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Frances Goodman

Frances Goodman, 92, died on September 18, 2018. She was born in Newark, was graduated from South Side High School, and had lived for many years in Livingston. Mrs. Goodman earned a bachelor’s degree from Kean College and a master’s degree from Montclair State University. She was a long-time employee of the Newark Board of Education, working as a clerk, teacher and supervisor of a child study team. She also participated in the Life Long Learning Program at Caldwell College. She worked as a real estate salesperson, and enjoyed golf, mah jongg and travel. Mrs. Goodman was predeceased by her husband, Lawrence, and is survived by her son, Robert (Debra), and her sister, Alice Nadell. Memorial contributions may be made to Daughters of Israel in West Orange.

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Funeral Mass Offered For Carmine Del Sordi

Carmine Charles Del Sordi of Livingston died September 18. He was 93 years old. A funeral Mass was celebrated at St. Raphael Roman Catholic Church in Livingston on Wednesday, September 26. Entombment followed at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Visitation took place on Tuesday, September 25, at the Galante Funeral Home in Caldwell. Born in Newark, Mr. Del Sordi moved to Livingston 54 years ago. He was a self-employed dairy wholesaler for many years before retiring. He was an Army veteran of World War II. He was the husband of the late Marie (nee DeDeo). He is survived by his children, Carmine Del Sordi and Joanne Del Sordi; his brother, Armando Del Sordi; his sisters, Mary Anello and Sylvia Macchiaverna; and two grandchildren.

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Celebrate Funeral Mass For Samuel Christiano

There will be a funeral Mass today, Thursday, September 27, at 10 a.m. at St. Joseph’s Church in West Orange for Samuel Christiano of Livingston, who died September 21. Born in Orange, Mr. Christiano was graduated from West Orange High School in 1939. He interrupted his college studies to enlist in 1942 in the United States Army Air Force, and provided weather support for American air operations over occupied France, Normandy, and Nazi Germany. He attained the rank of Staff Sergeant and received the Army’s European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal. After the war, Mr. Christiano worked in factories and took law classes at night. He received an LL.B. degree from the Fordham University School of Law in 1949, and spent the next 40 years practicing law in New Jersey, including 30 years as attorney for the West Orange Board of Education. Mr.

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Livingston Mall Employee is Honored for Lifesaving Action

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At the Monday, September 17 regular meeting of the Livingston Township Council, the Council authorized several contracts and issued four proclamations among its normal business.

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Kevin Cancino, security official at the Livingston Mall, was honored for helping save the life of a Milburn resident who suffered a medical episode at the mall in March. The Township Council issued a proclamation, and both the man he saved, Murray Bloom, and his wife, Maya, thanked him for taking the action. Family members of both the Blooms and Cancino were present for the presentation. Murray Bloom, an artist, said he is doing much better and drew Cancino a picture as a thank you.

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LHS Semifinalists

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LHS SEMIFINALISTS: Fourteen Livingston High School seniors are among the semifinalists named in the annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These academically talented students represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors who comprise the 16,000 semifinalists in the 64th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. They will have an opportunity to continue in the competition for National Merit Scholarships worth more than $31 million.

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Reflections on a Lifelong Love of Baseball

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Bill “Doc” Pollak is a Livingston resident for more than 50 years, a retired dentist, and, at 83 years young, a dedicated baseball player. He regularly bounds into the Tribune office with the latest Livingston Dodgers news; they won their 12th consecutive game on August 5. But it was time, the staff felt, for a story just about him and his love of baseball and the people who play the game.

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“In grammar school,” Pollak said, “we moved to a neighborhood in Newark where all we did, all day long, was play stoop ball, stick ball, box ball, basketball. It was all we talked about. I guess it’s my second nature.” He said there were lights hanging out of windows, between the houses, and the kids played at night.

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119-year-old Livingston Staple Says Goodbye

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SAMS Fine Men’s Clothing may be shutting its doors for good in a little over a month, but that doesn’t mean co-owners Maurice and Jeffrey Cohen plan on slowing down before then. On a recent weekday afternoon, both were helping customers and working the cash registers while residents shopped the store’s “everything must go” retirement sale. It’s that work ethic that has kept the Livingston staple open for decades.

Every family in town seemingly has a SAMS story, from picking out a Bar Mitzvah suit to looking at the creatively-decorated storefront windows through the years.

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Fourth Grader Presents Tennis Trophy to Osaka

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Isabelle DeLuccia of Livingston is more accustomed to receiving tennis trophies than she is to presenting them, but there she stood, next to Naomi Osaka, the US Open Women’s Champion, as Osaka received her trophy on Saturday, September 8, at Arthur Ashe Stadium.

“It was amazing!” said Isabelle, whose active participation, hard work and sportsmanship in USTA sanctioned events had earned her the invite.

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Share a Meal

Next Monday, September 24, is National Family Eat Together Day, when loved ones are asked to celebrate by sitting down and sharing a meal. Something that used to seemingly be so simple, having dinner together as a family, gets harder to organize with each passing year, as the demands we put on ourselves continue to mount. From sports practices to religious groups for children, to late nights at work for the adults, finding an hour to spend together each day can be challenging. This day asks us all to put our busy lives on the back burner for a short period of time and take a seat at the table, together.

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Be Prepared

As highlighted by the Township Council earlier this month, September is National Preparedness Month and we encourage residents to be prepared for potential emergencies.

This is the time of year when Mother Nature sometimes decides to take summer out with a bang by way of hurricanes, or even, in recent years, a freak autumn snowstorm. Aside from some rain, we just avoided the worst of Hurricane Florence; though many further south were not so lucky. In recent years New Jersey has faced its share of catastrophic storms, from Hurricane Irene to superstorm Sandy, and with more than two months left in the Atlantic hurricane season, we are not out of the woods just yet this year.

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