Livingston community

Citing an increasing workload for the department, the Livingston township manager’s office has added a position and appointed Adam Loehner to fill the role of assistant township manager.

Loehner has served the past four years as the village administrator in neighboring South Orange, having previously served as the South Orange deputy village administrator for five years. Prior to his work in South Orange, he served as the director of community relations in the Office of Government Relations for Seton Hall University. He was also educated at Seton Hall, where he received a bachelor of arts in political science and master of arts in corporate and public communications.

The assistant township manager will assist with the significantly increasing workload in the township manager’s office, according to township manager Barry Lewis, who also came to Livingston from South Orange.

John “Jay” Paul Moran, formerly of Livingston, died on April 27 at his home in Ashburn, Virginia. He was 81 years old.

Mr. Moran was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania on December 21, 1940, to William and Margaret (née McGeehan) Moran. He attended Seton Hall Prep, graduated from Seton Hall University, and later obtained an MBA from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

After marrying in 1969, Mr. Moran lived in Livingston where he served as president of the Livingston Little League. He later lived in Fair Haven; Bethany Beach, Delaware; and Ashburn, Virginia.

Mr. Moran worked as a television syndicator and started his own company whose clients included NFL Films, Major League Baseball, and the World Wrestling Federation.

He is survived by his wife of 52 years, June; his son James (Caryn) Moran; his daughter, Karen (Austin) Riffle; three grandchildren; and his sister, Mary Claire Konner.

Melissa “Mimi” Dick was honored on Sunday, May 1 by family and friends with a memorial dedication of a Youth Study Room at the Livingston Library. She died in October of 2021.

Dick was a strong believer in the power of education. She was always a studious and diligent student. As a junior at Syracuse University, she was inducted into the Phi Beta Kappa honor society.

Her two daughters, Elyse Freudenfels and Hayley Gudovitz, are both teachers.

Believing that reading opens the door to so many opportunities, Dick always encouraged her daughters to read.

“My mom taught my sister and I that books show the power of what is possible,” Freudenfels said. “Books are both mirrors and windows, where we can see ourselves in the characters’ pursuits as well as imagine new worlds we might not have dreamed of before.”

Dick’s fiveyear-old grandson, Henry Freudenfels, now loves going to the library and immersing himself in superhero books.

Martha (née Hoffman) Henning Rullis died March 14 at her home in Kingwood, West Virginia, at the age of 67.

Born February 3, 1955 in East Orange, she grew up and spent most of her life in Livingston before moving to West Virginia in 2013 with her partner of 20 years, Timothy O’Brien.

Ms. Hoffman Rullis was a member of St. Philomena Church and graduated from Livingston High School in 1973. She worked at CNA Insurance Company in Parsippany and retired in 2003.

She was the mother of Patrick Henning, of Albuquerque, New Mexico and Kelly Henning of Miami, Florida; and the sister of Hilary Olivier, Stephen Hoffman, Anne marie Barth, and Howard Hoffman.

A Memorial Mass will be offered on Friday, May 20, at 11 a.m. at St. Philomena Church, Livingston, followed by interment at Gate of Heaven Mausoleum, East Hanover.

The Livingston High School boys’ track and field team competed against Seton Hall Prep on Tuesday, April 26, winning the home meet by a score of 91 to 49. The Lancers faced their biggest test against the Pirates with a big squad and depth in all events, commented head coach Nancy Petryna.

Sophomore Luke Petryna earned first place in the two shortest sprints of the day, and won the 100-meter dash with a time of 11.2 seconds after exploding out of the start. Fellow sophomore Brandon Dong was tied for second with a Seton Hall runner at 11.3. Also running well were Chase Wade (11.7), Chase Kaufman (11.7), and Will Sun (11.3).

Petryna came back later to win the 200-meter dash at 22.3, his personal best for the season. Dong once again finished second at 23.2, and Kaufman was third at 23.6. Wade stepped up for the strenuous 400-meter dash, where he powered first over the line at 54.4. Ninth grader Tugra Ovul placed second at 55.2.

GOLF TEAM AT 6-2: The Livingston High School golf team improved its record to 6-2 with wins over Montclair Kimberley Academy (MKA), 159-186; Caldwell, 158-243; and West Essex, 166- 181. The win over Caldwell marked the team’s lowest score of the season to date. Aalok Dhurandhar shot a 38, while his sister Srishti finished with a 39. Ryan Friedman and Ryan Zales scored a 40 and 41 to bring the team’s total to 158. On Thursday, April 28, in heavy winds, Zales carded an impressive 38 to lead the team to victories over West Essex and Verona. Shown here, Lancer Ryan Friedman drops a putt on the third green against West Essex. Friedman shot a 42 on the front nine at Cedar Hill Country Club. Don Schwartz Photo

The Livingston High School girls’ track and field team traveled to Millburn High School on Saturday, April 30, for the 2022 Paul Beck Memorial Relays to compete against 25 other talented teams.

The Lancers started off strong in the 4x1,600 meter event with combined efforts from Bridget Gulfo, Arthi Mampilly, Sasha Culver, Nikki Heifler, Taylor Dannis, Sophis Yan, Sydney Leigh, and Carol Flores.

Next, Summer Yung, Maggie Siao, Darcy Bialick, and Sophia Wang secured first place in the shuttle hurdles with an overall time of 1:11.41. Yung was joined by Jadyn Kestenbaum, Monica Sharma and Raquel Silva, all of whom put forth a great effort in the 4x100.

In the next distance event, Bialick, Leigh, Yan, Culver, Flores, Heifler, Phoebe Liu, and Kayla Felner all raced well in the 4x800 relay.

Nunzio and MaryLou DePaola of Livingston wrote to the Tribune this week to applaud the members of the Livingston Fire and Police Departments “for being our heroes.”

She wrote, “On Sunday, we had an electrical fire in our garage. We were blessed we were home, and we all got out safely.

“Watching from our neighbor’s front yard, seeing the black smoke bellowing out of the garage, was horrifying and paralyzing. We thought we were going to lose our home. Within three minutes of my call to 9-1-1, Chief Mullin and two other volunteers pulled up to our home and ran in with extinguishers. Shortly afterwards, several volunteer firefighters, police officers, and three fire engines, with a number of other firefighters, arrived to assist. These fine emergency responders saved our home in less than ten minutes of my call to 9-1-1.”

Editor’s Note: Each year, the various veterans’ posts in Livingston submit a piece for publication about a particular branch of the armed forces in preparation for the Memorial Day Parade. The Jewish War Veterans of the USA Post 740, named for the late Dan Michelson, this week submitted an article by Stephanie Rudy, U.S. Navy, ret.

On October 13, 1775, the Continental Congress authorized the purchase of two vessels to be armed for a cruise against British merchantmen, thus creating the Continental Navy which is considered the first establishment of the U.S. Navy. In 1972, Admiral Elmo Zumwalt authorized the Navy to celebrate its birthday on October 13 in honor of the establishment of the Continental Navy in 1775.

The Unites States Navy is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Services. It is also the most powerful and largest navy worldwide.

Dear Editor:

Wow! It’s May, which means we are approaching the Cycle For Survival NJ event being held in Livingston (where it all started!) outside at Haines Pool on May 14 from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. I will be there in the morning sharing a bike as part of “Team: A Mission Continued… Jennifer Goodman Linn.”

This amazing organization was started in 2007 by Livingston’s Jennifer Goodman Linn and her husband, David, when Jenn was fighting her battle against sarcoma. Jenn’s legacy continues as Cycle for Survival has evolved into a national cancer fundraising organization run by Memorial Sloan Kettering and has already this year raised $300 million dollars!

What makes CFS unique? 100 percent of the money raised by CFS goes to research and clinical trials with zero administrative costs. All research is shared with other major cancer centers, and money for clinical trials is distributed within six months.