Monday, November 14th, 2011
The lights of Broadway are closer to Chatham than they seem.Chatham Recreation offers residents the chance to see one of two Broadway shows on Nov. 17.A registration fee of $95 includes an orchestra seat for an evening performance of either “Sister Act” or “The Addams Family,” and transportation by bus to and from Midtown Manhattan. There are 25 tickets available for each show,Registration is .. more …
Friday, September 9th, 2011
In a gesture of giving back to the community, Chatham High School senior football captains Sam Failla, Colin Brown, Matt Babakian and Nick Ball donated a flower arrangement to Juniper Village residents at noon on Saturday.The captains of the team have been playing football together since the fifth grade”first in the Chatham recreation program and then for Chatham High School.Back when they were in .. more …
Friday, September 9th, 2011
THE VILLAGES ” Mike and Joan Everts kept their travel planspretty simple for this Labor Day holiday weekend.Preferring the simplicity of golf cart travel, the Village ofSantiago couple probably won’t venture any farther than morningswims at either Saddlebrook, Santiago or Chatham recreationcenters, or maybe some evening trips to The Villages town squaresto enjoy the free entertainment.On the .. more …
Wednesday, August 31st, 2011
Nicole Hagner and Nelson Vaughan, the mayors of Chatham Township and Chatham Borough, agreed Tuesday for the Chatham Borough Municipal Pool to accept Colony Pool memberships through the pool’s closing on Labor Day.”I just spoke with Mayor Vaughan, and he is going to make arrangements for our members to go to the Borough Municipal Pool,” Hagner said.Colony Pool sustained “significant damage,” in .. more …
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Editor’s note: This story includes eyewitness accounts of a child drowning and may not be suitable for younger readers. Chatham resident Gianna Lepore was helping a friend find his lost earring in the pool at the Skyview Manor in Seaside Heights last Wednesday when she was suddenly called upon to perform CPR on a 9-year-old girl found at the bottom of the pool.”My friend was swimming at the .. more …
Wednesday, August 3rd, 2011
Children splashed up a storm at the Chatham Memorial Park Pool Thursday, as they showed off their swimming prowess at this summer’s Water Carnival.”The Water Carnival is a way for kids to show off what they’ve learned from our swimming program,” said Amy Nauta, one of the swimming instructors in charge. “They are asked to show off a different technique that they’ve learned in the past three weeks .. more …
Five preschool-aged children are getting lessons in the basics of lacrosse, basketball, soccer and T-ball this week as part of Chatham Recreation’s Multi-Sports Camp.The camp, which is held at Chatham Middle School from 2 to 3 p.m. each day this week, is designed for boys and girls between the ages of 3 and 5. In this week’s session, however, all the campers are boys under 5 years of age.Lauren .. more …
Tom Belding, the president of the Board of Education of the School District of the Chathams, said that construction at Chatham High School is scheduled to begin as early as Monday.Belding said that the administration is currently pursuing all the necessary permits for the construction project. “We anticipate this will be completed by the end of [the] week,” Belding wrote via email Tuesday.He went .. more …