West Essex Top Stories
By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
March 24, 2026
WEST CALDWELL, NJ — Six members of the Caldwell girls basketball team have been cited by the Super Essex Conference on its American Division teams.Tea Fiore and Addison Keenan of Caldwell were both selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches.Fiore, a senior guard, averaged 16.9 ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ — Four players from the West Essex girls basketball team have been cited by the Super Essex Conference on its American Division teams.Jordan Salisbury of West Essex was selected to the first team in a vote of the conference's coaches. Salisbury, a sophomore forward, averaged 12.7 ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department is actively seeking the public’s assistance in a motor vehicle theft after an early morning residential burglary that occurred early on Sunday morning.At approximately 6:37 am, police headquarters received a notification from a License Plate Reader ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – The Fairfield Police Department has charged a Camden woman after multiple thefts of catalytic converters in January.Britney Jimenez, 21, faces a variety of criminal charges, stemming from multiple thefts that occurred on January 18. On that date, Fairfield officers took several ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland police have arrested a New Brunswick man after an investigation into a burglary at the Avalon Bay condominiums that involved the theft of tools, air-conditioning units and vehicles from the property.Police said patrol officers responded to the Avalon Bay complex on Feb. 13 ...
CALDWELL, NJ – Mount St. Dominic Academy has named Gina Bijelonic its new girls volleyball coach.Bijelonic previously coached at the high school level at Immaculate Heart Academy, where she was a part of a Tournament of Champions title team in 2016, and at Pingry. She is also the first ...
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Reid Clausi, a junior at West Essex High School, finished in the top four in all of New Jersey in his weight class at the NJSIAA wrestling championships last weekend at Boardwalk Hall.Sipper reached the semifinal round in the state's 165-pound tournament.Seeded second in his ...
ATLANTIC CITY, NJ – Carmine Sipper, a senior at Caldwell High School, finished in the top four in all of New Jersey at the NJSIAA wrestling championships last weekend at Boardwalk Hall.Sipper reached the semifinal round in the state's 120-pound tournament.Seeded fifth in his weight class, Sipper ...
ESSEX FELLS, NJ – Starting on or about March 17, roadwork will begin on Beechtree Lane at the intersection of Fells Road from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.This roadwork will continue for several weeks. There will be no on-street parking. Detours will be in place. Drivers in Essex Fells should plan an ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex High School senior Ivan Hernandez has been recognized as the school’s 2026 Unsung Hero.This honor celebrates students whose quiet efforts make a meaningful difference in their school community.Ivan earned the distinction for his compassion, leadership, and advocacy ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Samantha Ginorio (third from right), a student at Essex County West Caldwell School of Technology, was awarded first place in the Professional Category in the Annual Essex County Forest Friends Feeder Contest at the Essex County Environmental Center.Team members not present are ...
PISCATAWAY, NJ — It has been a thrilling season for a Caldwell girls basketball program that should have an exciting future.But, on Saturday at Rutgers University, everything that Caldwell spent the last three months doing so exceptionally well, Manasquan did even better.Manasquan repeated as the ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – In the first game of her varsity basketball career as a ninth-grader, Tea Fiore's team lost, 104-30.In the last game of her varsity basketball career, Tea Fiore will be playing in a state championship game. The senior guard is the second-leading scorer, and the spiritual veteran ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Six wrestlers from Caldwell High School qualified out of the NJSIAA Region 3 tournament last weekend to go to Atlantic City for the championships that begin on Thursday.138: Solomon Soriente, first place120: Carmine Sipper, second place106: Michael Rankin, third place126: Yankee ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Four wrestlers from West Essex High School qualified out of the NJSIAA Region 2 tournament to go to Atlantic City for the championships this weekend.165: Reid Clausi, champion190: Joe Cutruzzula, second place113: Joe Formosa, third place144: Dante D'Achille, fourth placeClausi, ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland first- and second-graders took part in this winter's youth basketball season, as eight teams and 72 kids competed each week over the winter months. Award-winners are pictured below with Roseland Mayor James Spango alongside their recreation coaches.The championship Blue Team ...
TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Mikie Sherrill laid out a record $60.7 billion budget on Tuesday that would provide modest increases in a few key areas balanced by more than $2 billion in cuts to other programs, including property tax relief.“Today, I’m submitting to this legislature the most fiscally ...
BLOOMFIELD, NJ — Well before the game ever tipped off, the Caldwell girls basketball team had worked up a sweat.Unseasonable temperatures near 80 degrees outside combined with a long wait inside a packed gym where a boys' state tournament game went into double overtime to create a sweltering ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – Three Passaic County suspects have been arrested in connection with an incidence of shoplifting at the Fairfield Target store on Route 46.The Fairfield Police Department announced the arrests of Shamecka Morrison, 36, of Passaic; Sharonna Patterson, 36, of Paterson; and Michael ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – For three decades, “1996” sat in isolation on a banner on the north wall of the James Caldwell High School gymnasium, representing the only sectional championship the school's girls' basketball program had ever won.The point guard on that 1996 Chiefs team that beat Mendham, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – The Essex County Prosecutor's Office has made an arrest in the case of the fatal hit-and-run incident that occurred in downtown West Caldwell two months ago.Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II announced today that a West Caldwell man has been charged in connection with the fatal ...
ROSELAND, NJ – Roseland's newly established tradition of hanging Hometown Hero Banners in the downtown corridor returns for the third time and the 2026-2027 banner season. The program will close on April 1."Our veterans are the reason we live in the best nation in the world," said Roseland Mayor ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ –The Masquers of West Essex production of Chicago: Teen Edition will premiere next week.Performances are on Thursday, March 12; Friday, March 13; and Saturday, March 14 at 7 pm, with a matinée performance at 2 pm on Saturday, March 14. Tickets are on sale here.This musical whisks ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – This year, the shoes were on the other feet.And they were track shoes.The identical group of Caldwell girls basketball players that lost to Madison in the same championship round in 2025 came back with more experience and resolve and spent four quarters pressing for 94 feet, ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – West Essex High School has announced the valedictorian and salutatorian for the the Class of 2026.Talia Machin will serve as the valedictorian and Siena Jacobs as the salutatorian.
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ – Four champions from first-place West Essex High School were crowned in the NJSIAA District 8 wrestling tournament last weekend.West Essex also had four second-place finishers and one third-place finisher in the individual tournament.As a team, West Essex finished in first place ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Junior guard Addison Keenan scored a career-high 34 points to propel top-seeded Caldwell to a 67-44 victory over Voorhees in the semifinal round of the NJSIAA North 2, Group 2 girls basketball tournament on Tuesday night.Caldwell (25-2) will host third-seeded Madison (22-6) on ...
tFRANKLIN LAKES, NJ – Ramapo advanced in the quarterfinal round of the NJSIAA North 1, Group 3 girls basketball tournament with a 51-38 victory over West Essex on Monday.Ava Brignola finished with 14 points, four rebounds and two assists for West Essex (9-18), which trailed by only one point, ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ – A Trenton man is wanted by Fairfield police on shoplifting charges.The Fairfield Police Department announced the arrest of Dominick Robinson, 29, for shoplifting on Feb. 27, when, at approximately 12:48 p.m., Fairfield officers were dispatched to Target on a report of a male who had ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ – Nathan Ramalall took his oath of office on Monday to become a patrolman in the West Caldwell Police Department.Prior to joining the WCPD, Patrolman Ramalall served three years with the Jersey City Police Department, where he “gained valuable experience and demonstrated a strong ...