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QUINN CLEAN-UP CONTINUES: On Thursday, May 17, the cleanup from March’s Winter Storm Quinn was still continuing. Shown here, a payloader loads a pile of mulch – made from ground-up remains of trees and branches brought down by the storm, and stored in the Northland Recreation Complex parking lot – onto a double-sized dump truck.

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At the start of the Tuesday, May 22, Township Council conference meeting, about a dozen Livingston veterans addressed the Council members, asking them to refrain from hosting events at Memorial Park at the Oval, other than ones that honor veterans who did not return home from war.

“As veterans’ organizations, we consider that sacred, and we would like to keep it that way,” said Tony Ciccone, Commander of VFW Post #2856 in Livingston. “We look at it as a cemetery. When you walk into a cemetery, you want to show respect.”

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A decision to select the power supplier for Livingston through energy aggregation, a move that Township Council members hoped to make to save residents money and use more renewable energy, will have to wait at least a few more months. After reviewing proposals from both Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), which would offer the township no additional savings, and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSE&G), which offered little savings, the Council decided to accept neither of them at Tuesday’s regular meeting.

The Council had resolutions prepared to award contracts to either JCP&L or PSE&G depending on what the proposals had said. There was a third resolution prepared to reject both of them and put out another bid in a few months in the hopes of receiving a more favorable proposal. That final resolution was the one that passed Tuesday evening.

Livingston’s 68th annual Memorial Day Parade will be held on Monday, May 28. The parade will begin at the Memorial Park Oval and will proceed down South Livingston Avenue, beginning near Town Hall and continuing to Congressional Parkway.

Veterans’ Ceremony

The program will kick off with a veterans’ ceremony at 9:30 a.m. at the Oval in Memorial Park. The service will open with an invocation, followed by remarks from guest speakers. After the traditional laying of the wreaths at the war monument, a 21 gun salute will honor fallen veterans and a rendition of Taps will be played.

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By Jeff Friedman
Editor’s Note: This week, Jeff Friedman of Livingston, founder and director of the Livingston Philanthropies, reflects, in his own words, on the scope of homelessness in New Jersey. His organization works year ’round to collect toiletries for the homeless.
According to the information and numbers shared on the Homeless in New Jersey website, “The Department of Housing and Urban Development requires that a point-in-time count is conducted in communities receiving federal homeless assistance funds. The last such count was conducted in January, 2016. The statistics noted are from the point-in-time count that was performed in 2016.”

The photographs of Livingston resident Dominick Notare have been selected for display in the one-day Contemporary Art Show sponsored by the M1-5 Lounge at 52 Walker Street in New York City on June 7. A 2007 graduate of Livingston High School, he holds a bachelor’s degree in photography from Kean University and a master’s degree in photography from the Academy of Art University. He is currently completing an internship at the Leila Heller Gallery in New York City.

Notare’s work may also be seen in Little Egg Harbor Township, where selections from his “Horrors in Fashion” photography series are on display in Salon Do or Dye.

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An intense thunderstorm accompanied by high winds and torrential rain swept through Livingston at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday afternoon, bringing down electrical wires, trees and tree branches, and causing power outages throughout the township.

Fire Chief Chris Mullin reported a number of downed trees – one of which he personally cut up himself to free a blocked lane of traffic on West Mt. Pleasant Avenue.

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Council members discussed the impending selection of an energy aggregator, plans for the upcoming Pride Month, and road improvements at the Monday, May 14 Township Council conference meeting.

Bob Chilton, executive vice president of Gabel Associates, briefed the Council on what to expect next week when he presents his recommendations for Livingston’s energy aggregation program.

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When the new school year begins, David Cohen, the Livingston school district’s athletic director, will return to teaching students with disabilities at Livingston High School.

A replacement for the athletic director position has not yet been named.

“The past three years have given me the opportunity to work with the Board of Education and administrative team to provide a great athletic experience for student athletes in Livingston,” Cohen said in a prepared statement. He said it has been “eye opening” to witness the commitment and resources that the Board of Education and township dedicate to both high school and youth sports in town.

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By Jeff Friedman
Editor’s Note: This week, Jeff Friedman of Livingston, founder and director of the Livingston Philanthropies, reflects, in his own words, on the importance of the organization’s year-round toiletries drive for the homeless.
Livingston Philanthropies is respectfully requesting new, small size toiletries and cosmetics from our generous Livingston neighbors. Donations of hotel/travel sized shampoo, conditioner, soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste, mouth wash, deodorant, razors, cotton swabs, body wash, lotion, baby diapers in sizes 4, 5, and 6, and more, are badly needed right now.