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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The state of the school budget and the ongoing search for a permanent superintendent was the focus of discussion at last week’s Livingston Board of Education (LBOE) meeting.

Bringing the ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — With a theme of “Trade and Commerce,” Livingston’s Sanskriti School, a subgroup of Sanskriti of New Jersey, recently hosted its annual Heritage Day at the Livingston Senior and Community Center with nearly 150 parents and children in attendance.

The volunteer-run school, which meets every Sunday during the academic school year, strives to teach ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Holocaust survivors Fred Heyman and Dr. Norbert Bikales recently spoke to the members of the eighth grade class at Heritage Middle School (HMS), who were required to read Elie Wiesel’s “Night” as part of a unit of study entitled “Why Should We Remember?”

According to the school, hosting Holocaust survivors each year provides an ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — In conjunction with Gov. Phil Murphy’s state of emergency declaration on Monday afternoon, Livingston Public Schools (LPS) shared via a special visual announcement that all schools, including after school programs and activities, will be closed on Tuesday due to snow and ice in the forecast.

Livingston Police Chief Gary Marshuetz has asked that all residents ...

NEWARK, NJ — Nine Essex County police departments—including Livingston, Fairfield, Roseland, North Caldwell, West Caldwell, Caldwell, Essex Fells, Verona and Cedar Grove—have launched a joint anti-crime task force in conjunction with the Essex County Prosecutor's Office (ECPO) following a string of vehicle break-ins and thefts in these areas.

Acting Essex ...

NUTLEY, NJ -- Three Livingston wrestlers got all the way to the championship round of the NJSIAA District 9 tournament on Saturday, but in the end, each of them were beaten by a wrestler from Delbarton.

Austin Paris, Jason Wittlinger and Anthony Petrillo all represented the Lancers in the final round of the tourney. In the semifinals, Paris pinned Daniel Jennings of Nutley in 3:30 in the ...

NORTH CALDWELL, NJ -- Livingston ran out to a 15-point lead after one quarter and went on to a 56-41 boys basketball victory over West Essex on Wednesday.

 Chris Boulin scored 21 points for the Lancers (13-7), who led, 19-4, after one quarter and 33-10 at halftime. Abe Rimatzki scored 12 points and Evan Goldenstein netted nine in the victory.

Garrett Kessler led West Essex (6-13) with ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ -- The Livingston girls basketball team dominated the boards and came away with a 42-29 victory over Newark Central Monday night.

Kayla Parsons scored 13 points, grabbed six rebounds and made three steals for the Lancers (14-3), who had four players with six rebounds or more.

Morgan Scherr was a force inside with 10 points, 13 rebounds and two blocked shots for Livingston.

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Two Livingston-based nonprofit organizations, including and the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Essex County chapter and ARC of Essex County, were among the 33 nonprofits to receive funding as part of Essex County’s $5.5 million in community development block grants (CDBG) and emergency solutions grants (ESG).

The $9,800 awarded to NCJW will supports ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — A few weeks after having record participation at its 21st annual Martin Luther King (MLK) Jr. Day of Service event, the Livingston Committee for Diversity and Inclusion (LCDI) joined Mayor Al Anthony and members of the township council in honoring the many volunteers on Monday.

Since the success of this annual event relies on a true community effort, LCDI ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Girls on the Run (GOTR) of New Jersey East is currently seeking volunteers to empower girls through running for the spring 2019 season at various chapters, including Livingston, West Orange, the Caldwells, Roseland, Fairfield and other locations throughout the area.

GOTR is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ — Two Livingston-based nonprofit organizations, including and the National Council of Jewish Women (NCJW) Essex County chapter and ARC of Essex County, were among the 33 nonprofits to receive funding as part of Essex County’s $5.5 million in community development block grants (CDBG) and emergency solutions grants (ESG).

The $9,800 awarded to NCJW will supports ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — After 39 out of 52 members of the Livingston Democratic County Committee (LDCC) heard from each of the three candidates selected to contend for the open council seat, Michael Vieira earned an “overwhelming” majority of the votes on Wednesday, according to LDCC Chair Patricia Sebold.

Upon hearing the outcome of the vote, Vieira said he was grateful for ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Democratic County Committee announced just before midnight on Wednesday that the members of the committee “voted overwhelmingly” to have Michael Vieira sworn in to accept the vacancy created by Michael Silverman’s resignation.

Upon being selected as one of the three candidates for consideration in January, Vieira said that if appointed, ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The members of Levine, Jacobs & Company, LLC recently announced their new association with the Florham Park-based CPA firm of Limsky Kypriotis, which will now continue to practice under the name of Levine, Jacobs & Company, LLC with offices at 333 Eisenhower Parkway in Livingston.

“Herbert Limsky, CPA and Rina Kypriotis, CPA have a long ...

FLORHAM PARK, NJ – The Alzheimer’s Association of Greater New Jersey (AAGNJ) will be among the chapters to benefit from the new leadership of Kristina Fransel, who joins the world’s leading voluntary health organization in Alzheimer’s care, support and research as head of “Region 13, which includes the Greater New Jersey, Delaware Valley and Greater Pennsylvania ...

NEW PROVIDENCE, NJ — TAPinto.net, a network of 80 franchised online hyperlocal news sites in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Florida, marked the beginning of 2019 with a record month of traffic in January, logging 1,058,415 unique readers and 3,022,150 pageviews.  The record marks continued growth in TAPinto’s readership and engagement metrics across ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston’s own Jayden Declet, an eighth grader at Heritage Middle School, recently added the Old Library Theatre's award for Best Youth Actress in a Lead Role to her growing list of accolades after receiving praise for her performance in the musical “Parade.”

Declet’s character in the Old Library Theatre production of ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Hundreds of community members from Livingston and beyond celebrated the Lunar New Year through the township’s annual Livingston Chinese Culture Day (LCCD) 2019, held last weekend at Livingston High School.

Four local Chinese community organizations—including the Livingston Huaxia Chinese School, Livingston Chinese Association, Livingston Chinese School ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Lancer and Lab Jazz Bands will be performing a full repertoire of songs at the upcoming Jazz Bands Dinner Dance, hosted annually by the Livingston High School (LHS) Band Boosters. The LHS cafeteria will be transformed into a hip nightclub for the event with dinner provided by Turano’s Pizza Kitchen on Saturday, March 2 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.

According ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ -- Meditation is a hot topic.

Whether you have heard about the benefits of meditation from a friend, your yoga teacher, the news or even your doctor, it is an area of health people are starting to become more aware of.

Beginning a meditation practice can be overqhelming. Quieting the mind is a muscle you need to strengthen with practice. But the benefits you’ll ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — One of the Livingston area's most popular yoga instructors has seen her career path shaped by events as disparate as 9/11 and a proliferation of unhealthy conditions in one of her former workplaces.

The trajectory that has led Jen Shulman—known to the yoga community as "YogaJen"—to bring many of her longtime clients over to CardioYoga in ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Girls on the Run (GOTR) of New Jersey East is currently seeking volunteers to empower girls through running for the spring 2019 season at various chapters, including Livingston, West Orange, the Caldwells, Roseland, Fairfield and other locations throughout the area.

GOTR is a physical activity-based, positive youth development program ...

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Among the 63 priests listed by the Newark Archdiocese on Wednesday as being “credibly accused” of sexual abuse are five priests who served at churches in Livingston, including St. Philomena’s Church and St. Raphael Parish.

Cardinal Joseph Tobin, archbishop of the Archdiocese of Newark, said the list consists of “diocesan clergy ...

CALDWELL, NJ — Home staging, a method of decorating meant to highlight a home’s most impressive assets, is the key to helping potential buyers imagine themselves moving in, according to realtor Jennifer Szewcyk of Coldwell Banker in Caldwell.

“Staging a home to sell doesn’t require spending a lot of money; it’s really just making smart decisions,” said ...

WEST ORANGE, NJ — Homebuyers and home sellers have every reason to seek out a real estate brokerage that will afford them the best services. Part of that equation entails identifying an agent with expertise a wide range of topics relating to the market, local neighborhoods, marketing, negotiating, processing transactions and financing options.

Beyond the knowledge and skills, an ...