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February 29, 2024

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center is wishing a happy birthday to Ivanna, who was the first baby born on Leap Day 2024 at the Livingston-based hospital.  Although parents Monica and Ivon may have preferred a different birthday for their daughter, Ivanna had her own plan, arriving ...

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Over the Presidents’ Day weekend, a group of Heritage Middle School students competed in the Annual Harvard National Speech and Debate Tournament as members of the Bergen County Debate Club (BCDC) travel team. Aanya RajSharma, Vincent Ye, Brielle Roberts and Sanaya ...

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TRENTON, NJ — The Senate Education Committee has advanced a proposal to allow some school districts to ask voters to raise local property taxes over the current 2% cap to cover reductions in state support for the district. Districts facing cuts in state aid or spending below the state’s ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — TAPinto has announced the addition of AccuWeather on all of its local news platforms, meaning that readers of TAPinto Livingston will now be able to be able to access the local weather forecast while catching up on original local news.  "You asked and we listened," said TAPinto ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Heritage Middle School cafeteria hit capacity and a crowd gathered outside the school on Tuesday night as dozens of community members from Livingston and beyond addressed the Livingston Board of Education (LBOE) both in support of and in opposition to a registration-only event ...

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TRENTON, NJ — Gov. Phil Murphy unveiled a $55.9 billion budget Tuesday -- the largest ever -- that he told a joint session of the Legislature would "ensure New Jersey retains its proud reputation as the best place, anywhere, to raise a family." The spending plan for Fiscal Year 25 increases ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston resident and award-winning New Jersey photographer Priya Nallathambi celebrated the grand opening of Studio 3S Portraits with a commemorative ribbon cutting ceremony on Monday afternoon, where members of the Livingston Township Council and Livingston Area Chamber of ...

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PASSAIC, NJ -- Livingston, the 16th seed, fell behind by 10 points early, but remained competitive the rest of the way in losing to heavily favored Passaic Tech, 37-27, in the quarterfinal round of the Section 1, Group 4 girls' basketball tournament on Monday. The Lancers (9-19), coming off ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Based on the average Livingston home assessed at approximately $721,000, homeowners will see a tax rate increase of about $193 per month if the 2024-2025 school district budget is adopted as presented earlier this month. This estimation, which is subject to change as budget ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Police Department (LPD) will be hold its fifth annual Junior Police Academy this summer, providing local students in sixth-through-eighth grade with a week of education and fun through a police academy format to be held from July 8 through July 12. From 7:45 a.m.

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Police Department has announced multiple shoplifting arrests over the last month in connection to unrelated incidents at Nordstrom Rack on W. Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Macy’s at the Livingston Mall and CVS Pharmacy on South Livingston Avenue. Nordstrom Rack has fallen ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston League of Women Voters in collaboration with the League of the Montclair Area recently hosted Livingston native Patricia Russo, Director of the Campaign School at Yale (CSY), for a workshop on running for office and leading campaigns. Fifty attendees representing ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Members of Mt. Pleasant Middle School’s Jewish Heritage Club recently organized an initiative to give back to the school community by delivering Valentine’s Day gifts to the district's crossing guards, who are committed to keeping students and their families safe every day, rain or ...

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PATERSON, NJ — The Livingston High School girls basketball team pulled off what might have been the biggest upset in New Jersey in the first round of the state tournament on Wednesday. The Lancers, seeded 16th, went on the road and knocked off top-seeded Paterson Eastside, 40-37, in the opening ...

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ROSELLE, NJ — The Livingston ice hockey team advanced in the first round of the NJSIAA North Jersey Public state tournament with a 5-1 victory over Summit on Tuesday. Summit (10-14) had a 1-0 lead through one period, but the Lancers (10-12) took a 2-1 lead on second-period goals by Rhyn ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — After 27 years of service to the Livingston Planning Board, including more than 22 years as its chairman, longtime Livingston resident Peter Klein was recently presented with a proclamation and honorary “Key to the City” upon his retirement. The consensus among several former ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration remains open through Feb. 28 for the 2024 baseball and softball season through Livingston Little League and Softball (LIVLLS), which offers leagues for boys ages five through 16 as well as girls in pre-school through eighth grade. All participants must be registered ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Arts Council of Livingston (ACL) has planned a “Visit Newark 2024!” adventure this spring, where community members are invited to tour historic areas of the City of Newark with an expert tour guide and enjoy lunch at Hobby’s Deli, a Newark staple for more than 100 ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — At its first networking meeting of 2024, the Livingston Area Chamber of Commerce (LACC) welcomed new and returning members to CareOne at Livingston Assisted Living to mingle over food and drinks and to catch up on the latest business-related community news from Livingston Mayor Al ...

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NUTLEY, NJ — Two wrestlers from Livingston High School emerged with titles at the NJSIAA District 10 tournament on Saturday. Alex Diorio won the 157-pound championship with a pin of Mitchell Sutter of Delaware Valley in the title bout. Diorio scored the fall at the 4:49 mark. Joseph Jean ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston resident and New Jersey Assemblywoman Rosaura “Rosy” Bagolie, who was among a group of local leaders who recently returned from a mission to the Israel and Gaza border, is sharing a personal reflection on her journey in response to many who have inquired about the ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Due to a miscalculation that caused only one snow day to be built into the 2023-2024 academic year at Livingston Public Schools (LPS), the district announced earlier this week that schools will now be open on Friday, April 5—previously scheduled as the final weekday of spring ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston residents are reminded that although all township offices will be closed on Monday, Feb. 19 in recognition of Presidents' Day, garbage and recycling will still be collected according to the regular schedule. Additionally, since there was no metal recycling pickup on ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Team Matchpoint, a local table tennis team consisting of Neel Gupta (Heritage Middle School), James Yang (Livingston High School), Grant Zou (Whippany Park High School) and Coach Sarafa Adeleke, recently emerged victorious in the prestigious North American Teams Championships in ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — For the second time in the last three weeks, more than 200 community members of all faiths gathered outside Livingston Town Hall on Friday to stand together against terrorism, to demonstrate support for the State of Israel and to demand the release of all remaining hostages. “It ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — A local group called NJ 11th for Palestine hosted an interfaith vigil outside Congresswoman Mikie Sherrill’s office at Livingston Town Hall on Friday to honor those killed since Oct. 7 in partnership with West Orange for Humanity, SOMA for Palestine, Jewish Voice for Peace - ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Table to Table, New Jersey’s first food rescue organization, is recognizing Livingston’s Harrison Elementary School in Livingston with the 2023 Bernard and Geraldine Segal Foundation Award for Student Philanthropy after students raised enough funds to create 14,600 meals as part of ...

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ESSEX COUNTY AREA, NJ — The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Weather Advisory and Winter Storm Watch for regions throughout New Jersey, including a "severe" warning issued for the Western Essex County area from approximately 1 a.m. to approximately 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13, as of ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston’s Berlin Beauty Medical Aesthetics, a boutique medical aesthetic studio specializing in anti-aging treatments such as wrinkle relaxers, lip fillers, hair restoration and more, is offering a special Valentine’s Day promotion through the end of February. The February ...

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Editor's Note: This article was written by Livingston Huaxia Chinese School students Asher Zhao and Claire Gao LIVINGSTON, NJ — With more than 500 people and 26 organizations in attendance for Livingston Chinese Culture Day (LCCD) held at Livingston High School (LHS) last weekend, the annual ...

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