West Essex Tribune

On Monday, November 2, the Livingston Township Council held a special meeting to approve a settlement agreement with Fair Share Housing Corporation concerning the town’s affordable housing obligations. The meeting was held virtually and may be viewed on the Livingston Township, NJ Facebook page.

The document has to be signed after it has been approved, at which point it will become a public document. That was not confirmed to have happened before the Tribune’s print deadline, as the FSHC also has to sign the document.

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As of Wednesday morning, November 4, the Livingston Health Department has reported that a total of 668 Livingston residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the first case was recorded in mid-March. 73 oftho se residents have died as a result of the virus. Compared to the same time last week, there are 34 new cases, with no additional deaths.

Governor Phil Murphy, this past week, has noted that Essex County, reporting an average above several hundred cases per day, remains the “biggest concern.”

“This virus has been waiting for us to get lax,” Governor Murphy said. “Stay vigilant, safe, and smart.”

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Livingston Philanthropies, Inc. (LPI) founder and director, Jeff Friedman, spoke, via Zoom at Tuesday morning’s Rotary meeting. He focused on homelessness and LPI’s mission of providing for the homeless and profoundly poor. LPI is urgently requesting new clothing items and diapers for families living below the poverty line. “The extreme need has rocketed as the pandemic continues,” Friedman explained at the meeting. LPI’s “Personal Shopping for the Homeless” initiative empowers generous Livingston residents to take advantage of online sales to purchase men’s medium, large and extra-large winter coats, winter jackets, underwear, socks, shirts, gloves, hats, scarves, and other accessories at reduced prices. Diapers in all sizes, 1 to 6, are immediately needed by families, many of whom are losing jobs at a record pace.

Because parents have not had much chance to watch their children in the Livingston High School marching band perform, band director Jim Hegedus invited them to last week’s “Thursday Night Lights,” a weekly opportunity for the band to participate in a virtual state competition.

“This was the first time we ever did anything like this in my 20 years here as band director – much like everything else in 2020,” said Hegedus. “Our parents have not had a chance to see the Lancer marching band perform this year other than the one home football game we had on October 9. So I decided to create this event and call it ‘Thursday Night Lights,’ a take on ‘Friday Night Lights’ for high school football games.”

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LADY LANCERS EARN SHUT-OUT: The Livingston High School girls’ varsity soccer team defeated the West Orange Mountaineers, 1-0, on Tuesday, October 20, at the Saint Barnabas Community Field in Livingston. Shown above, Lancer Goalie Gianna Healy redirects a potential Mountaineer goal. At right. Lancer defender Hailey Reuter cuts down the offensive lane to thwart a West Orange scoring drive. Don Schwartz Photos

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The Livingston Zoning Board of Adjustment held its monthly meeting online on Tuesday, October 27. Seven applications were heard; five were approved, and two were adjourned. Another two applications on the agenda had been adjourned prior to the meeting date.

Rear Deck

The Board granted a 5.6 foot rear yard setback variance to Dr. Michael Sheridan and the Shireen Trust for the property at 33 Burnet Hill Road for the construction of a deck.

Attorney Philip George told the Board that the house was constructed before the applicant realized a variance was needed.

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As of Wednesday morning, October 28, the Livingston Health Department has reported that a total of 634 Livingston residents have tested positive for COVID-19 since the first case was recorded in mid-March. Seventy-three of those residents have died as a result of the virus. Compared to the same time last week, there are 38 new cases, with one additional death.

New Jersey’s quarantine travel advisory currently has 39 states and territories on the list.

Individuals coming from the states and territories listed on the advisory should self-quarantine for 14 days. To be included on the travel ban, a state or territory must surpass ten average daily positive COVID-19 cases per 100,000 residents. New Jersey’s ban runs concurrently with New York and Connecticut. Currently, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, and Delaware all also meet this threshold. New Jersey governor Phil Murphy has advised people to avoid inessential travel between the states.

Olga Bareille, née Rossi, died on Sunday, October 25. She was 82 years old.

Raised in Livingston, Mrs. Bareille was born in Orange and later resided in Parsippany for 45 years. She worked for Bell Labs as a secretary before starting her family.

She was predeceased by her husband, George, to whom she was married for 50 years; and her brothers, Edward and Ronald Rossi.

Mrs. Bareille is survived by her daughters, Suzanne Blanch and her husband, Raymond, and Jeanne Drucks and her husband, Louis; her brother, Victor Rossi; six grandchildren; and one great-grandson. .

Visitation will be held on Friday, October 30, from 10 a.m. to noon at the Quinn-Hopping Funeral Home, Livingston. The funeral service will be held at noon, followed by entombment at Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Hanover.

In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donating to the Carol G. Simon Cancer Center Renovation Fund, Atlantic Health System Foundation for Morristown Medical Center.

Carol Ann Terhune (nee Buehler), who grew up in Livingston, died at her home in Morris Plains on October 21.

Born in Jersey City and raised in Livingston, Mrs. Terhune graduated from Livingston High School in 1959. She wed her high school sweetheart, Robert Terhune, in 1960. They were married until his death in 2013.

Mrs. Terhune served as the secretary of Mountain Way School and for the superintendent of the Morris Plains school system for 32 years, retiring in 2010. She is survived by her children,

She is survived by her children, Bob and Wendy Terhune, Lynn Terhune and Alex Ganuza, and Bill and Maureen Terhune all of Morris Plains, and Brian and Patty Terhune of Atlanta, Georgia. She is also survived by her brother, Bill (Sharon) Buehler of Portland, Oregon; and

13 grandchildren and two greatgrandchildren. Services are not being held due

Students in the Biotechnology Career Pathway at Livingston High School are back in the lab. The Biotechnology Career Pathway consists of skills-based courses focused on learning higher level laboratory procedures. This week, in their first in-person lab of the school year, students worked on asexual plant propagation.

“This particular type of plant propagation is a type of plant culture where horticulturists and gardeners can make clones of plants that are genetically identical to the parent plant. This type of propagation has been used as a farming practice since before recorded human history,” explained LHS science teacher and Biotechnology Pathway coordinator Diane Sigalas. “Students selected leaves from plants in the classroom or from their homes to propagate from. We will be working with these samples all year in order to promote the growth of new plants from these leaves and stem cuttings.”