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Livingston’s annual September 11 Ceremony of Remembrance will be held on Tuesday, September 11, at the September 11 Living Memorial Garden in Memorial Park. The program will be held at 6:30 p.m., rain or shine.

Livingston Boy Scouts will serve as honor guards and lead the Pledge of Allegiance, followed by a performance by the Livingston High School choral group, directed by Joshua Salzman, singing the National Anthem. The Chorus will also perform Let There Be Peace on Earth, You’ll Never Walk Alone, and God Bless America during the program. Following the invocation by Rabbi Clifford M. Kulwin of Temple B’nai Abraham, mayor Ed Meinhardt will give welcoming remarks as well as a description of the garden.

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Marion Wahler of West Orange, formerly of Livingston, died on August 27. Arrangements were handled by Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Funeral Chapel. She was the wife of Howard for 68 years; the mother of Sheila Tarabour (Marc) and Nancy Wahler (John Irwin), the grandmother of three, and the sister-in-law of Marjorie Krieger. Mrs. Wahler was a graduate of Ohio State University and received a master’s degree in education from Kean University, then known as Newark State. She was a nursery school teacher at Congregation Agudath Israel, a library assistant in Livingston, and a long-time member of Temple Emanu-El of West Essex. Donations may be made to The Michael J. Fox Foundation, P.O. Box 5014, Hagerstown, MD 21741- 5014.

Robert (Bob) Morton Starr of Livingston died at Overlook Hospital on August 25. Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, he resided in Livingston for the past 46 years. Mr. Starr retired as president and CEO of the Manischewitz Company, where he had worked his entire career. He was most recently vice president of Jewish Vocational Service and previously served with the American Jewish Congress, the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest, the American Jewish Committee (Northern New Jersey region); , and Governor Whitman’s New Jersey-Israel Chamber of Commerce. He is survived by his wife, Barbara (Barron) Starr; his, children, Ian Starr (Natalie Choate) and Susan Sered (Yishai Sered); his step-children, Renée Levin (Steven Levin) and Michelle Schaap (John Perkoff); and nine grandchildren. Mr. Starr was predeceased by his first wife, Bernice (Cohen) Starr, and by his sister, Norma Meyer. The funeral took place at Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Suburban Funeral Chapel.

With Livingston’s schools opening this Tuesday, September 4, it is a good time to consider what more we can do to keep our children safe.

Back-to-school season means increased automobile and pedestrian traffic. According to AAA, nearly one-fifth of all traffic fatalities are child pedestrians under the age of 15, and more school-aged pedestrians are killed between the hours of 3 and 4 p.m. – once school ends – than any other time of the day.

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As we prepare to throw our final hot dogs of the season on the grill this Labor Day weekend, marking the unofficial end of summer, it is worth remembering (or learning) the reason for the holiday. Long before the burgers, brews, and football, Labor Day was created to educate citizens about the labor movement.

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THE “BOYS OF SUMMER:” The Livingston High School varsity football team will open its season before school starts, with an away game against Randolph on Friday, August 31, at 4 p.m. Shown here, Lancer quarterback Jack Ernst completes a pass as the offense and defense work to hone their skills during practice. The Monday, August 27 practice was the first for the football team on the newly installed turf.

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Bill Lampeter, a long-time teacher and coach at Livingston High School, died Wednesday, August 15. The family held private funeral services.

Mr. Lampeter attended Ursinus College in Pennsylvania, where he was a standout baseball player. He was an Army veteran of World War II.

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On Tuesday, September 4, Livingston Police Department’s acting Chief Gary Marshuetz will be sworn in as the township’s newest chief. The appointment is somewhat ceremonial, as he will technically drop the “acting” in his title on September 1 and he has been assuming the duties of chief for several months. Nonetheless, it is the culmination of nearly three decades of service in Livingston’s police force.

Prior to the ceremony, Marshuetz sat down with the Tribune to reflect on his nearly 30 years on the job and what he hopes to accomplish moving forward.

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A dog missing for four days was reunited with her family on National Dog Day. Roxie had been missing since she fled the scene of an accident on Okner Parkway near Route 10 Thursday, August 23.

According to the police report, Roxie and another dog, Griz, were both involved in a four-vehicle crash at about 2 p.m. on Thursday, August 23.

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Following a brief pursuit through town, the Livingston Police Department recovered a stolen car and arrested the driver of the vehicle on Monday afternoon.

At about 12:30 p.m. on Monday, August 27, an officer on routine patrol watched a black 2016 Toyota Camry run a red traffic light in front of police headquarters on South Livingston Avenue.

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