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Charlie Schilling To Retire Jan. 31

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Charlie Schilling, former long-time Livingston Fire Chief and founding member of the Livingston First Aid Squad, announced his formal retirement from township employment. Chief Schilling has been working part time as Livingston’s fire sub-code official, evaluating plans for new construction in regard to fire safety.

Chief Schilling tendered his resignation this past week to his supervisor, township construction official Martin Chiarolanzo. He will retire effective January 31, just two months shy of his 98th birthday.

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Board Approves Storage Tank

At a special meeting on Tuesday evening, January 15, the Livingston Planning Board approved an application by Cryoport Systems, Inc. for the installation of a liquid nitrogen storage tank outside its building at 11 Industrial Parkway.

Tribute to Bob Leopold

Prior to the start of the meeting, Board chairman Peter Klein paid tribute to former long-time Planning Board member and chairman Bob Leopold, who died Saturday, January 12. Klein noted that, after he had replaced Leopold as chairman of the Board, “Bob took the seat to my immediate left so I could benefit from his knowledge and experience, and that seat shall remain empty tonight in his memory.”

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Democratic Committee Selects Township Council Nominees

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At the end of the first regular meeting of the Livingston Township Council in 2019, mayor Al Anthony announced the threecandidates chosen by the Livingston Democratic Committee to replace Michael Silverman, who resigned from his position on the Council at the start of the new year.The three nominees are Michael Vieira, Laurie Kahn, and Scott Goldman. Kahn and Goldman were both in the audience at Monday’s meeting when the announcement was made.

The Township Council must now select one of those three candidates before the end of the month, otherwise the decision will fall to the county. The Council may conduct interviews with the three candidates and deliberate before they make their selection. Anthony said the Council hopes to have a decision by the January 28 regular meeting.

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Wed
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Jan

An LPI Success Story: One-Time Recipient Re-Donates Coat

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Editor’s Note: This week, Jeff “the Coat Guy” Friedman, founder and director of the Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) shares with readers, in his own words, an “LPI success story.” A young woman named Caitlin, a one-time recipient of a donated coat through the charitable organization, recently re-donated the coat back now that she no longer needs it, thereby “paying her good fortune forward.”
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I hadn’t seen Caitlin since she left her first job at a Livingston business. Her first job, that is, after successfully completing detox and rehab – for the 11th and last time. Caitlin has been clean and sober for three years now and is admirably navigating her way through life while building professional and personal successes. I’d like to share with you Caitlin’s story, the unlikely way in which she crossed paths with Livingston Philanthropies, and why she just returned her LPI donated coat.

Thu
10
Jan
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Schwartz and Santinelli to Be Enrolled In Four Chaplains’ Legion of Honor

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Livingston’s veterans organizations will honor two Livingston residents, Don Schwartz and Nick Santinelli, with the Chapel of the Four Chaplains Legion of Honor Award.

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Matthew Semplenski, Born Jan. 3, Is Livingston’s First Baby of 2019

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First Baby Contest Winner:

Matthew James Semplenski, born January 3, is Livingston’s First Baby of 2019 and the winner of the Tribune’s annual First Baby Contest. The baby was born at Saint Barnabas Medical Center to Frank and Marissa Semplenski of 174 East Cedar Street. He weighed seven pounds, 13 ounces at birth, and was 20¾ inches long. He joins two sisters, Emma, 7½, and Mia, 21 months. David and Donna Semplenski are the baby’s paternal grandparents, and the maternal grandparents are Marian Perna and Anthony and Donna Aulisi.

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August Named President, Konner VP At Divided School Board Reorganization

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Pam Chirls and Ronnie Konner were sworn in at the Board of Education’s re-organization meeting on Monday, January 7 in front of a packed audience.

However, the conflict surrounding the contested campaign and election has not ended.

Buddy August, who had served as vice president the previous year, was unanimously elected Board president. “I do very quick meetings,” August said to good-natured chuckles from the audience.

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Mutual AID Call in East Hanover

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MUTUAL AID CALL IN EAST HANOVER: Members of the Livingston Fire Department (LFD) went on a mutual aid call to East Han over on January 4, from 7:30 to 11 p.m., shown here. LFD personnel assisted East Hanover firefighters with fire suppression and overhaul at a major fire on Kimble Avenue in that community, which resulted in the death of two people. Earlier that evening, Livingston firefighters had responded to a general alarm at Care One Assisted Living, 76 Passaic Avenue, set off by a smoke condition and burning odor in the facility’s kitchen area. It was determined that the odor and smoke had been caused by an electrical short in the oven hood system. There was no fire, although fire officials had to vent the kitchen area. Rob Munson Photo

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Planning Bd. Continues Hearing Plans For Drive-Thru Starbucks, Pre-School

The Planning Board met on Tuesday evening and continued hearing an application by CP Management Group II LLC to build a drive-through Starbucks and a child care center on South Livingston Avenue.

Prior to opening testimony, the Board’s first order of business was to hold a brief re-organizational meeting. Both Peter Klein and Richard Dinar were unanimously approved to serve once again in the roles of chairman and vice chairman, respectively, for 2019.

A hearing for a minor subdivision at 1 Relkin Road was adjourned, and will be heard on February 5.

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Irvington Man Fined for DWI

This past week in Livingston Municipal Court, an Irvington man was fined for drunk driving and a Livingston man was fined on amended charge of creating a disturbance.

DWI Charge

Angel Pardo, 23, of Irvington was stopped on November 14, 2018, in Livingston, and charged with driving while intoxicated (DWI); driving without a license; reckless driving; using a cell phone while operating a motor vehicle; having an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle; driving without insurance; failure to exhibit a driver’s license; and failure to exhibit registration.

All but the first two charges were dismissed as part of a plea agreement, and the driving with no license charge was downgraded to a charge of driving with an expired license, which carries a lesser fine. For that charge, he was fined $156, plus $33 in court costs.

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