Livingston news

At Monday’s Township Council meeting, a resident complained of parties that were held every weekend night into the early morning hours across the street from her home. That Fordham Road house, which is listed for sale on Zillow for $1.2 million, is available on Airbnb at $187 per night, though previously it was available for as low as $71 per night, according to the resident.

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At Monday’s Board of Education meeting, Livingston public schools officials expressed support for the nationally-recognized student walkout planned for March 14. While not a district-sanctioned event, superintendent of schools Christina Steffner said high school students may participate in the walkout to advocate for gun law reform. The demonstration is planned for 10 a.m. Wednesday, March 14, one month after the shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida.

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FENDERS CELEBRATE GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY: Jay and Mary Fender, Livingston residents for 41 years, will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary this coming week. The two were married in St. Cecelia’s Church, Kearny, on March 9, 1968. They have a daughter, Kim Fender DePalma of Livingston; a son, Chris Fender, who lives in Germany; and four grandchildren. The Fenders celebrated their anniversary with a trip to Iceland, along with an upcoming trip to Yellowstone National Park.

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Winter Storm Riley, a nor’easter that hit the state on Friday afternoon, March 2, kept Department of Public Works (DPW) crews busy attending to a variety of storm-related tasks.

“This storm had everything – rain, sleet, snow, high winds,” said Mike Anello, superintendent of Public Works. “You name it, we got it.”

High winds and wet, heavy snow brought down at least 11 trees in the township, along with numerous branches.

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Children’s Theatre of Livingston (CTL) takes the stage this weekend with Disney’s Alice In Wonderland Jr.! The show, featuring more than 50 elementary school children, will be presented in one act and is suitable for the entire family. Performances are this Saturday and Sunday, March 10 and 11, at 12:30 and 3 p.m. each day, at the Eisenhower Corporate Center, 290 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue.

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At the March 5 Board of Education meeting, its first public meeting since the school shooting in Parkland, Florida, Livingston superintendent Christina Steffner stressed the importance of ensuring the well-being of everyone within the district’s schools.

“We don’t take anything more seriously than the safety of our students and staff,” Steffner said, before providing an overview of the district’s school safety procedures.

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At Monday night’s Livingston Township Council meeting, a resident discussed her concerns about a home on her street, which is available for rent on Airbnb. The Council also passed several resolutions authorizing change orders for work done in the township, which all came in under budget and will save the municipality more than $200,000, and approved a contract for water main work.

Monday’s meeting was the first for the new township manager Barry Lewis. He was welcomed by the Council at both the regular and conference meetings, and was thanked for all he has done since starting the job on March 1.

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Livingston police this week arrested two people in a bizarre domestic incident, charged a Livingston resident with drug possession, began investigating a burglary on Rainbow Ridge Drive, and made an arrest in an assault reported last week at the Livingston Mall.

Burglary and Assault

In a bizarre turn of events, a domestic dispute between an East Orange couple on Monday, March 5, escalated into two burglaries and an assault on a Livingston resident by a man wearing only underpants and socks.

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Former Livingston resident Jean Dudley Weeks Friedman died on February 23. She and her late husband, Gene, lived in Livingston until they retired and moved to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Born and raised in New York City, Mrs. Friedman attended Hunter High School and Hunter College, graduating Phi Beta Kappa at the age of 20. She later worked at Prudential, earning the CLU and FLMI certifications as well as an MBA. Mrs. Friedman is survived by her sons, Del Friedman and his wife, Stephanie Cox Suarez, of Acton, Massachusetts, and Robert Friedman and his wife, Robin Donawitz Friedman,of Martinsville; her daughter, Wendy Friedman and her husband, James Jauchem, of San Antonio, Texas; four grandchildren; her brother-in-law, Alan Friedman of New Haven, Connecticut; and her brother and sister-in-law, Noel and Dora Friedman, of Nashua, New Hampshire. A memorial service will be held on July 1 in Massachusetts. Donations in Mrs.

Paul Robert Olshen died Thursday, March 1, after a lengthy illness. Mr. Olshen was a native of Brooklyn, New York. He was a graduate of Erasmus Hall High School and New York University, and a member of Tau Epsilon Phi fraternity. Mr. Olsehn worked as an insurance broker for 57 years. He started his career working with his father, Henry Olshen, at Henry B. Olshen and Associates. He later worked at Brokerage Resources Incorporated, PRO Consultants Inc., Dewitt Stern Imperatore Ltd., and most recently Capacity Coverage Company. Mr. Olshen was involved in professional organizations serving as president of the Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York and of the General Insurance Brokers Association of New York. A resident of Livingston since 1966, Mr. Olshen served on the Livingston Planning Board for many years. He was a founding member of Livingston’s recycling initiative, and was instrumental in running the original recycling program in the late 1970s and early 1980s.