West Essex Tribune

Services were held July 6 for Rosalind (Roz) Schaeffer, who died on June 29. Born and raised in Newark, she lived for many years in Livingston and then in Hollywood and Hallandale, Florida, for almost 30 years. She moved to Topeka, Kansas several years ago. Mrs. Schaeffer graduated from South Side High School, Newark, and received a teaching degree from Newark State Teachers College. She taught for several years, later working in the physical therapy department at St. Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston and as a personal shopper. Predeceased by her husband of 74 years, Jerry, in 2017, she is survived by her three sons, David (Bobbi) of Topeka, Peter (Liz) of Nantucket, Massachusetts, and Kevin (Pat) of Roseland; ten grandchildren; and seven great-grandchildren.

June 2, 1944 – June 30, 2018

At the end of the Monday, July 23, Township Council conference meeting, township manager Barry Lewis formally announced his intention to hire Gary Marshuetz as the Livingston Police Department’s next chief.

Marshuetz was recently promoted from Captain to Acting Chief when Chief Craig Handschuch announced his intention to retire at the end of the summer. Handschuch has been using accumulated paid time off this summer leading up to his retirement at the end of August.

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During the course of a quiet week during which most of the calls were false alarms, the Livingston Fire Department responded to two reports of downed wires.

On Sunday, July 22, fire officials went to 31 Knollwood Drive on a report of wires hanging low in the roadway. They found the wires to be telecommunications wires, and notified Verizon of the problem.

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Livingston students are using some of their summer break to explore new ideas, refresh their academic knowledge, and refocus on their personal interests at the the Livingston Public Schools Summer Academy.

The Academy is held at Livingston High School and offers small, intensive classes that range from academic courses to enrichment and artistic instruction.

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PREPARING FOR REPLACEMENT TURF: With removal of the artificial turf completed at the LHS Football Field, work has now started preparing the field for the replacement turf. Shown above, the field is being rolled on Monday, July 23. On Wednesday, the new turf was at the high school in bags, awaiting installation.

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VOLUNTEERING IS A FAMILY THING: Ella Lombardo, shown here, and her brother, Will, recently got together with their grandmother, Joyce Friedman, a board member of, and active volunteer with, Livingston Philanthropies, Inc., to create special gift bags for children. The gift bags are slated for distribution at St. John’s Soup Kitchen in Newark, where the Lombardo siblings will also assist stocking the shelves in the food pantry.

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Those saddened that the Diversity Festival was not part of this year’s Youth Appreciation Celebration (formerly Youth Appreciation Week) received good news at Monday’s Township Council conference meeting. A new diversity-focused music festival will take its place this fall at the West Essex YMCA.

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At the Monday, July 23, Township Council conference meeting, Rich Cornell, chairman of the Trails and Greenways Committee, presented a plan to establish a connected series of trails around Livingston’s 14 square miles. The plan would connect the township’s existing trails and incorporate use of the Passaic River.

We believe this is a fantastic idea that our residents would make great use of should it come to fruition.

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In a two-hour Township Council conference meeting, held Monday, July 23, at Town Hall, the Council approved a new diversity concert and discussed connecting walking trails within the township among other business.

Diversity Festival

Susan Burkenbush and Alan Karpas, on behalf of the Youth Appreciation Committee, West Essex YMCA, and the Livingston Committee for Diversity and Inclusion, requested the Council allocate $5,000 for a “Love+Unity Diversity Festival,” to be held this September at the YMCA.

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