Livingston New Jersey news

The Lancer boys’ varsity soccer team defeated Glen Rock, 3-1, at home on the turf on Wednesday, August 28. Shown here, Lancer defenders prevent a Panthers corner kick score during second half action. Heading the ball is # 23 senior Jake Goldstein, #23. The player in the air is junior Grant Shevrin. Senior Jordan Wayne mans the post while freshman Charlie Grossman, #25, converges on the play. Don Schwartz Photo

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Members of Livingston’s volunteer Fire Department extinguished a car fire and a dumpster fire, freed passengers trapped in an elevator, and responded to a broken water pipe this past week.

On Thursday, August 29, firefighters were dispatched to exit 6 off Route 280 eastbound (Laurel Avenue) after a vehicle was reported to have gone off the road into the woods and caught fire. Upon their arrival, firefighters found the driver was out of the burning car, which was fully involved. They extinguished the fire with no injuries reported.

A general alarm was sounded on Friday,August 30, after the contents of a dumpster at Heritage Middle School ignited. The fire was extinguished without incident, and no damage was reported.

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Livingston’s annual Ceremony of Remembrance will be held on Wednesday, September 11, at the 9-11 Living Memorial Garden on the Oval in Memorial Park. The program will begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held rain or shine.

This annual ceremony honors the lives of the seven Livingston residents who perished in the terrorist attack on theWorldTrade Centers in 2001: Luke A. Dudek, Jeffrey Brian Gardner, Donald Thomas Jones II, Ming-Hao Liu, Joseph P. McDonald, John M. Pocher, and Kenneth Albert Zelman.

Event chairwoman Bunnie Ratner said the ceremony “reminds all of the importance of remembering what happened that day. While the attacks themselves occurred 18 years ago, their consequences are still felt each day.”

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The Livingston Police Department took three people into custody on Thursday, August 29, in relation to several investigations that took place over the past few months.

On June 13, Officer Michael Spano tried to stop a 2019 Dodge Caravan in relation to a theft that occurred in East Hanover. Rather than stop, the driver of the van initiated a vehicle pursuit that started on East Mt. Pleasant Avenue at the Rossmore Terrace intersection, and continued east to Shrewsbury Drive and then onto Route 280, where the police terminated the pursuit.

During the chase, the occupants of the van threw stolen property out of an open sliding door. A follow-up investigation led to the identification of Jamal Johns, 22, of Newark, as the operator of the van. He was charged with eluding police and a warrant was issued.

Township students returned to classes for the new school year on Wednesday, September 4. Shown above, fifth grade boys from Mt. Pleasant Elementary School celebrate the first day of school by wearing shirts that read, “It’s a 5th Grade Thing.” Shown are Alan Yaari, Ross Perlstein, Jake Yelner, Evan Herman, Isaac Fleisher, Korey Ellenbogen, Ryan Laveman, Nate Black, Tyler Feldman, Hunter Shangold, Shai Peled, and Logan Kates.

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The Livingston High School girls’ varsity tennis team will begin its home season on Saturday, September 7, when it hosts the ninth annual “September Smash” four-team tennis tournament.

The Memorial Park Tennis Courts are reserved on Saturday, September 7, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. for this event.

The matches will start at 10 a.m., with J.P. Stevens playing Morristown, and Ridgewood playing Livingston.

At 2:15 p.m., the two winning teams, and the two teams that lost, will play each other.

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After continuing production throughout the summer months, Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) is officially starting its ninth season of “providing for the poor, homeless, and disenfranchised,” which it has been doing since its inception in 2011.
“Volunteers Alan Levin, Rick Levin and Pat Corcoran kept it all flowing to our state’s poorest by picking up Livingston’s generous donations at the offices of our partner, Livingston’s West Essex Tribune, and delivering to LPI’s Newark distribution partners,” notes Jeff “the Coat Guy” Friedman, LPI founder and director.

About 6,000 Livingston Public School students will embark on their first day of the 2019-20 school year onWednesday, September 4.Teachers had begun earlier, attending professional development programs on August 29 and September 3.

Highlights of the official 2019-20 academic calendar, including vacations and holidays, are presented below. For additional details, including partial days for specific grades or conferences, visit livingston.org.

This calendar was most recently amended on July 17, and provides a total of 183 days for students and 187 days for teachers.

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CHECKING IT OUT: Children are using the last days of August to get a head start on the new playground equipment at Littell People’s Park, which has a section for two to five year old children and another for five to twelve year old children. The town plans to hold an official opening in a few weeks when the final steps of the renovation, including grass, top soil and fencing, are completed. EL Photos

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BOYS’ SOCCER TEAM READY FOR ACTION: The Livingston High School boys’ varsity soccer team hosted the Westwood Cardinals in a scrimmage held on Saturday, August 24, at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Community Field. The Lancers will host Millburn on Wednesday, September 4, in the season opener. Shown above, Lancer center forward Harrison Berkley beats the Westwood defender to the ball during a breakaway.

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