Livingston New Jersey news

On Thursday, September 3, the Livingston Little League 12-yearolds successfully defended their District 8 title, completing a three year sweep as district champions. They won the title as ten-year-olds, 11-year-olds and in dramatic walkoff fashion as 12-year-olds.

Playing at the Meadowbrook Little League complex, Livingston battled with rivals, Nutley American, coming away with a 3-2 victory in the eighth inning.

Nate Vays held the Nutley offense in check for most of the game with strong defensive help from Adam Goldberg, Ridhit Beri, Mack Dockx, Ryan Zhu and the rest of the team. Along withNate, Sean Mullen, Adam Goldberg and Beau Belcuore pitched well, with Beau picking up the win. Nutley’s pitcher was equally up to the task, as scoring was at a premium until the late innings. The game was scoreless into the fifth inning, when Livingston broke it open by scoring two runs.

Despite starting the school year at home, Livingston High School seniors still decorated their cars and brought them to school on Tuesday, September 8, the first day of classes. Shown here, socially distanced seniors Katrina Leigh, Alyssa Falchetta, John Soroka, and Ronnie Agmoni pose in front of the high school. Below, a decorated car passes through a balloon arch in front of LHS.

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The Livingston First Aid Squad has opened its annual fundraising campaign, and has sent letters to the residents of Livingston.

The all-volunteer Squad is marking its 70th anniversary this year and, notes fund drive chairman Scott Maynard, “our mission statement of `neighbors helping neighbors’ has always been our philosophy.”

The year 2020 has been very challenging, both for residents and members of the First Aid Squad, Maynard says. “We are now dealing with an entirely newparameter of emergency medical care,” he explains. “All of our members have been specially trained to assist in all types ofmedical conditions, including COVID-19. It took some time to re-acclimate, and our members have helped greatly with our operations. We worked with RWJ Barnabas EMS Operations during the height ofthe pandemic and we continue to back each other up when needed. We are very appreciative of their assistance.”

This year’s 9/11 Memorial ceremony will be closed to the public due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Still, we all must remember the Livingston residents who died on that day: Luke A. Dudek, Jeffrey Brian Gardner, Donald Thomas Jones II, MingHao Liu, Joseph P. McDonald, John M. Pocher, and Kenneth Albert Zelman. MI Photos

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Edward O. Zielke, age 74, of Livingston, New Jersey, died suddenly on Friday, September 4, 2020.

A Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at St. Philomena’s Church, 386 South LivingstonAvenue, Livingston, New Jersey, on Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 10 a.m. A private cremation will follow.

The family will receive their friends at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, 145 East Mt. Pleasant Avenue Livingston, New Jersey, on Wednesday, September 9, 2020, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Ed was a police officer, serving the community of Livingston for 40 years before his retirement as a Lieutenant in 2011. He proudly served his country in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War.

Ed was an avid sportsman; he enjoyed fishing and hunting with his best pal, his dog, Colt Commander. He was a member of the Lucky Strike Sportsmen’s Club, the Livingston Elks, and the Knights of Columbus, and for many years, served as an usher at St. Philomena’s Church.

The six pickle ball courts at Heritage Middle School continue to be a popular recreational site. All six courts are utilized from 8 a.m. to noon on Saturdays and after 4 p.m. on Sundays. Livingston pickle ball commissioner Michael Garber reported that 76 players were active on the courts each day of Labor Day weekend. Shown here, Dave Melucci sets to return a volley from Steven Marx. Don Schwartz Photo

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Vivian Frances Welch, 95, of Livingston, passed away peacefully on Monday, September 7, 2020.

Known as “Mickey” to her friends and family, she was born on March 21, 1925, in Newport, Rhode Island. She was one ofthree children to Charles and Johanna Murphy.

Vivian married Kenneth Welch, former Mayor of Livingston, on May 15,1944, at St. Mary’s Church inNewport. They had two children: Debby and Ken Jr.

Vivian leaves behind herbrother, Charles Murphy, and her son, Ken.

At Vivian’s request, there will be no open services.

Bunting was hung outside of Town Hall this week for Edward Zielke, a retired Livingston Police Department lieutenant who died last week. Lt. Zielke served in the U.S. Army as a Specialist 4th Class during the Vietnam War, from 1965 to 1967. He was awarded the National Defense Medal and the Vietnam Service Medal. He began his career as a Livingston Police officer in 1968, was promoted to sergeant in 1979, was reassigned to detective sergeant in 1980, and promoted to lieutenant in 1984. He retired from the LPD in 2011 after 43 years of service. “As a new officer in 1989, Ed Zielke was one of my first supervisors,” Livingston Police Chief Gary Marshuetz said. “He was dedicated to serving Livingston and possessed many great qualities, including honor, service, and commitment. To this day, I still strive to raise my abilities to the level he attained. Ed gave back to the community in many ways.

Tomorrow marks the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the fall of the World Trade Center, the crash of and the attack on the Pentagon.

This year in particular, in the absence of a public ceremony for the first time since those 2001 attacks, due to COVID-19 restrictions, we must do what we can to remember the moment and honor the seven Livingston residents we lost that day.

Luke A. Dudek.

Jeffrey Brian Gardner.

Donald Thomas Jones II.

Ming-Hao Liu.

Joseph P. McDonald.

John M. Pocher.

Kenneth Albert Zelman.

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A Jaguar was stolen from a Yale Court garage Tuesday morning and later found abandoned in Union County, Livingston Police said.

At 1:45 a.m. on Tuesday, September 8, a resident called police to report that a 2017 Jaguar F-Pace SUV had just been stolen from the home’s garage.

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