West Caldwell News

West Caldwell municipal taxes will increase this year while the overall budget dipped by nearly $400,000 from 2012.

These are some of the stories The Caldwells Patch will follow this week. If you know of an event or something happening that is not listed, let the editor know about it in the comment section below.

Local Boy Scouts and veterans marked Flag Day this past Friday by raising the Stars and Stripes from a new erected flagpole.

Fourteen tuxedo-clad Frank Sinatras are getting ready to croon for the judges in Hoboken's Sinatra Park on the Hudson River in the 7th Annual Sinatra Idol Contest in which they will interpret the songs of the city's own chairman of the board.

In this video, people on the streets of the Caldwells this week were asked: "What did your father teach you?" People walking on Bloomfield Avenue, outside of Rockin' Joes Coffeehouse and strolling around the West Caldwell Shopping Center were posed that question this week as Father's Day approaches, and people gave all sorts of responses.

After party will take place at Little Town NJ, 310 Sinatra Drive, Hoboken, NJ, just steps from Sinatra Park.

West Caldwell, New Jersey Continuing to expand the capabilities of its LED outdoor fixtures, MaxLite has added an option for Wider Type 5 Optics to its lines of LED Flood and Area Lights, to increase the spacing distribution of light in desired areas.

A lawyer representing Livingston Township Manager Michele Meade for assault allegations and other charges that happened during a police exercise in April outside the Livingston Senior/Community Center has said his client will ultimately be "vindicated" of all charges.

Gun, Crack Cocaine Found in Stolen Car, Police Say A handgun and crack cocaine were found in a stolen vehicle that led five police departments on a high-speed chase and crashed into a building on Eagle Rock Avenue early Monday morning, police said.

The Township of West Caldwell has announced that on Thursday night, June 13 , there will be road construction on Bloomfield Avenue in the area in front of West Essex campus of Essex County College, located at 730 Bloomfield Avenue, West Caldwell .

"It isn't unpatriotic to want a foreign car," said our friend David. "It's an affirmation of competition, the basis of the free enterprise system."

West Caldwell gave a warm welcome to Private First Caldwell Matt O'Hern who has made his way back home after being deployed for nine months to the region of Kabul, Afghanistan with the 508th Military Police Company.

Anthony Novellino, left, appears with his attorney, David Glazer, for a hearing in Superior Court in Morristown in March 2011.

A driver in a stolen vehicle was twice able to elude authorities last week, Verona Police said.

Life sure has a way of heaping hardships in our path. Sometimes harnessing the success stories of others can help us accomplish great things in the face of seemingly insurmountable adversity - from the second flat tire in a week to a persistent cold to an ailing pet or a loved one lost.

A decomposed body was found in an abandoned house frequented by homeless people and others off West Post Road on Wednesday, officials and witnesses said.

Two incumbents on the Caldwell-West Caldwell School Board will fight to retain their seats this November.

Township of Boonton Police conducted a motor vehicle stop on Rockaway Valley Road the morning of May 10 and discovered that the driver, Victoria Hess, 29, of Dover , was driving on a suspended license.

A handgun and crack cocaine were found in a vehicle stolen from Bernardsville that led five police departments on a high-speed chase and crashed into a building on Eagle Rock Avenue in West Caldwell early Monday morning, police said.

At approximately 3:15pm Tuesday afternoon, West Caldwell Police responded to a two car accident at the intersection of Washington Avenue/Stonybrook Road and Central Avenues, in West Caldwell .