Livingston community

Mr. Jeffrey D. Tamburri, 43, died on December 19, 2020 at home in West Orange, NJ.

Jeff was born and raised in Livingston and lived in Arizona, Colorado and Washington, D.C. before moving to West Orange.

He graduated from Livingston High School, Class of 1995, and earned a B.A. in history and English from Rutgers University and a double master’s in general and special education from Hunter College.

Jeff enjoyed varied careers, including Head Chef at the South Street Trattoria in Morristown, New Jersey; co-owner ofthe Italian Marketplace in Livingston, New Jersey; Sous Chef at a five-star Washington, D.C. restaurant; and a special education teacher in the South Bronx.

In the months prior to the June 2013 accident during which he was struck by a bus and paralyzed, Jeff actively trained for several mud and obstacle races and commuted to the South Bronx, where he taught at the elementary level while completing full-time graduate studies.

Marc Alan Unger of Livingston, New Jersey, devoted husband, father, son and brother, passed away at Weill-Cornell Medical Center on Tuesday, December 22, 2020 at the age of 56.

Marc was raised in Livingston and later resettled there with his beloved wife, Suzanne, and their two girls, Morgan and Ryann. Marc graduated with a B.S. degree in accounting from Lehigh University in 1986 and subsequently obtained his M.B.A. from Columbia Business School. Marc joined Harvest Partners in 2015, and was currently a partner and the Chief Financial Officer. Prior to joining Harvest, Marc held po sitions as Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of CCMP Capital Advisors. Previously, Marc was the Chief Financial Officer of UBS Capital Americas. He began his career with Ernst and Young.

The first snowstorm of the season was a nor’easter that dropped a lot less snow than the one to two feet expected. The storm, which hit New Jersey late Wednesday afternoon, December 16, ended up dropping 8¹/₂ inches of the white stuff on Livingston, noted Chris Atworth, assistant superintendent of the township’s Department of Public Works (DPW).

“All in all, this was not too bad for our first storm of the season,” said Atworth. “We had a few breakdowns, but nothing major.”

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Building relationships with students, incorporating social emotional learning in the classroom; andproviding professional development are a few of the dozens of recommendations to enhance student mental health contained in a report presented to the Board of Education and Township Council on Wednesday, December 16. The joint “five on five” meeting was held virtually on Zoom and can be viewed on the Livingston Public Schools Facebook page.

“Building a Foundation of Hope,” a look at mental health services in schools, was presented by Vince De Lucia, an educator with the New Jersey School Boards Association.

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The Livingston Board of Education and Township Council, at their joint meeting on Wednesday, December 16, took time to honor Charles “Buddy” August upon his retirement from the Board of Education.

“It’s hard to believe this is your last meeting,” said Board president Ronnie Konner, calling him “the ultimate Livingston volunteer.”

August served as a member of the Board of Education from April, 1985 to April, 1994, from April, 1996 through April, 1999, and from January, 2015 through December, 2020, and the Board presented him with a plaque and other “Livingston swag” in appreciation of his 18 years on the Board.

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The Livingston Township Council spoke with Livingston Public School superintendent Matthew Block, discussed a potential drive-in movie theater project, and passed the final ordinances and resolutions of2020 at its Monday, December 21, meeting. This was the final scheduled Council meeting of 2020, and also the last meeting with Shari Weiner as the attorney representing the township and for Rudy Fernandez as mayor. It may be viewed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

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Superintendent Block discussed the relationship between the township and the schools as both navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The topic was previously discussed at a “five on five” meeting between the Board of Education and Township Council last week.

H. Peter Schaub, Jr., 98, formerly of Livingston, died on December 18. He was born in Orange and moved to Roseland in 1999.

He attended Newark Academy and Dartmouth College and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Coast Guard.

Mr. Schaub joined Smith Barney, Inc. in 1979, after serving as president of Harry P. Schaub, Inc. He became a certified financial planner in 1981.

He was a trustee of the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club from 1977 to 1995, serving as chairman in 1991. In addition, he was president of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge prior to its sale to the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission in 1959; and a director of the Detroit International Bridge Company (Ambassador Bridge) for 16 years, until 1979.

Mr. Schaub was active in professional and civic organizations, including the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Newark, the Bond Club of New Jersey, the Newark Athletic Club, the Down Town Club, and the Newark YMCA.

Harold Friedman, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on December 19, 2020 at the age of 86.

Harold was a lifelong New Jersey resident, and former resident of Livingston. He grew up in Hillside, where he graduated as valedictorian of his high school class. He then went on to attend Yale University, graduating as an economics major in 1956, and attended Yale University Law School, graduating in 1959.

Harold then began a legal career as a highly regarded private practice trial attorney. His career lasted more than five decades, and included handling trials in both State and Federal court as well as arguing before the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division and appearing before the New Jersey State Supreme Court on several occasions. The consummate professional, Harold was known as a “lawyer’s lawyer,” who in addition to a long-standing career as a litigator also served for a period of time as an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark.

Ronald Aronowitz of Livingston died on December 18. He was 85 years old.

Born in Passaic, Mr. Aronowitz received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from New York University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

He was honorably discharged from the United States Army and later served in the National Guard. Following a business career at Hercules Powder Company, Cadence Industries, Revlon, and Elizabeth Arden, he taught business courses. He also volunteered at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, the Daughters of Israel, and other institutions.

Mr. Aronowitz is survived by his wife of60 years, Audre ZbarAronowitz; his son, Eric; his daughter, Lisa Borodkin; his son-in-law, Michael Borodkin; his sister, Sheila Stern; and two grandchildren.

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The last time Rudy Fernandez was mayor, the job was quite different. He has been on the Township Council since 2008, and was previously mayor in 2011 and 2013, the latter of which was Livingston’s bicentennial. But for his third year in “the center seat on the dais,” he had no idea that the COVID-19 pandemic would upend so much of what he knew about the job.

Township business still had to be attended to, sure, but gone were most events, like the ribbon cuttings and flag raisings that typically fill the calendar. Absent were in-person meetings, which were instead held via Zoom and livestreamed on the township’s Facebook page. In ways big and small, this was a year unlike any other, which meant it was a mayoral term like none that had preceded it.

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