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SNACKS FOR NEEDY KIDS: Members of the CKC Kindness Club of Chabad at Short Hills in Livingston recently made homemade granola bars and snack packages for children in need. Livingston residents and CKC members, Zach Turbin, Quinn Branch, Jagger Branch, and Gabe Turbin, shown here, along with many others, helped make more than 300 snacks. Nick Santinelli, a volunteer with Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors, delivered the packages to Newark food pantries. The CKC Kindness Club is open to students in grades six through eight. For more information on the Club and other teen volunteer opportunities, call 973-535-1800.

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A new group is being formed to connect the Hindu faith-based community in celebrations and festivities, announced Fal Pandya, one of the organizers.

“The Hindu Community of Greater Livingston” will feature news, celebrations and upcoming events in Livingston and neighboring towns.

Livingston has a thriving community that follows Hindu traditions and practice s, noted Pandya. Most of the events are done individually at home, in small groups, or at temples in neighboring towns.

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Joshua Mark Levy
May 4, 1975-March 11, 2021

This week, Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) founder and director Jeff Friedman has announced that the Livingston-based charity is in need of new footwear for the homeless.
Friedman said, “ ‘You have to take care of your feet when you’re out on the street,’ the homeless gentleman told me. ‘If your feet go, you’re done.’ That’s why Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. acquired and donated almost 10,000 pairs of Bombas socks to homeless and profoundly poor recipients in Newark.
“It’s also why LPI is reaching out for relationships with footwear wholesalers, manufacturers, jobbers, discontinued footwear sellers, department stores and other related entities to purchase men’s sneakers and family footwear to ‘provide for the homeless, profoundly poor and disenfranchised.’ ”

CLASS OF 2021 HONORS: Livingston Public Schools has announced the students who have achieved top academic honors in Livingston High School’s Class of 2021. Rosa Xia (above, right) has been named valedictorian and Kevin Chen (left) has been named salutatorian. LPS Photo

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The Livingston Public Schools administration introduced a draft of the 2021-22 school budget at its meeting on Wednesday, March 3, and provided additional details at its meeting on Monday, March 8.

Highlights about curriculum, technology, staffing, and facilities were also presented. The meetings were held virtually and can be viewed on the Livingston Public Schools Facebook page and on its website, www.livingston.org.

The Board is expected to approve the draft budget at its next meeting on Monday, March 15. Board business administrator Steve Robinson called the tentative spending plan “just a cog in a wheel, not the final budget,” noting that it allows him to send a budget to Essex County Board of Education for review.

TRUCK FIRE: On Friday, March 5, the Livingston Fire Department extinguished a fire in a pick-up truck in the parking lot of Chabad at Short Hills at 650 South Orange Avenue in Livingston. The exact cause of the fire was not known, but the truck had been experiencing mechanical issues just prior to the fire, according to Fire Chief Chris Muffin. The truck’s occupants were able to safely exit the vehicle, and no injuries were reported. LFD Photo

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The Livingston Board of Education, at its meeting on March 3, approved the appointment of Danielle Rosenzweig as principal of Livingston High School, effective April 1. The school has over 1,900 students and 200 staff members.

Rosenzweig began her career in Livingston in2009 as a leave replacement special education teacher, first at LHS and later at Heritage Middle School. In 2010, she became a permanent special education in-class support teacher at LHS, and was promoted to assistant principal in 2016.

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The Township Council, at its meeting on Monday, March 8, held a preliminary discussion on where each member stands after Governor Phil Murphy signed the marijuana legalization bills into law last week.

The bill was signed on February 22, and the township has 180 days from that date to pass any ordinances restricting marijuana-related business in town, making August 22 the “opt out date.”

“We need to consider where we are going to stand,” Mayor Shawn Klein said.

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Gabriella DeFilippo ofLivingston has recently earned her Gold Award, the highest award offered in Girl Scouting.

She is a member of Livingston Girl Scout Troop 20735, and has been since the age of five. Her mom, Kim DeFilippo, established the troop in 2007 as a townwide troop, notes Gabriella, “so we had girls from every elementary school, and I have made some lifelong friends from the program.” She has been a dedicated Girl Scout for the past 13 years, earning her Bronze, Silver, and now Gold awards.