West Essex Tribune

The Livingston Township Council spoke with Livingston Public School superintendent Matthew Block, discussed a potential drive-in movie theater project, and passed the final ordinances and resolutions of2020 at its Monday, December 21, meeting. This was the final scheduled Council meeting of 2020, and also the last meeting with Shari Weiner as the attorney representing the township and for Rudy Fernandez as mayor. It may be viewed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

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Superintendent Block discussed the relationship between the township and the schools as both navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. The topic was previously discussed at a “five on five” meeting between the Board of Education and Township Council last week.

H. Peter Schaub, Jr., 98, formerly of Livingston, died on December 18. He was born in Orange and moved to Roseland in 1999.

He attended Newark Academy and Dartmouth College and was a veteran of World War II, serving in the Coast Guard.

Mr. Schaub joined Smith Barney, Inc. in 1979, after serving as president of Harry P. Schaub, Inc. He became a certified financial planner in 1981.

He was a trustee of the AAA New Jersey Automobile Club from 1977 to 1995, serving as chairman in 1991. In addition, he was president of the Lewiston-Queenston Bridge prior to its sale to the Niagara Falls Bridge Commission in 1959; and a director of the Detroit International Bridge Company (Ambassador Bridge) for 16 years, until 1979.

Mr. Schaub was active in professional and civic organizations, including the Boys’ and Girls’ Clubs of Newark, the Bond Club of New Jersey, the Newark Athletic Club, the Down Town Club, and the Newark YMCA.

Harold Friedman, beloved father and grandfather, passed away on December 19, 2020 at the age of 86.

Harold was a lifelong New Jersey resident, and former resident of Livingston. He grew up in Hillside, where he graduated as valedictorian of his high school class. He then went on to attend Yale University, graduating as an economics major in 1956, and attended Yale University Law School, graduating in 1959.

Harold then began a legal career as a highly regarded private practice trial attorney. His career lasted more than five decades, and included handling trials in both State and Federal court as well as arguing before the New Jersey Superior Court, Appellate Division and appearing before the New Jersey State Supreme Court on several occasions. The consummate professional, Harold was known as a “lawyer’s lawyer,” who in addition to a long-standing career as a litigator also served for a period of time as an adjunct professor at Rutgers Law School in Newark.

Ronald Aronowitz of Livingston died on December 18. He was 85 years old.

Born in Passaic, Mr. Aronowitz received a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from New York University and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from Stevens Institute of Technology.

He was honorably discharged from the United States Army and later served in the National Guard. Following a business career at Hercules Powder Company, Cadence Industries, Revlon, and Elizabeth Arden, he taught business courses. He also volunteered at the Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, the Daughters of Israel, and other institutions.

Mr. Aronowitz is survived by his wife of60 years, Audre ZbarAronowitz; his son, Eric; his daughter, Lisa Borodkin; his son-in-law, Michael Borodkin; his sister, Sheila Stern; and two grandchildren.

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The last time Rudy Fernandez was mayor, the job was quite different. He has been on the Township Council since 2008, and was previously mayor in 2011 and 2013, the latter of which was Livingston’s bicentennial. But for his third year in “the center seat on the dais,” he had no idea that the COVID-19 pandemic would upend so much of what he knew about the job.

Township business still had to be attended to, sure, but gone were most events, like the ribbon cuttings and flag raisings that typically fill the calendar. Absent were in-person meetings, which were instead held via Zoom and livestreamed on the township’s Facebook page. In ways big and small, this was a year unlike any other, which meant it was a mayoral term like none that had preceded it.

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“I’d like to thank our ever-generous Livingston residents and our community partners for helping Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) provide for the homeless, profoundly poor and disenfranchised during this devastating pandemic,” said Jeff Friedman, founder and director of LPI. He noted that the resident-community partnership has proven “instrumental” to LPI’s work to assist the homeless, which has had to be re-invented because of COVID-19.
Friedman also reminded residents of LPI’s “Personal Shopping/Shipping to the Homeless” initiative. “Those who want to partner with LPI can shop online for warm coats, gloves, hats, scarves and warm men’s clothing. Diapers in all sizes are needed badly, as well,” he said.

The Camuso Holiday Display became a “winter wonderland” following the snowfall on Wednesday, December 9. On Tuesday, December 15, crews worked to “batten down the hatches,” putting some display items in storage and covering others to protect them, ahead of the major storm expected to begin on Wednesday. The display will be closed due to the storm, and reopening is uncertain. Prospective visitors should check the Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/CamusoFamilyHolidayDisplay for the latest updates on whether or not the display is open. Jerry Siskind and NBD Photos

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The COVID-19 pandemic has not stopped the Eisner family in Livingston from vigorously treating Annie’s leukemia, as well as vigorously fundraising to find a cure.

Annie became sick with acute myeloid leukemia, a rare cancer, on January 1. The staff at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC) quickly determined that a bone marrow transplant would be her best treatment. Fortunately, Annie’s sister Lainie was a perfect match.

First, however, the doctors had to getAnnie into a full remission, which took three rounds of chemotherapy and a targeted antibody treatment.

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The township’s agreement with Fair Share Housing Center (FSHC), which sets the amount of affordable housing needed in each municipality, was made public last Thursday, December 10. The Township Council reached an agreement at a special meeting in earlyNovember, and there will be a fairness hearing that will take place in Superior Court on January 14, 2021. There, the agreement will be reviewed by Judge Robert Gardner, who will evaluate whether an agreement between Livingston Township and FSHC is fair and reasonable to the region’s very low, and low and moderate income households in accordance with legal principles established by court decisions.

The Planning Board, at its meeting on Tuesday, December 15, discussed its 2021 meeting calendar; recommended the redevelopment of property on Peach Tree Hill Road, Block 3700, encompassing property on West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, South LivingstonAvenue, andArden Road; and heard additional applications.

The meeting was livestreamed on Zoom, though, as ofpress time, it was not made available on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page, as it has been during the pandemic.

It is expected to be the final Planning Board meeting of 2020. The next scheduled meeting, a reorganizational meeting, is scheduled for January 5, 2021.

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