing from Lisa Emeric, owner of Sweet Ice Queen, a successful food truck business. Emeric captivated the students with her remarkable ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The West Caldwell Police Department has been alerted to multiple incidents where school-aged children were targeted and shot at with small projectiles from what police say appeared to be an orange toy gun. These incidents occurred on Friday after school hours, with most of the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- Although final score might suggest that West Essex had a fairly easy time in its 28-0 football victory over Nutley in the rain Saturday afternoon, things could have been a lot different if a gamble by coach Chris Benacquista at the end of the first half hadn't succeeded so ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Adam Sepe passed for three touchdowns to help steer Caldwell to its first victory of the football season, 34-27, over Wayne Hills on Friday night.Kaelen Harper scored two touchdowns for Caldwell (1-3), including a 50-yard reception with 11:06 left in the second quarter followed ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – The Caldwell boys soccer team evened its record with a 3-2 victory over Cedar Grove on Thursday.Brodie Cook scored two goals for Caldwell (3-3-1) and Alexander Morcom had one goal. Jordan Weinstock passed for one assist in the win.Nicholas Kyriacou of Caldwell made five saves.
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The West Caldwell Police Department has been actively investigating multiple incidents of check fraud connected to the U.S. Postal Service, which has led to the identification of an Irvington man as the suspect in the three cases. After reviewing a total of 38 cases, the WCPD ...
WASHINGTON - President Joe Biden signed an executive order Thursday at The White House that targets gun violence, creates government task forces focused on increasing threats of gun violence, and improves active shooter drills in schools.For Nancy Kislin, a licensed clinical social worker, ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Mayor William Galese commended Fairfield Chief of Police Anthony Manna at Monday’s Township Council meeting on his coordination of the funeral of Det. James Ciampi.Manna is asking the township to keep the blue ribbons up for what would have been Ciampi’s 32 birthday on Oct. 21.