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Tree and Wires Down

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TREE AND WIRES DOWN: Springbrook Road was closed between Tremont Terrace and Shrewsbury Drive Tuesday into Wednesday due to multiple utility poles being taken down by trees. The resulting downed wires caused some residents to experience power outages. The area was still closed to traffic at press time Wednesday.

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Community Mourns Livingston Students

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The Livingston community continues to mourn two high school students who died tragically last week.

The two rising Livingston High School seniors, Isabella Brodsky, 17, and Matthew Poole, 18, drowned in Ramapo Lake in Oakland on Tuesday, August 7, after a sudden storm made the water too difficult to navigate. According to reports, Brodsky was struggling and Poole jumped in to help her, but neither was able to make it out of the lake. The pair was among a small group of friends present at the lake at the time.

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Pedestrians, Motorcyclist Hit in Three Crashes

Two pedestrians and a motorcyclist were hit by cars in three separate accidents in town last week, according to the Livingston Police Department.

Motorcyclist Struck

At about 3 p.m. on Monday, August 6, Susan Whalen, 58, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, was driving a 2015 Jeep Cherokee on Amelia Avenue preparing to make a left turn onto South Livingston Avenue.

A truck in the right lane was blocking Whalen’s view, and she turned thinking the roadway was clear, not seeing a motorcyclist coming.

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Firefighters Respond to Gas Line Damage

During the past week, Livingston’s volunteer firefighters responded to three calls concerning gas lines that had been struck.

Firefighters went to Newark Academy at 91 South Orange Avenue on Tuesday, August 7, after a contractor digging for sprinkler pipes struck a four inch pipe. The area was secured, and Public Service Electric and Gas (PSE&G) was notified. Gas was shut off at the lawn valve. The school was checked with the Fire Department’s natural gas meter, but no readings were found.

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Planning Board Begins Hearing Application For Child Care Center & Drive-Through Starbucks

At its meeting on Thursday evening, August 9, the Livingston Planning Board began hearing an application for a minor subdivision and preliminary and final site plan with variances for CP Management Group II.

The property in question, located at 92 South Livingston Avenue, was previously home to a Bank of America on the westerly side of the road.

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Aug

The Real “Happy Days” – Remembering Don’s Drive-In

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By Jeff Friedman
Let’s all sing now “These happy days are yours and mine… happy days.” Happy Days was an American television sitcom that aired from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series followed the adventure of teenager Richie Cunningham and his friends, Ralph Malph, Potsie, and Arthur “Fonzie” Fonzarelli. It presented an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s. Much of the action took place at the local teen hang-out, Arnold’s Drive-In (later Al’s Drive-in).
The Cunninghams had nothing on Don Roth and his iconic Don’s Drive-In restaurant, located at the corner of South Orange Avenue and White Oak Ridge Road in Livingston.

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09
Aug

Summer of Love

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Because of Livingston’s continuing generosity into the summer months, Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. board member and volunteer, Joyce Friedman, along with her grandson, Will Lombardo, distributed toiletries and children’s gift bags at St. John’s Soup Kitchen and Food Pantry in Newark. Livingston Philanthropies is requesting hotel/travel sized shampoo, conditioner, soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste, mouthwash, deodorant, razors, cotton swabs, body wash, lotion, baby diapers in sizes 4, 5 and 6, and more. Donations may be dropped at the West Essex Tribune, located at 495 South Livingston Avenue, next to ShopRite. Donations may also be left at Ascend Physical Therapy in Montclair; and at the chiropractic offices of Dr. Gary Hecht in Springfield. Those unable to drop donations at the Livingston Philanthropies’ drop-off points may e-mail Friedman at jftv1@verizon.net for private pick-up.

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School Board Plans to Approve O’Neill as Interim Superintendent

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The Livingston Board of Education has announced that it intends to approve the hiring of Jim O’Neill as interim superintendent of the Livingston public school district for the 2018-2019 school year. The official vote on his appointment will be made at the Board’s meeting on Wednesday, August 15.

O’Neill will be a familiar face to many, having served as interim superintendent of the district for the 2014-2015 school year.

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LFD Responds to Fallen Trees, Wires

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In the wake of a brief but intense rainstorm cell, members of the Livingston Fire Department responded to several calls of downed trees and downed electrical wires on Friday, August 3.

A primary electrical wire (at least 13,600 volts) came down and was burning between Grace Lutheran Church and the Wessex Professional Building on South Livingston Avenue near the intersection with Belmont Drive.

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Tribune Honored by Police Department

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TRIBUNE HONORED BY POLICE DEPARTMENT: At Tuesday evening’s National Night Out event, the Livingston Police Department honored the staff of the West Essex Tribune as “Community Members of the Year.” The newspaper and its employees were recognized “For their outstanding dedication to crime prevention in our community, specifically by being a partner with the police in alerting residents to crime trends within the township.”

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