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For years, Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) has received many hundreds of hand-knit items from Creative Hands of the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW), Essex County Section. LPI just received hundreds more, including beautifully crafted children’s sweaters, hat/scarf sets, blankets, hats and dolls. LPI volunteers delivered the bounty of warmth and comfort to long-time distribution partners, the Bessie Green Community, Newark Emergency Services for Families, and the Willing Heart Community Care Center, all food pantry operations and providers of varied services to the homeless and profoundly poor. Debbie Shelkowitz, shown here, and her colleague, Barbara Kerner, of Creative Hands dropped their generous donations directly into the LPI van for transport downtown. LPI founder and director Jeff Friedman noted, “As the character Aibileen said in the feature film The Help by Kathryn Stockett, ‘Kindness don’t have no boundaries.’ ”

During the period prior to the November 3 election, the West Essex Tribune will make space available to each of the Board of Education candidates, at no cost, in order for them to present their views to the public. It is our hope that this will allow the voters to make a direct comparison which will assist them in making an informed voting decision. Candidates are not obligated to answer the questions, or even to present any statement at all. A maximum of 300 words is allocated to each candidate each week.

This week’s question is, “The Board currently has five members. Some in the community have suggested that there should be more members. What do you think about this and why? Do you think there should be more value placed on having a more diverse board?”

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Livingston Fire Department officials were among the first on the scene of a car that drove into a home following a two-car crash near the intersection of Mt. Pleasant Parkway and Hillside Terrace at 8:55 a.m. on Monday, October 12. A 2017 Mazda operated by a 17-year-old female from Livingston failed to stop at a stop sign on Mt. Pleasant Parkway and collided with vehicle on Hillside Terrace. The second car was a 2016 Mazda operated by Susan Schaefer, 51, of East Hanover. Following the initial crash, the vehicle operated by the 17-year-old continued off the roadway, struck a street sign and then a house at 41 Mt. Pleasant Parkway. The house suffered structural damage and damage to the gas service. Township engineers and PSE&G were called to inspect the damage to the home. The 17-year-old reported neck pain but was not transported to a hospital. No charges were reported. LFD and Rob Munson Photos

Close to three-fourths of secondary students are choosing to participate in the hybrid/in-person education model, according to the commitment forms submitted by parents, Livingston Public Schools superintendent Matthew Block announced during the October 12 Board of Education meeting

At Mt. Pleasant Middle School, 72 percent of the families selected the hybrid model, and 28 percent chose all-remote.

At Heritage Middle School, 73 percent of students will be hybrid, and 27 percent all-remote. Seventy-four percent of Livingston High School students selected hybrid, and 26 percent all-remote.

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During the October 5 meeting of the Township Council, a representative for PSE&G asked the Council to support its Energy Cloud filing, a program that would let the company know when there are outages without having to get calls from customers. By sending a “ping” to homes to see ifpower is working, the length of outages would b e shortened, particularly for smaller outages that the company may not be immediately aware of. The representative explained that the radio frequency used for the “pings” are 800 times less powerful than tho se used by cell phones. Residents may also opt out of the program should they choose.

As a result ofthe discussion, mayor Rudy Fernandez and deputy major Shawn Klein testified at a hearing before the Board of Public Utilities in support of the proposal. The following is the joint statement they made to the Board.

The Lancers defeated Barringer, 49-7, under the lights on the Allen “Jake” Jacobson Memorial Field on Friday. Shown above, Lancer linebacker #42, Stan Labady, runs down the Barringer halfback. The Lancer marching band provided fans with halftime entertainment. At right, trumpet playerLeonardo Baracaldo belts out the sound during the halftime show. Don Schwartz Photos

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Linda Marie Silva (née Tasevski), 50, of Allentown, Pennsylvania, died on October 2 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Ms. Silva was born on July 28, 1970 in Newark. She grew up in Livingston and graduated from Livingston High School in 1988.

Linda is survived by her mother; Diane Tasevski of Livingston, and her brother, James and his wife, Lisa, of Ohio, and her former spouse, Paul Silva.

Memorial Mass will be held at St. Philomena’s Church in Livingston on Friday, October 16, at 10 a.m., followed by interment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover at 11 a.m.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests making a donation to the ASPCA in Linda’s name: https://www.aspca.org.

Online condolences may be left at falkfuneralhomes.com.

Marge Glassman (Morgenstern), 93, of Delray Beach Florida, died on October 5. She was born and raised in Newark, where she graduated from Weequahic High School. She attended Montclair State University and attained her master’s degree in library science from Fairleigh Dickinson University.

Mrs. Glassman lived in Livingston, for 45 years. She was employed for 27 years for the Livingston Public Schools as a media specialist.

She was a member of Temple Beth Shalom and later, Temple B ‘nai Jeshurun. She was a life member of NCJW and Hadassah, and was a member of Gleneagle s Country Club in Delray Beach, Florida.

Predeceased by her husband Max, she is survived by her daughters Joyce Schlesinger (Ben) of St. Michaels, Maryland, and Toby Dauber (Richard) of Livingston, as well as five grandchildren and nine greatgrandchildren.

Janice Salomone (née Feeney), formerly of Livingston, died at Sarasota Memorial Hospital on September 17. She was 62 years old. She had moved to Florida in 2018 from Montgomery Township.

Mrs. Salomone was born on October 13, 1957 to the late Grace and Vincent Feeney of Livingston. She graduated from Livingston High School and Kean University, and taught in the Hillsborough school district for many years.

She was predeceased by her husband, Robert E. Salomone, and her younger sister, Amy Feeney. She is survived by her son, Kyle Salomone of Skillman; her siblings, Michael Feeney (Charlotte) of Hamilton, Ken Feeney (Sue) of Leland, North Carolina, and Barbara Jaeger (Michael) of Woodland Park; and her stepdaughter, Emily Johnson (Chad) of Glen Rock.

A memorial service was held on Saturday, October 10, in the Hillsborough Funeral Home.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to the American Cancer Society.

The Livingston High School girls’ varsity tennis team won matches against Montclair and Caldwell. The team has a 3-1 win-loss record.

Livingston 3.5, Montclair 1.5: A very competitive match saw Livingston’s Emily Sze win first singles against Maddie Schanen, 6-1, 6-0, and Montclair’s Chloe Jordan win second singles 6-1, 6-2 against Selena Zhu.

Both doubles matches were decided in three sets. Livingston’s Stephanie Li and Allison Miller won first doubles, 6-4, 2-6, 6-4, and Bella Flaum and Sasha Vaysmanwon second doubles, 4-6, 6-0, 7-5. The Lancers trailed late in both deciding sets with Montclair holding a match point at second doubles.

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