West Essex Tribune

The Livingston Fire Department extinguished a blaze in a pick-up truck on Friday, November 20, at about 10:30 a.m. The fire took place on Route 280 west of exit 5, at the Livingston/Roseland border. No injuries were reported, and the fire was extinguished without incident. The Roseland Fire Department also responded to the scene.

Leaf, Utility Pole Fires

In an ers extinguished a leaf fire in front of 47 Sherbrooke Parkway. The fire had apparently been caused by a car parked on leaves left at the curb for pick-up.

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Livingston Boy Scout Troop 12 held its first outdoor Eagle Court of Honor on Sunday, November 15, for Eagle Scout Jayson Melhorn.

Melhorn had received his Eagle Scout rank, the highest rank attainable in Scouting, in December of 2019. His Eagle project was to raise funds for, and purchase, three defibrillators, which were presented to the Township Council for the Tevlin Fields and for the Police Department. He had worked with the Horowitz Foundation to obtain the defibrillators.

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At the Monday, November 23, meeting of the Livingston Township Council, members discussed a nearly $2 million appropriation to cover COVID-19-related deficits, and again held open a mixed-use housing ordinance, among otherbusiness. The meeting was held virtually and may be seen on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

During the public comment portion of the meeting, resident Alyse Berger Heilpern asked the Council what could be done by the Council to curb the spread of COVID-19, particularly in regard to working with the school district.

As of Tuesday morning, November 24, the Livingston Health Department has reported that a total of 842 Livingston residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the first case was recorded in mid-March. 74 of those residents have died as a result of the virus. Compared to the same time last week, there are 63 new cases, with no additional deaths. In the past month, there have been 237 cases.

Governor Phil Murphy cautioned residents to have small holiday gatherings due to the pandemic, to prevent further spread of the virus.

“16,500 families will have empty spaces at their Thanksgiving tables this year because of COV1D-19,” he said. “The last we want is for anyone’s Thanksgiving to lead to empty spots in their homes for the celebrations to come. Plan for a small gathering. Be safe and smart.”

CAMUSO DISPLAY: A shed, loaned by the Little League to the Camuso committee for storage use for the holiday display, is moved, as Camuso “elves” prepare to soon open the display. The lights on the display will turn on beginning on the evening of Saturday, December 5, and will remain on every night (weather permitting) through January 2. Lights typically turn on at 5 p.m. and remain on until 9 p.m. Sunday through Thursday, and until 10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. On Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s Day, the lights will remain on until 11 p.m. “So far everything is going exactly as planned,” Camuso “Elf” Tom Cooney said. “The Committee turnout for set up has been absolutely tremendous, with masks worn and some unexpected help from Mother Nature. As promised, the layout is slightly different, designed to help deter large groups from meeting in the walkways.

Former Livingston resident George G. Hill, Jr., died at home in Saint Augustine Beach, Florida, on November 11. He was 67 years old.

Mr. Hill was born to Marcia Bissell Hill and George G. Hill of East Orange. In 1955 the family moved to Livingston, and Mr. Hill graduated from Livingston High School in 1971. He was in the top ten percent of his class and a three-letter athlete in football, basketball and baseball. He graduated with a bachelor of arts degree with distinction in geography from Rutgers University in 1975, where he lettered in soccer.

In 2017, he retired from a 40-plus year career in data processing.

He married Margianne (Margie) Wilson in 1979, and they lived in New Hampshire for 36 years, moving to Saint Augustine Beach, Florida, in 2016.

A Heritage Middle School student hit his first-ever hole-in-one earlier this month, just one week after his Bar Mitzvah. OnNovember 7, Jordan Harris, an avid golfer, hit the ball in the cup on the seventh hole, a 135-yard par three, at Mountain Ridge Country Club in West Caldwell. He used a 5-hybrid and played with his dad and two friends.

“I couldn’t see if it was going to go in or not because it’s an uphill hole,” Harris said. “I didn’t think it was going to be a hole in one.”

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LANCER SPIRIT: The Lancer football team played its last home game on Friday, November 20, and the cheerleaders, color guard, and band performed for the last time this season. The cheerleaders, band, and color guard kept Lancer school spirit high. Shown at top, cheerleaders include, rear, Imani Medy, Sasha Lederman, Haleigh Harte, Ally Fong, Emma Michaels, Amanda Magenheim, Avery Smidt, and Jamie Britt; and front, Yemmanuella Bragarnik, Ja’Nasia Hansome-Conover, Genevieve DeRosa, Nicole Rojas, Vivian Turner, Laine Kowalski, and Vanessa Villalobos. The other photos here show members of the color guard and marching band performing. At bottom is Elias Porter on drums. Don Schwartz and Greg Margolis Photos

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Claire Ann Lister (nee Flanagan) of Frederick, Maryland, passed away on November 18 at the age of 95.

She was born onAugust 15, 1925 in Orange, New Jersey, to Joseph and Mary Flanagan. She was the oldest of three children, which included her younger brother Joe and youngest sister Marilyn. She attended Clifford J. Scott High School in East Orange, New Jersey, and graduated in 1943.

On June 7, 1947, Claire married her roller skating partner and high school sweetheart, Kenneth Vail Lister. They were married for 62 years until her beloved Kenny died in 2009. They lived inNewark, New Jersey, and Clifton, New Jersey, before moving to Livingston, New Jersey, where they remained for 40 years. After raising their four children and retiring in 1997, the couple moved to Pennsylvania for five years, and then to Frederick, Maryland, where Claire remained until 2018. Her last two and a half years of life were spent at Copper Ridge Nursing Home in Sykesville, Maryland.

Livingston Philanthropies Inc. (LPI) has issued an emergency appeal this week. Founder and director Jeff Friedman said, “We are reaching out for immediate help. The pandemic is causing massive and increasing homelessness, extreme poverty and deadly despair just minutes away from Livingston.”
Long food lines have popped up all over Newark, he said. “Parents living below the poverty line find themselves waiting, each day, to feed their families adequate or sometimes Spartan meals. Then, it’s on to the next food pantry for yet another queue.”
Through Livingston Philanthropies, which is now in its tenth season of operation in town, Livingston residents can reach out immediately to help.
“Here’s how to help right now,” Friedman said. “You can send a tax-deductible contribution to LPI, P.O. Box 247, Livingston, NJ 07039 or go to paypal.me/lpinj to empower LPI to purchase food, toiletries, diapers, coats, gloves, scarves, hats, masks and more.