West Essex Top Stories
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
May 2, 2026
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — The West Essex Regional School District has been recognized as one of the nation’s Best Communities for Music Education for the 12th consecutive year, according to an announcement from the National Association of Music Merchants (NAMM) Foundation.The ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell baseball team advanced in the first round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 10-0 victory over Newark Tech on Friday.Caldwell (15-1) scored three runs in the first inning and then scored in every subsequent inning of the six-inning contest except for the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex advanced to the quarterfinal round of the Greater Newark Tournament with a 2-0 baseball victory over Cedar Grove in the first round on Friday.Jackson Lodgek pitched 6 1/3 one-hit innings with 10 strikeouts and five walks for West Essex (11-5). Daniel Gorab came on to ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland police report that a black bear has been seen in the area of Fernwood Avenue on Thursday morning.Police caution residents to ensure that small animals are brought inside and protected and to be overly cautious if walking or traveling through this area.
ESSEX FELLS, NJ – The Board of Directors and Executive Director of St. Peter’s Nursery School (SPNS) will honor the life and legacy of Mrs. Gail Genovese, a teacher who joined the school in 2015, next week.The ceremony will be Tuesday, May 5, from 5:45 to 6 p.m.Genovese passed away in July ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Caldwell baseball team, off to a 13-1 start, has drawn the second seed in the Greater Newark Tournament, which begins this week.Seton Hall Prep, which has won the last two GNTs, is the No. 1 seed. Caldwell, whose only loss this season is to Verona, is second.West Essex ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — Brooke Gillen pitched a no-hitter to lead West Essex to a 7–1 softball victory over Bloomfield on Monday.Gillen finished with 12 strikeouts and no walks in a seven‑inning complete game. Bloomfield’s lone run came in the sixth, but West Essex had already built a comfortable ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Every Monday, Daniel Vybihal has been taking the mound for the Caldwell baseball team, and every time he's been getting the Chiefs' weeks off to a good start.Vybihal pitched a five-inning three-hitter to lead Caldwell to a 10-0 victory over Livingston on Monday. He struck out ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Essex rallied from a four-run deficit after one inning for a 6-5 baseball victory over West Orange on Monday.Caden Lozito went 3-for-4 with two doubles and four runs batted in for West Essex (9-5), which trailed, 5-1, after one inning before picking up four runs in the second ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex Middle School welcomed its new principal, Mrs. Alicia Angione, on March 8.Angione’s path to the principal’s office wasn’t exactly planned. In fact, she wasn’t even looking for a new job. “I had just had my second child. I was three weeks into maternity leave,” she ...
TRENTON, NJ — From betting on elections to controversial wagers on life-and-death events, prediction markets have exploded in popularity. Now, New Jersey lawmakers want to shut some of them down.Lawmakers have introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at regulating prediction markets, platforms ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Ryan Keenan and Santino Russo pounded out three hits apiece to help Caldwell to a 14-4 baseball victory over Oratory in five innings on Friday.Keenan had a double and two singles, scored two runs and drove in two runs. Russo scored three times and finished 3-for-3 for Caldwell ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ — The Caldwell High School softball team has opened the 2025–26 season with a 7–4 record and a perfect 5–0 mark in the SEC–Liberty Division, pairing dominant pitching with a steadily improving lineup as the Chiefs move through the heart of their schedule.Under legendary coach Mike ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ – Winning pitcher Brooke Gillen hit two home runs to power West Essex to an 8-4 softball victory over Livingston on Wednesday.Gillen drove in three runs on the day. She pitched all seven innings, struck out six batters and walked only one.Brooke Rampone had two hits and two RBI in ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ – Adam Sepe went 3-for-3 with two runs batted in to lead Caldwell to a 5-3 baseball victory over Cedar Grove on Wednesday.Sepe's RBI double capped a three-run first inning for Caldwell (11-1). He singled in another run in the third inning to give the Chiefs a 4-0 lead.Richie Musser ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ — A traffic stop in Fairfield earlier this month led to the arrest of a New York man and the seizure of drugs and nearly a quarter-million dollars in cash, according to a release from the Fairfield Police Department.Police said the arrest occurred on April 9, 2026, when officers ...
MONTVILLE, NJ – The West Essex girls lacrosse team defeated Montville, 12–11, on Monday.Delaney Farrell scored four goals for West Essex (5-3). Kate Colello added three goals, while Alivia Lugo contributed two goals and an assist, as the Knights posted four goals in the third quarter to take a 9-8 ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston snapped a three‑game skid on Monday with a 10–8 win over West Essex, using a fast start and a strong finish to overcome a late Knights surge.Livingston (6-4) controlled the first half, building a 5–2 lead, then extended the margin coming out of halftime before West Essex ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ — The Fairfield Township Council moved forward on several bond‑ordinance amendments while engaging in an extended debate over purchasing procedures and transparency at its April 13 meeting.The council unanimously introduced an amendment to a previously adopted bond ordinance.
WEST ORANGE, NJ – West Essex had a shutout going for six innings, then had to hold off a three-run rally in the bottom of the seventh by Seton Hall Prep to hold on for a 4-3 baseball victory over the Pirates on Monday.West Essex (8-3) scored two runs in the first inning without a hit. Seton Hall ...
VERONA, NJ – Junior right-hander Daniel Vybihal pitched a no-hitter to send Caldwell to a 3-0 baseball victory over Verona on Monday.Vybihal (3-0) struck out 10 batters and walked four in seven innings. He finished at 107 pitches, three under the mandated threshold.Caldwell (10-1) broke the tie ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department announces the arrest of Xavier Brown, 23, of Paterson following a motor vehicle stop that occurred on April 17, 2026.On that date, at approximately 9:22 pm, Officer Ryan Cleary conducted a motor vehicle stop on a 2005 Saturn Ion for equipment ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – In a pregame ceremony on March 31, West Essex honored its 2006 baseball team, marking the 20-year anniversary of one of the most unlikely and significant runs in school history, a Greater Newark Tournament championship that still stands as a defining moment for West Essex ...
LONG VALLEY, NJ – Caldwell scored a run in the top of the seventh inning and hung on for a 2-1 baseball victory over West Morris on Saturday.Ryan Keenan led off the top of the seventh with a single. He stole second and scored on Dante Placenti's single to center with one out to give Caldwell (9-1) ...
LITTLE FALLS, NJ – West Essex scored five runs in the third inning and hung on for a 9-6 baseball victory over Passaic Valley on Saturday.CJ Fogg and Rocco Pontrella each had three hits and two runs batted in for West Essex. Fogg scored three runs and Pontrella two runs.Caden Lozito had a triple, a ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Abby Anemone scored six goals and passed for one assist to lead Caldwell to a 22-14 girls lacrosse victory over Livingston on Saturday.Hannah Swift collected five goals and two assists for Caldwell (8-1). Kaitlyn Mullin had three goals and two assists and Adriana Brown had three ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Michelle Wie West has announced that she has accepted an invitation to play in the fourth annual Mizuho Americas Open as a sponsor exemption when the tournament tees off at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell, May 4-10.“One of the privileges that comes with being the ...
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT 11, NJ — Analilia Mejia won Thursday's special election and will represent New Jersey's District 11 in Congress. Polls closed at 8 p.m. Thursday, following early voting from April 6 to April 14. Mejia, a Democrat, a former head of the Working Families Alliance, defeated ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Daniel Gorab struck out 13 batters to help West Essex complete a series sweep of Livingston with a 6-4 baseball victory on Wednesday.Gorab went 6 ⅔ innings, allowed three hits and walked one. None of the three runs against him were earned.CJ Fogg went 3-for-4 with a triple, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Caldwell ran its unbeaten streak to eight with a nine-inning, 8-7 victory over West Orange on Wednesday.Ryan Keenan's sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth scored Rich Musser with the tiebreaking run. Musser had walked, gone to second on a wild pitch and then advanced to ...