Livingston news

At the Monday, November 9, Township Council meeting, members again discussed a potential mixed-use housing project, proposed two ordinances, and passed several resolutions. The meeting was held virtually and livestreamed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

The meeting began with the Council honoring service organizations for providing COVID-19 relief throughout the pandemic.

“The Council thought it was important to recognize all the work (the township service organizations) do,” mayor Rudy Fernandez said. “The organizations who stepped up... are thanked for their thoughtfulness and generosity.”

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Livingston veterans, township officials, and residents gathered at the Oval on Wednesday, November 11, despite the rainy weather, to remember and honor those who have served our country. MI Photos

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Livingston’s annual Interfaith Thanksgiving Service will be held on Sunday, November 22, at 5 p.m., televised by Livingston Television (LTV), and it will be seen on Comcast Channel 34 and Fios Channel 26. It will also be available at facebook. com/LivingstonTV.

St. Philomena Catholic Church is the official host this year. The inspirational speeches and some of the musical presentations will be presented at the church.

One of the key components ofthis year’s celebration, noted organizer Scott Maynard, is a special video program entitled “Total Praise,” presented by Voices for Change. Cantor Perry Fine of Temple Beth Shalom is one of the founding members of Voices for Change, a collaboration of 100 cantors and Black ministers from around the world to promote faith in healing. “This presentation is extremely appropriate and timely for our society dealing with racial injustice and significant stress,” said Maynard.

On Tuesday, November 3, the Livingston High School boys’ varsity cross country team traveled by bus to Branch Brook Park in Newark for the last time this season. The boys’ team competed in the American Conference Championships, the most competitive of the three conferences, and finished the race in seventh place with 188 total team points.

Lancer sophomore Christopher Bonnar jumped out to a fast start in the varsity race from the very beginning. Bonnar was third at the mile mark and never slowed down throughout the race, running his first mile in 5:55. He then picked up the pace on the second mile pulling ahead of his competition and splitting a 5:53 second mile. After the two-mile marker, Bonnar held his lead against his competition and won the race by two seconds. After merging the two American Conference races, Bonnar finished 24th with an overall time of 18:27, which was, said coach Jim Memory, “A great achievement for a sophomore.”

The Livingston High School girls’ varsity soccer team recently defeated Verona, 4-0, on the Saint Barnabas Medical Center Community Field. Shown above, left, Lancer goalie Gianna Healy drives the goal kick downfield against Verona. Above, left, Lancer right wing Bella Dilanni makes the turn toward the goal against the Verona defender. Don Schwartz Photos

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We have been warned for months that it would arrive this fall, even as cases continued to drop this summer. Now it is impossible to deny: the “second wave” of COVID-19 is here. In the past month, Livingston reported 146 new cases. New Jersey has reported more than 3,000 daily cases for the first time since early May, with Governor Phil Murphy saying two weeks ago that Essex County was the “biggest concern” in the state; on Tuesday, the county recorded the most cases in a single day since the start of the pandemic. The U.S. has now reported 10 million total COVID-19 cases since March, of which nearly 240,000 people have died. Eight months into the pandemic and we are still breaking records.

Ethel A. Longo, age 89, of Livingston, New Jersey, passed away peacefully on Monday November 9, 2020.

A Mass of Catholic Burial will be celebrated at St. Philomena Church, 396 South Livingston Avenue, Livingston, New Jersey, on Friday, November 13, 2020, at 10 a.m. Interment will follow at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover, New Jersey.

The family will receive their friends at Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, 145 East Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Livingston, New Jersey, on Thursday, November 12, 2020, from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m.

Ethel was born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late James and Jennie Longo. She received an associate’s degree from Hunter College. Ethel later moved to Manhattan, where she worked as a supervisor in pediatric cardiology at New York Hospital until her retirement in 1990.

Ruth Ellen Dunscombe, a 1969 graduate of Livingston High School, died on November 8. She was 70 years old.

Visitation will take place today, Thursday, November 12, from 1 to 5 p.m., at Lacey’s Home for Funerals in Forked River. A Mass of Christian Burial is scheduled for Friday, November 13, at 9:30 a.m. at the Church of St. Pius in Forked River. Committal will follow at 12:15 p.m. at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in East Hanover.

Ms. Dunscombe was the daughter of the late William E. and Jeanette C. Dunscombe and the sister of William E. Dunscombe (Veronica) of New Providence.

While in high school she won a Betty Crocker Award for her apple crisp. She then attended Marymount College in Tarrytown, New York, majoring in English.

On Monday, November 2, the Livingston Township Council held a special meeting to approve a settlement agreement with Fair Share Housing Corporation concerning the town’s affordable housing obligations. The meeting was held virtually and may be viewed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

The document has to be signed after it has been approved, at which point it will become a public document. That was not confirmed to have happened before the Tribune’s print deadline, as the FSHC also has to sign the document.

The agreement states that FSHC and Livingston acknowledge that the township does not accept the methodology or calculations proffered by FSHC, and both parties instead agree to the terms of the settlement agreement. While details have not yet been disclosed, the third round of the Mount Laurel Doctrine and Fair Share Housing Act of 1985 runs from 1999 through 2025.

A memorial service for Gloria Oertzen will be held at St. Philomena’s Church on Saturday, November 7, at 3 p.m. Friends are welcome to attend, and a repast will follow.

Mrs. Oertzen died on April 11 at the age of 92. A private graveside service had been held due to the COVID-19 pandemic.