Livingston Tribune

The Byron Place footbridge, which sustained damage from recent flooding, is currently undergoing some rehabilitation. Township manager Michele Meade said that the footbridge should be repaired by the start of the school year.

Cooling off at National Night Out: The Livingston Fire Department helped residents keep cool on Tuesday evening as part of the township’s sixth annual National Night Out celebration. After sundown, The Lego Movie was shown on the outdoor 60-foot screen, which can be seen in the background above.

The Livingston Outlaw competition cheer squad competed at Cheerfest, held at Great Adventure in Jackson earlier in the spring. The Livingston girls placed second in their recreation/senior division. Shown here with their trophy are: (standing) Rebecca Fekete, Arsema Amare, Brianna Brown, Ryann DeMaio, Sammantha Sheng, Elise Soutar, coach Jessica Byrne, Quinn Wright, Gabriella Santucci, Giuliana Santucci, Madison Foster, Vanessa Cuppari, Emily Delle, and Christina Cheek. Sitting are Christine Haddad, Kayla Fils-Aime, Audra O'Toole, Priyal Patel, Jasmyn Treadwell, and Imani Medy. Also on the team were coach Janice Rothenberger, Carolina Lopez, Amanda Magenheim, Erica Magebheim, Kayla Sexton and Eve Goldstein.

More than 300 people attended the inaugural Brendan Tevlin Lacrosse Festival on Saturday, August 2, at Seton Hall Prep's Kelly Athletic Complex in West Orange. Bagpipers led the four teams of about 100 players on to the field. "It was a great way to honor Brendan," said Richard Shahpazian, one of the organizers. Tevlin, the 19 year old Livingston youth who was murdered on June 25, had been a member of the lacrosse club at the University of Richmond, where he had fi nished his freshman year. Shahpazian and Tevlin had played lacrosse together at Seton Hall Prep.

The team defeated the Timberland Tree team, 11-8. Shown above displaying their trophy in the top row are Jim Cooney, Brady McLaughlin, Stan Banner, Mitch Goldberg, Mike Tuman, Sean Whalen, Ed Frayne and Brian Meierhofer. In the bottom row are Richie McLaughlin, Tracey Bent, Conor Gardner, Walter Writt, Phil Wells and Frank Denek.

 

 

SCHOOLS ARE NOT IN SESSION but teachers are busy prepping for the new school year that will begin on thursday, September 4. teachers are working with their supervisors to develop curricula that meet new state standards and performance-based standardized assessments.

 

The Livingston Dodgers of the U.S. Over Thirty Baseball League, Sunday Division, improved their second place record to 11-4 with a 7-0 shut out win over the Verona Twins on Sunday, July 27, in Livingston. José Martinez won his ninth game on the mound against no losses. The tall right-hander surrendered only three hits while walking none. The Dodger defense, meanwhile, backed him up with three double plays.