Sunday, February 24, 2013
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Sunday, February 24
Police are investigating a burglary that took place in the early morning hours last week at a Bloomfield Avenue restaurant in Caldwell. A West Caldwell teen is one of three area residents charged last week with driving while intoxicated, according to police officials. Former Board of Education president and retired Lincoln School secretary endorsed by Caldwell Democratic Committee. Six James Caldwell High School seniors have signed letters of intent to play college sports, Caldwell-West Caldwell Schools announced Thursday. Caldwell's newest pizza place opened this week but all signs point to something different baking in the ovens at 437 Bloomfield Ave.
Sunday, February 17, 2013
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Sunday, February 17
Three teens, including one who was found unconscious in the snow, wound up in the hospital Saturday night after an Essex Fells party was broken up when a parent told police she discovered kids were drinking. The "votes" have been counted and Mel and Lina Sereno of West Caldwell are hands down the Caldwells' 'Cutest Couple.' The owner of Parsippany's now-closed Ablaze Baseball, who grew up in the Caldwells, pled guilty to having a sexual affair with a 14-year-old girl, officials said this week. Love Indian and/or Thai food? A new restaurant in West Caldwell is cooking up both, adding a little spice to the local dining scene. Obituaries with connections to Caldwell, North Caldwell and West Caldwell. Have a question or news tip? Contact …
Sunday, February 10, 2013
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Photos from the clean-up and the fun after more than a foot of snow covered theCaldwells. Thirteen area couples are competing for the title of "Caldwells' Cutest Couple" for a chance to win a dozen red roses from Caldwell Flowerland and dinner for two at Sofia's in North Caldwell. Cast your vote by leaving a comment for your favorite by Monday, Feb. 11 at noon. West Essex Regional Schools in North Caldwell were placed under lockdown Wednesday morning after a student allegedly claimed to have brought explosives to school, police officials said. An intruder broke into a West Caldwell home Monday morning, but quicky fled after realizing someone was home, according to West Caldwell Police.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
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A former Caldwell Police sergeant committed suicide and his wife was murdered inside their Parsippany home, the Morris County Prosecutor's Office said. Chester Andraka, 46, committed suicide with a single gunshot wound and his wife, Rosaria Andraka, 43, was killed by "gunshot wounds inflicted upon her," according to a brief statement released Tuesday evening by Acting Morris County Prosecutor Fredric Knapp. Funeral arrangements have been set for Monday. A 19-year-old Scotch Plains man, whom police say has been entering unlocked cars in a high school parking lot and taking wallets, jewelry and other valuables, was arrested Saturday during the Essex County Basketball Tournament. Customers can expect some changes, some continuity at Corner …
Sunday, January 27, 2013
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The longtime vacant Fotomat hut in Caldwell was torn down last week, sparking a debate about whether the structure was an icon or an eyesore. Six doctors with practices in the Caldwells were included on New Jersey Monthly's 2012 list of "New Jersey's Top Doctors,". The issue is now on newsstands. The appointment of a former councilman to the Traffic Commitee was rejected by a vote of 2-4. "Taste of New Jersey," a column that runs every other week on NJ.com, stopped in at West Caldwell's newest restaurant, Red's. Jim Peeler reported to work at his father’s auto repair shop on Roseland Avenue in Caldwell 40 years ago Wednesday. Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Teresa Akersten at Teresa.Akersten@patch.com.
Sunday, January 20, 2013
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Longtime Vila Meats owner Larry Rosanio confirmed Monday after three decades he is handing the Caldwell butcher shop and Italian specialty market over to new owners. The Caldwells Athletic Club and James Caldwell High School presented the 2012 Kevin Collis Award to Paul Theobald at the Jr. Chiefs annual A-Team Football and Cheerleading Dinner held on Jan. 4. West Caldwell Fire Department members past and present were joined by township officials and mutual aid representatives, as well as family, friends and supporters at the annual awards dinner held at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell in November. The sixth year of Essex County's deer management program has been scaled back from previous years, County Executive Joseph …
Sunday, January 13, 2013
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A couple of Caldwell businesses called it quits after the New Year. In the Smull Avenue storefront of Edlyn Sweets, a chalkboard formerly used to highlight specials now thanks loyal customers for their business. A "For Rent" sign also hangs in the window. When Paul Stille read a plea in a local paper for someone to repair a windmill damaged by Superstorm Sandy, he knew he was the right man for the job. The cherished windmill has stood outside the Vandermolen’s North Caldwell home for more than 20 years and was nearly destroyed by the historic October storm. Caldwell-West Caldwell Schools Superintendent James Heinegg said Monday the district is taking both short and long-term measures to improve security in the wake of a mass shooting at a …
Sunday, January 6, 2013
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A 69-year-old Caldwell man has been charged in the hit-and-run accident on New Year's Eve that injured two teens, West Caldwell Police Chief Michael Bramhall announced Saturday morning. Two SUVS and a sedan—all with keys left inside—were reported stolen Friday morning in the Caldwells, according to police. Caldwell Police continue to seek a driver of a car who struck two pedestrians on Park Avenue and did not stop in the early morning hours of Dec. 23. Raymond R. Raiani, 62, of West Caldwell, died on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013. Visitation will be on Sunday, Jan. 6. A Verona man, last heard from by his Montclair parents on Dec. 12, has been reported missing, according to police. Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Teresa Akersten at …
Sunday, December 30, 2012
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Sunday, December 30, 2012
There was a lot of activity in our business districts over the past 12 months. Here's a look at businesses that closed, and ones that opened in 2012. The most read stories on Caldwells Patch in 2012. A second look at the best photographs from the past year. A man who crashed his Cadillac into a utility pole Monday night was charged with driving while intoxicated, according to West Caldwell Police. Firefighters responded to a chimney fire in West Caldwell Wednesday night that started with a smoky fireplace, officials said. Have a question or news tip? Contact editor Teresa Akersten at Teresa.Akersten@patch.com.
Sunday, December 23, 2012
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Sunday, December 23, 2012
School officials removed a student from James Caldwell High School in West Caldwell Monday after learning the boy kept a list of eight names in a notebook, school officials announced Tuesday. School officials locked down Washington Elementary School in West Caldwell for about an hour Tuesday afternoon while police investigated reports of a possible gunshot in the area. Dennis and Conni Murray, longtime residents of Roseland, learned about Friday’s massacre in Newtown, Conn. the same way most Americans did—on the news. Only the Murrays were one of several hundred people who attended Sandy Hook Elementary School’s fourth grade holiday show Thursday, the night before a gunman took the lives of 20 children and six adults at the school as well …
