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The Livingston Chinese Association (LCA) held an online Independence Day celebration on July 4 that attracted 91 local families.

During the virtual event, the president of the LCA, Xiuju Jiang highlighted the organization’s achievements in the first half of2020. “The Livingston Chinese community managed the complex logistics for PPE (personal protection equipment) sourcing, secured critical medical supplies to local hospitals, and delivered food to hospitals and essential workers at the critical moment,” she said. “About 210 families have participated in the donations supporting the first responders. Medical personnel from local hospitals shared their personal experience in fighting the COVID-19, and highly praised the substantial physical and emotional support from the LCA community.”

Hans Joachim Conrads of Livingston was born April 14, 1933, and passed away on Monday, June 29.

Born in Newark, he had lived in Livingston for 46 years. He was a member of the Livingston Old Guard.

Mr. Conrads was predeceased by his parents, Heinrich (Henry) Conrads and Martha (Kaiser) Conrads.

He is survived by his wife, Herta (Graff), to whom he was married for 61 years; his sons, Peter P. Conrads of Ohio and Mark David Conrads of Cedar Knolls; his grandchildren,Amanda, Mark Jr., Samantha, and Christina; his sister, Esther (Conrads) and her husband, James Darbyshire; and cousins and other family in Leipzig, Germany.

Mr. Conrads served in the U.S. Navy from 1951 to 1956, and his favorite hymn was the Navy Hymn:

Eternal Father, strong to save

Whose arm hath boundfor the restless wave

Who bidst the mighty ocean deep

Its own appointed limits keep

William Carnivale, 94, formerly of Livingston, N.J., passed away on Sunday, June 21, 2020 in Pittsburgh, Penn.

Born October 12, 1925, in Union, N.J., William Carnivale spent much of his life in Livingston, N.J. After serving as a member of the Army Air Corps during World War II, William went on to complete undergraduate and graduate degrees at New York University’s Schools of Commerce and Business.

William married his beloved wife, Marion, on November 21, 1948, and in 1954 they moved to Livingston to raise their family.

After holding various financial management positions in the pharmaceutical and consumer products industries (including Controller for Ciba, Wilkinson Sword, Yardley, and Mennen), William went on to own and operate the New Town Pub in West Orange - where he was known as “Mr. Bill” - until he retired in 1997.

Bradley Adam Weinberg, 62, passed away on June 28, 2020, 21 months after being diagnosed with glioblastoma multiforme, a fatal brain cancer.

He was born December20, 1957, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, to the late Harold N. Weinberg and Sondra (Savadkin) Weinberg. He is survived by his wife of 30 years, Dr. Betty Routledge; his loving sons, Barry, Samuel (Friedrich Conrad), and Matthew; his sister, Jamie Andree (Bob Andree); and his many beloved nieces, nephews, in-laws and “out-laws”.

Brad was a graduate of Livingston High School in Livingston, New Jersey, and attended Amherst College, where he studied philosophy and neuroscience. After Amherst, he attended New York University School of Medicine, where he met the love of his life, Betty Routledge.

Jean Elizabeth (Bishop) Neugold, 91, passed away peacefully on April 27, 2020. She was an only child, born in Buffalo, New York, to Morris Earl Bishop and Dorothy Oyer Bishop. Her father’s job as an engineer with DuPont moved the family to Waynesboro, Virginia, where Jean spent most of her childhood. The family moved to Oakridge, Tennessee and then Richland, Washington, during Jean’s high school years because of DuPont’s work on the Manhattan Project. She graduated from Richland High School in 1945 and was a proud Bomber alumna who kept up with her classmates through their Facebook page.

As we look past Livingston High School’s virtual and inperson graduations, it is time to turn our attention to the fall. Yes, our students have a couple of months of socially distanced summer fun to look forward to, but planning for school to return in September needs to begin now. In fact, officials have been hard at work for a while on it, but they just recently received some direction from the state Department of Education on what school will look like in the upcoming academic year.

It is safe to say that New Jersey, and the country and world overall, will still be dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic in two months. And these last four months have shown us that this virus can render even the best laid plans useless. So, we must, unfortunately, have varying courses of action ready to go for the fall.

As Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) has been shipping food on a weekly basis to its Newark distribution partners, founder and director Jeff Friedman has been in close touch with some of the city’s hands-on philanthropic leaders.
“According to the 2019 Point-In-Time Count conducted by Monarch Housing Associates, Newark had 1,928 homeless people in January of that year,” noted Friedman. “In 2018, Monarch counted 1,927 people, accounting for the majority of homeless people in Essex County, which has the most homeless people in all of New Jersey. However, folks on the front lines tell me that the homeless and profoundly poor populations have grown in 2020 due to the pandemic.”
For this week, Friedman continued, “I feel it will be educational and perhaps inspirational to share the sage words of others reflecting on homelessness and poverty.

Former New Jersey Governor Richard Codey was one of two individuals who pulled a man from a car wreck last week in town.

At 11:11 a.m. on Friday, June 26, Christine Murray, 66, of Livingston was operating a 2016 Jeep eastbound on West Mt. Pleasant Avenue and attempted a left turn in the path of a westbound vehicle.

The westbound vehicle was a 2009 Honda operated by Samuel Cherfas, 34, of Livingston. Cherfas swerved to avoid Murray, causing his car to leave the road and strike a utility pole. The pole and transformers landed on the Honda.

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CLASS OF 2020 GRADUATES: Inside this edition of the Tribune, readers will find our graduation section honoring Livingston High School’s Class of 2020. The section includes photos of the graduates, as well as pictures from LPS’s “My Graduation Moment” ceremony, and candid photos of many of the seniors. Also included are the speeches made at the virtual ceremony, which was held on Thursday, June 25. An in-person graduation will be held just for students next Wednesday, July 8. Principal Mark Stern will make his speech at that ceremony, and we will feature it in the following issue, which will be published on Thursday, July 16. Shown at “My Graduation Moment” are, above, Karina Malhotra, celebrating with her family; and right, Chloe Heller. LPS and MCA Photos

Two men are facing charges after exiting a stolen car and fleeing the scene in an attempt to evade police Tuesday morning, Livingston Police said.

At 2:16 a.m. on Tuesday, June 30, Officer Andrew Danielsen was on patrol along South Orange Avenue when he saw a 2005 Toyota RAV­4, which appeared to be travelling in excess of the speed limit, make an abrupt turn on East Hobart Gap Road. The Toyota quickly accelerated and travelled into the dead end portion of Canoe Brook Road.

Both the driver and passenger then fled the vehicle on foot into residential backyards. Officers from Livingston and Millburn conducted a prolonged search and located both suspects on Fenton Drive in Millburn.

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