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TOP LOCAL News
By GAIL BOTTONE
April 2, 2024
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Fairfield Chief of Police Anthony Manna addressed the Fairfield mayor and council at the March meeting about the rising rate of mail theft in town. Manna had this to say: Mail theft has reached epidemic proportions in our area. Over the last few years, residents and business ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ — Elizabeth Tartakovsky, a Livingston High School Class of 2018 graduate and recent Harvard alumna, is heading to Paris this summer after qualifying to represent Team USA at the 2024 Olympic Games as a fencer in the Women’s Saber Individual & Team event. According to USA ...
NEWARK, NJ -- The West Essex baseball team opened its season with a 4-3 victory over Barringer on Monday. Caden Lozito went 2-for-2 with two runs scored, a double and an RBI for the Knights, who led, 4-1, going to the bottom of the sixth inning. Devin Fogg went 2-for-4 and Joe Panzarino and ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Caldwell rallied for two runs in the bottom of the seventh inning for a 5-4 baseball victory over Millburn on opening day Monday. Millburn had taken a 4-3 lead with a run in the top of the seventh before the Chiefs came back with a pair in the home seventh to walk it off on ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- A Lodi man was arrested for possessing a stolen motor vehicle in Fairfield on Saturday. Fairfield police arrested Robert Hollingsworth, 31. AT approximately 1:02 p.m. on March 30, officers were notified by the Automated License Plate Reader system (ALPR) that a stolen vehicle ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The following students have been named the James Caldwell High School ShopRite Stars for the third marking period. Four times during the school year, ShopRite asks the local high schools to identify outstanding students who contribute to the school environment in the areas ...
MILLBURN, NJ -- Some of the things that might cause some high school baseball coaches to stay up late through some sleepless nights are the very things that make Brian Chapman eager to get back out on the field the next day. The veteran Millburn coach, whose team is scheduled to open its season ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell baseball team will open its season at home against Millburn at 4 p.m. on Tuesday. The Chiefs remain a member of one of northern New Jersey's toughest baseball divisions, the Super Essex Conference's American Division. The schedule will once again be ...
BOONTON, NJ -- North Stars Gymnastics Academy captured the Level 10 New Jersey State Championship team award and two of its gymnasts earned first place all-arounds in their respective age groups at the annual competition held this year at Will Moor Gymnastics in Mount Laurel. Emma Roppatte, 15, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell boys lacrosse team will open its season in South Jersey on Tuesday with a game against Cherokee in Burlington County. The Chiefs are coming off a 15-9 season as head coach John Timan enters his 22nd season guiding the program, in which time he's accumulated a ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Essex baseball team, coming off a season in which the program made great strides, will open its 2024 campaign Monday against Barringer at Branch Brook Park in Newark, weather permitting. The Knights improved from three victories to 16 in Joe Cardinale's first ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell-West Caldwell Board of Education met this week at Lincoln Elementary School and were welcomed by principal Adam Geher and a host of students, families and staff. Geher provided information regarding building initiatives and successes, noting that the school’s ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The 2024-2025 Caldwell-West Caldwell school budget is being prepared, and it is expected that an increase of 1.8% for the operating budget will be realized. Board member Danielle Mack reported that the school budget is permitted to rise 2% annually. The budget will be ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- At Monday’s Township Council meeting, Fairfield Mayor William Galese acknowledged that Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill has announced that 17 Essex County municipalities in the 11 Congressional District, including Fairfield, will be sharing $963,000 to help fund the purchase of ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Fairfield is experiencing residential burglaries of occupied homes, and Fairfield Police Chief Anthony Manna stated at Monday’s council meeting, “I certainly want our community to know that these types of crimes are not unique to Fairfield but remain a problem in many ...
LIVINGSTON, NJ -- In advance of its opening game against Nutley at the Oval on Monday, April 1, the Livingston baseball team hasn't had nearly has many repetitions in scrimmages and practices as veteran head coach Mickey Ennis would have hoped for. "Between the shortened pre-season and having ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- Help might be in sight for the ongiong flooding issues on Route 46 near the Willowbrook Mall. This flooding does not only affect Fairfield residents, but all drivers who use this stretch of highway. Fairfield Mayor William Galese reported that Fairfield received a letter from ...
ROSELAND, NJ -- Roseland Borough Council President Chris Bardi and business administrator Maureen Chumacas introduced the upcoming budget during the March 19 meeting. It is expected that the total tax increase will be 0.97%, which equates to $28.23 for the average home that has an assessed ...
CARTERET, NJ — Savnoor Kaur’s keen artistic vision turned trash into treasure. This 17-year-old Carteret High School junior’s art class creation – a stunning gown made entirely of recyclable “junk” – took Savnor all the way to the French Riviera. That’s where this smart, lovely teen made her ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell girls lacrosse team will open its season on Monday, April 1 at home against Mahwah. Although Caldwell had a 6-12 record last season, the Lady Chiefs improved quite a bit in May after some struggles earlier in the season, and 17-year head coach Angela ...
CEDAR GROVE, NJ - The accidental shooting in Cedar Grove of the former chief of the detectives in the Essex County Prosecutor’s Office is under investigation, according to Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II. The incident took place last Friday, March 22. Anthony F. Ambrose III was ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Caldwell 2024 municipal budget is in the process of being crafted. Councilman Michael Docteroff introduced an ordinance at the Tuesday, March 19 Township Council meeting to establish and preserve a cap bank. State statute requires that municipal budgets shall be ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- A township contractor will be making a water main connection at the intersection of Park Avenue and Washington Avenue on Monday and Tuesday (March 25-26). The construction times are scheduled between the hours of 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. for both days. A detour will be set up ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- As the Caldwell Borough Council commemorated Women’s History Month, four women were recognized and honored as they received the Women’s Community Impact Award. The annual celebration of Caldwell women who have gone above and beyond for their community was an initiative that was ...
NEW JERSEY – When Elisa D’Amelio went to the emergency room back in March 2022, the New Jersey resident weighed just 129 pounds. While the numbers on the scale were not that alarming despite her 5'7" frame, it was D’Amelio’s overall health that set off alarms. Based on her blood work, she was ...
LIVNGSTON, NJ — In order to encourage education and prevention of colon cancer during National Colorectal Cancer Awareness Month, Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center (CBMC) hosted a Colorectal Cancer Awareness event called “Strollin' through the Colon” on Wednesday in Livingston, where attendees were ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- The borough recently settled litigation with West Caldwell and Roseland that began with the previous administration involving the Caldwell Sewer Authority. Now that the litigation has been settled, talks will begin to discuss the possibility of merging some departments as a ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- Caldwell Mayor Garrett Jones during this week’s Borough Council meeting said that the municpality is "facing historical debt with no end in sight.” Addressing court mandated affordable housing requirements, the mayor said, "Our state continues to put the burden on us to pay for ...
NEWARK, NJ -- A Roseland man who owns a manufacturing company admitted on Thursday to mislabeling hazardous chemicals coming into the United States and evading customs duties, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced. George Volpe, 60, owner of Penta International Inc. (Penta), pleaded guilty ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- An investigation by Fairfield police detectives that lasted nearly eight months has resulted in the filing of a variety of criminal charges against four individuals who allegedly committed two residential burglaries and stole a motor vehicle in Fairfield during the early morning ...
