community news from Livingston

Former Livingston resident Lucille E. Desimone, 98, of Pasadena, California, died June 10, at her home in Pasadena, California. A resident of New Jersey for 97 years, she formerly lived in Convent Station, Livingston, Holiday City, South Orange, Newark, and Verona, before moving to Pasadena in 2017. Born of Italian immigrant parents in Newark in 1919, Mrs. Desimone began her work career as a union garment worker during World War II and later worked at Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, from which she retired in 1984. She was a former member of Our Lady of Sorrows parish in South Orange and St. Philomena Church in Livingston. She was an active member of Livingston’s Senior Club Mrs. Desimone was predeceased by her husband, Augustine Desimone; her sisters, Elvera SanFilippo and Faye Incitti; her brothers, Michelangelo Contino and Alfred Contino; her son, Dr. Patsy Desimone; and her daughter, Lucille Leta.

Stasi Aquino of West Orange, formerly of Livingston, died June 10 at the age of 29. A funeral Mass was offered on Saturday, June 16, at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, West Orange. Arrangements were by the Dangler Funeral Home. Ms. Aquino was born in Livingston, and started school at Aquinas Academy in Livingston. She then lived most of her life in West Orange. She was graduated from Morris Catholic School, and attended the County College of Morris, where she received certification as a medical assistant. She most recently worked as an office/testing assistant at Essex Testing in Verona. Ms. Aquino is survived by her parents, Richard Anthony Aquino, and Theresa Rose Stasi and her husband, Matthew T. Dolan; and her grandmother, Dolores Aquino. The family has suggested that donations be made in her name to Integrity House, 103 Lincoln Park, Newark, NJ 07102. Letters of condolence may be posted on danglerfuneralhome.com.

Kristina Marie Larsen of Livingston died Friday, June 15, at the age of 50. Memorial visitation was held yesterday, Wednesday, June 20, at the Dangler Funeral Home of West Orange. Letters of condolence may be posted at danglerfuneralhome.com. Ms. Larsen was born in East Orange, and lived her entire life in Livingston. She was a homemaker and a member of the Livingston B.P.O. Elks’ Lodge 1855. Daughter of the late Bob and Nancy Larsen, she was the mother of Nikki Zarro, Gina Zarro, and Joey Zarro; and the sister of Ellen Larsen Rice, Robin Larsen, Leslie Larsen, and the late Tom Larsen. In lieu of flowers, the family has suggested that donations be made in Ms. Larsen’s name to the American Cancer Society, 906 South Springfield Avenue, Springfield, NJ 07081.

COMPETE IN TOURNAMENT: The 2025 CLP Lacrosse Club poses near the championship trophy in the NCAA Future Stars Lacrosse Tournament, which took place in Foxborough, Massachusetts over Memorial Day Weekend. The CLP Club, which includes numerous residents, competed against regionally-ranked clubs and won some very competitive games. Shown here at rear are Livingston residents Jon Marco Maiello, Ryan Lelia, and Sam Goldstein; and Will Trafford and Greg Garcia, both of Caldwell; and front, Jordan Fleishman, Luca Giordano, and Hudson Siegal, all of Livingston.

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WILDFIRE CHAMPS: Livingston fourth graders Izzy Kilelee and Dina Bojko helped lead the PDA Wildfire soccer team to the U10 Girls’ New Jersey State Cup Championship. USA Youth Soccer has their team ranked #1 in the region and state, and among the top 40 in the country.

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Last week’s editorial asked residents to write to us about which roadways in town they find the most dangerous, troublesome, and frustrating. In the days since, we have received enough feedback to fill this entire paper. At press time, the responses continued to fill our inbox, and we will read every one of them.

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While the West Essex Tribune’s regular readership will not notice any changes to this week’s issue, some are picking up our paper for the first time. This week’s edition is a TMC (Total Market Coverage). This is the second of three times this year that we will send our newspaper to every residence in Livingston. So for those who are new, allow us to tell you why this paper is worth reading as you sip your morning coffee.

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Livingston High School held its senior prom on Friday, June 8.

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The Tribune was flooded with responses to last week’s editorial, asking for readers to submit the roadways and parts of Livingston on which they experienced the most traffic problems. It appears we struck a nerve with motorists and pedestrians looking for safer roadways and better traffic patterns.

Overall, readers were very constructive with their responses, many times offering solutions to what they considered “problem areas” in town.

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A general alarm was sounded on Saturday, June 9, in the wake of a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of Shrewsbury Drive and Consul Road.

According to police, the driver, Jeani Millard of Livingston, was traveling north on Shrewsbury Drive when he lost control of his black Mercedes-Benz and hit a utility pole. Millard escaped from the car with no injuries, but the vehicle overturned and caught fire. By the time firefighters arrived on the scene, the vehicle was fully engulfed in flames, but the fire was extinguished with no further incident. No summonses were issued in the accident.

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