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By TAPINTO WEST ESSEX STAFF
April 11, 2024
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Jack Goldbach racked up three goals and three assists to power undefeated Caldwell to a 13-4 boys lacrosse victory over Mendham on Wednesday. Goldbach surpassed 100 career goals in the contest. Matt Costigan had three goals and one assist for the Chiefs (4-0), who led, ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Caldwell scored three runs in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a tie and held on for an 8-5 softball victory over West Essex on Wednesday. Michayla Rodriguez hit a home run and drove in three runs for Caldwell (3-3) and Sophia Rodriguez went 2-for-3 with two runs ...
NUTLEY, NJ -- Caldwell pulled away late in the game for a 12-2 baseball victory over Nutley on Wednesday. Dom Velardi went 3-for-4 with a home run, two runs batted in and three runs scored for the Chiefs (3-3), who scored six runs in the sixth inning to take a 10-2 lead. Louie Anemone went ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- Teagan Quinn scored six goals to lead Caldwell to a 13-4 girls lacrosse victory over Kinnelon on Tuesday. Quinn now has 18 goals this season and 154 for her career. She is a Division 1 Drexel University commit. Abby Anemone finished with four goals and two assists for ...
NUTLEY, NJ -- Caldwell scored nine runs in the first two innings and went on to a 12-0 softball victory over Nutley on Tuesday. Sophia Rodriguez pitched the five-inning shutout with six strikeouts and one walk. She allowed five hits. Jaylene Robles went 1-for-3 with three runs batted in, ...
MAPLEWOOD, NJ -- Senior right-hander Jared Carlucci pitched a no-hitter to lift Columbia to a 2-0 baseball victory over Caldwell on Tuesday. Carlucci, a Division 1 Rutgers University commit, struck out 14 batters and walked three. Columbia (3-2) scored runs in the third and sixth ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- Jack Epstein clubbed two extra-base hits and knocked in two runs to help West Essex to an 8-5 baseball victory over Montclair-Kimberley Academy on Tuesday. Epstein had a double, a triple and also scored two runs for West Essex (4-1), which finished with eight hits. Joe ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The administration of West Caldwell is preparing the municipal budget for the upcoming fiscal year. As part of the process, all department heads addressed the governing body during the Tuesday, April 2 meeting to discuss capital and operational needs within their respective ...
GLEN RIDGE, NJ -- Chris Murano struck out 10 batters in six innings to lift West Essex to a 5-0 baseball victory over Glen Ridge on Monday. Murano allowed three hits and one walk. He threw 86 pitches for West Essex (3-1) before giving way to Caden Lozito, who closed out the shutout with a ...
NEWARK — Just as 3:24 p.m. approached, the crowd in front of the Newark Museum of Art counted down from 10 to mark the 90% eclipse that was seen from Horizon Plaza on Monday, April 8. Organizers counted over 1,000 people gathered for the eclipse-watching event for which folding chairs were ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- Agenda items at the April 2 Caldwell Borough Council meeting included a resolution that provided funding for roadway improvements to Gould Place, Wakefield Place and Ward Place. The total cost of the project is $246,294.95. A grant received in the amount of $184,100 will be ...
CALDWELL, NJ -- Caldwell Mayor Garrett Jones presented a proclamation declaring April as Autism Awareness and Acceptance month to Officer-In-Charge Captain Matthew DeAngelo in recognition of the police department’s initiatives in raising autism awareness within the community during Tuesday’s ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Caldwell Police Department welcomed a new probationary police officer to its ranks after the council unanimously approved the appointment of Christopher W. Ripoll during Tuesday’s council meeting. Mayor Joseph Tempesta swore in Ripoll as family and friends ...
CLARK, NJ -- The West Essex baseball team generated almost as much traffic on the basepaths as they encountered heading to Exit 135 on Garden State Parkway South on Saturday, but the Knights weren't able to convert all that activity into runs. Despite getting seven hits to just two for its ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- West Essex rallied from a two-goal deficit after one quarter for an 11-7 girls lacrosse victory over Caldwell on Friday. Alivia Lugo scored three goals and passed for two assists, and Adelaide Minnella also scored a pair of goals for West Essex (1-2), which outscored ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ - The Fairfield Police Department announced the arrests of Jonathan Rosario, 35, of Miami, Fla. and Byron Cooper, 30, of Stockbridge, Ga. for theft and other charges which occurred on April 4. On that date at approximately 9:22 am, a resident on Glenroy Road South witnessed a ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- Sophia Rodriguez pitched a five-inning one-hitter and delivered two hits and drove in two runs to lead Caldwell to a 10-0 softball victory over Boonton on Friday. Rodriguez struck out 11 batters and walked none. Michayla Rodriguez drove in four runs for the Lady Chiefs ...
An earthquake measured at 4.8 on the Richter Scale centered in Hunterdon County was felt in Springfield at 10:23 a.m. Friday. Police departments in Essex County are acknowledging the tremors. Fairfield Police Dept.: "We (as most of you are as well) are aware of what appears to be an ...
WEST CALDWELL, NJ -- The Caldwell boys lacrosse team built a four-goal lead after three quarters and held on for a 7-5 victory over Montclair on Thursday. Jack Goldbach scored a team-high three goals for the Chiefs (2-0), who went into the final quarter holding a 5-2 lead. Sean Murtagh ...
WEST ORANGE, NJ -- West Essex scored a run in the top of the seventh inning and hung on for a 3-2 baseball victory over West Orange on Thursday. Aidan Burgos pitched four shutout innings of one-hit relief for the Knights (2-0). He struck out three and walked three. Jake Long pitched a hitless ...
VERONA, NJ -- A fire at The Lady of the Lake Roman Catholic Church early Thursday morning is being invesigated as a possible arson case. Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens, II and Verona Police Chief Christopher Kiernan have announced that authorities are investigating an arson at the ...
NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- The West Essex girls lacrosse team has been preparing for the 2023-2024 under the guidance of head coach Gianna D’Urso and assistant varsity coach Carissa Franzi. The Knights' senior captains are Alli Simmons, Morgan Perini and Evangeline Minnella. The team has been ...
ESSEX FELLS, NJ -- Roseland Avenue was closed in both directions on Wednesday evening between Forest Way and Fells Road due to a downed tree with primary wires. Rensselaer Road was also closed from Roseland Avenue to Welsh Road, according to a statement from Essex Fells Police Chief Darren ...
FAIRFIELD, NJ -- The Fairfield Police Department is requesting the public’s assistance in helping to identify two suspects in a diversion theft that occurred in Fairfield on Tuesday afternoon. At approximately 1:35 p.m., an individual described as a Hispanic male in his 30s approached two ...
CHATHAM, NJ -- Chatham scored seven unanswered goals in the second quarter to take control of a rain-soaked opening day en route to a 14-9 girls lacrosse victory over West Essex on Tuesday. Ashlyn Carpenter scored four goals for the Cougars, who were tied with West Essex, 3-3, before reeling for ...
MARLTON, NJ -- The Caldwell boys lacrosse team opened its season in South Jersey with an 8-3 victory over Cherokee on Tuesday. Jake Gruzas scored three goals for Caldwell, which scored four unanswered goals in the second half (two in the third, two in the fourth) after clinging to a 4-3 halftime ...
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 ...
