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Township Golf Outing to Be Held on May 20

Township Golf Outing to Be Held on May 20

The 53rd annual Livingston Township Golf Outing will be held on Monday, May 20, at the Cedar Hill Country Club in Livingston.

The cost of the event includes golf, lunch, cocktail hour and dinner. Early registration is encouraged, as the event is limited to the first 120 golfers.

Proceeds from the event will benefit the volunteer Livingston First Aid Squad (LFAS), which is celebrating 74 years of voluntary service to the community. The squad is dependent on contributions to maintain service, medical equipment, training and ambulance replacement.

Funds raised in this event will go toward the purchase of a Lund University Cardiopulmonary Assist System (LUCAS). The device provides mechanical chest compressions to patients in cardiac arrest and will help LFAS better respond to cardiac emergencies.

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Dr. Norma S. Miller

Dr. Norma S. Miller

It is with great sadness that the Miller family announces the passing of Dr. Norma “Nora” S. Miller. Dr. Miller passed away peacefully on the evening of March 20th, 2024 surrounded by her family and friends.

Dr. Miller was born in Bronx, NY. She attended William Howard Taft High School, graduated from Barnard College of Columbia University with a Bachelor ofArts, and was awarded a Ph.D. in Linguistics from Fordham University. A long time resident of Short Hills and Livingston, New Jersey, she was an active participant in the Millburn Public School parent teacher associations, the Millburn Public Library, and various writing groups and book clubs. Dr. Miller taught English at Seton Hall University and was dedicated to the success of her students. She was an avid gardener and enthusiastic audience of theater and classical music.

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Ronald F. Murano

Ronald F. Murano, 76, of Parsippany, passed away on Saturday, March 16. Ron grew up in Bloomfield, and then lived in Livingston from 1977 -2022 and then resided in Parsippany. Ron loved to provide, tease, and care for his family. He was a devoted husband, father, PopPop, brother, uncle, cousin and friend.

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Srivastava Achieves Eagle Scout Rank

Srivastava Achieves Eagle Scout Rank
Srivastava Achieves Eagle Scout Rank
Srivastava Achieves Eagle Scout Rank

Anirudh Srivastava, a member of Livingston’s Boy Scout Troop 12, recently became an Eagle Scout, the highest rank in the Boy Scouts of America. He was formally inducted as an Eagle Scout in an Eagle Court of Honor on March 9.

The journey to becoming an Eagle Scout is long, requiring commitment and dedication. A scout has to learn the scouting fundamentals, earn merit badges to exhibit the knowledge gathered, contribute to society through service projects, participate in hiking and camping activities, and complete an Eagle project that yields a positive outcome for the community. According to Boy Scouts of America, only about six percent of the scouts achieve this rank.

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Livingston’s SYLS Changing Name To “Recreation and Senior Services”

On Friday, March 29, the Town- existing and planned operations, ship of Livingston will officially programs and events, with only the rename its Senior, Youth & Leisure name changing. Services Department (SYLS) to “We think ‘Recreation and Se-Recreation and Senior Services, or nior Services’ more accurately and “Rec” for short. The newly renamed concisely reflects our role within Rec Department will continue all (Continued on Page A-10) (Continued from Page A-1) seeing little issue with a company changing its signage color each day. The Board also agreed that certain signs required variances to accommodate existing rules, though some members felt that the success of a business depended on more than just signs to promote it.

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Livingston's History

LIVINGSTON’S HISTORY

LIVINGSTON’S HISTORY: Above, the Livingston Fire Department set fire to an old barn in 1939, for a firefighting demonstration. See more historic photos and learn about old-time Livingston in this week’s “Celebrate Livingston’s History” pull-out section, section B of this newspaper.

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Boys' Baseball Tryouts

BOYS’ BASEBALL TRYOUTS

BOYS’ BASEBALL TRYOUTS: The Livingston High School’s boys’ baseball team began tryouts for its 2024 season. Shown above, Matthew Lopa gets ready for the pitching machine to fire a fastball during tryouts. Below, assistant coach Corey Feigenbaum feeds the pitching machine during tryouts. Don Schwartz Photos

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Livingston Board of Education Approves Tentative Budget

At its meeting on Tuesday, March 19, the Livingston Public Schools Board of Education approved a tentative budget for the 2024-2025 school year.

The budget totals appropriations between the general fund, special revenues, and debt services amassing a total of $ 154,450,072. This will set Livingston taxes to be raised a total of $125,399,923. An additional Board meeting was held the day prior, on Monday, March 18, to ensure the Board had all its questions answered ahead of the March 19 vote.

The Board also met with the finance committee on March 14 to discuss the district’s budget. Prior to the meeting, a number of adjustments had already been made. These included a $2.5 million cut to the budgeted fund balance, and eliminating $600,000 of recurring expenses. These recurring expenses will still appear in the proposed budget, but they will no longer be recurring. The finance committee also found and eliminated a number of non-recurring costs.

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Celebrating Our History

This week, the West Essex Tribune presents its bi-annual “Celebrate Livingston’s History” section. It is one of our most popular features, in part because it speaks to our township’s sense of community; no matter who we are, we live here, together, in Livingston, and we all share that common thread.

As always, our “Celebrate Livingston’s History” section contains interesting tidbits about the history of our town and its residents: stories of beloved, but now defunct institutions; tales of the founding families who gave their names to our streets and schools; and old photos and news articles that provide insight to what Livingston was like back “in the old days.”

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Services Held For Mrs. Breslow

Eleanor Klein Breslow, 99, died on March 11. She was born in Passaic and was married to Howard Breslow for over 65 years.

She is survived by her children Roy Breslow, (Debbie Streit), Lynn Levy (Jeffrey Levy), and Clifford Breslow (Elaine Breslow); six grandchildren; and ten great grandchildren.

Services were held at Bernheim-Apter-Kreitzman Funeral Chapel in Livingston on Thursday, March 14. A private interment followed. Shiva was held at the Crown View Manor in West Orange on Thursday, March 14.

In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations may be made to the National Parkinson’s Foundation.

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