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March 14, 2024

LIVINGSTON, NJ — Registration is now open to Livingston residents for all spring and summer 2024 programs offered through Livingston’s Senior, Youth and Leisure Services (SYLS) department, including a vast array of youth activities, fitness and enrichment classes for adults and seniors, family and ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Detective Bureau is investigating a residential burglary that occurred Friday on Thames Drive, which was the second home burglary reported over the last month. A few weeks earlier, Livingston officers responded to a Montgomery Road residence on a report of a ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — After recently returning from a 40-hour fact-finding mission to the Israel and Gaza border with a group of area educators, legislators and community leaders, Livingston Public Schools (LPS) Superintendent Dr. Matthew Block shared a personal reflection on his journey and lessons ...

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MAPLEWOOD, NJ — Frank Sanchez, the principal of Columbia High School in Maplewood, was arrested on Friday on charges of Second Degree Felony of Child Endangerment and Simple Assault.  According to a statement from Thomas Fennelly, chief assistant prosecutor for Essex County, Sanchez was put on ...

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TRENTON — Advocates for transparency and open government testified Monday, March 11, against an overhaul to the state’s Open Public Records Act as government interests lauded the measure. The bill (S-2930), which if passed would be the first major update to the state’s public records law in over ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The Livingston Detective Bureau is investigating multiple recent vehicle burglaries that have occurred in residential and commercial areas over the last few weeks on the following roads. Vista Drive — Livingston officers responded most recently to a Vista Drive residence, where ...

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SUMMIT, NJ — During the opening weekend of this year’s Cycle for Survival event at Equinox in Summit, members of the Livingston Chinese Association participated for the first time as Team LCASTRONG and has been inspired to continue garnering support through the fundraising deadline of April ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — The curtains are now open on the Livingston High School (LHS) theater club’s spring musical, “Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella,” and will continue through the weekend with performances to be held on March 8 and March 9 at 7 p.m. with a matinée offered on March 9 at 2 ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Livingston residents Eli Morse (eighth grade), Sophie Chua (sixth grade), who recently joined forces with Roseland seventh grader Arnav Jadhav to form the VEXPERTS Robotics team at the new location for the Livingston Robotics Club (LRC), are already making waves as newcomers to the ...

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CAMBRIDGE, MA — Omega Speech and Debate (OSD), a local public speaking and debate academy established in 2020 by then-Livingston High School (LHS) freshman and now Harvard College student Matthew Zhang, is celebrating the remarkable achievements of its students at the 2024 Harvard National Speech ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — In response to several community members who have expressed concern about the solar eclipse that will occur on Monday, April 8 from approximately 3 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.—around the same time as regularly scheduled school dismissal times at Livingston Public Schools (LPS)—the Livingston ...

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EAST HANOVER, NJ — The Big L Club, the official sports booster club for Livingston High School (LHS), will hold its annual Duffy Casino Night—renamed in memory of active member and event founder Patricia “Trish” Duffy—on Friday, March 15 from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Hanover Manor in East ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — After hosting two successful Jail and Bail fundraisers for “Orange Ribbons for Jaime,” an organization raising awareness about gun violence and other causes in memory of Parkland, Fla. school shooting victim Jaime Guttenberg, Livingston High School junior Rayna Stern is adding some ...

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STATEN ISLAND, NY — Jessica Oji, a junior from Livingston High School, took first place in New Jersey in the shot put at the indoor track NJSIAA Meet of Champions on Saturday. Oji won the gold medal with a throw of 44-09.25, besting the second-place finisher by nearly 3 feet.  In the boys ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ – In their annual report on Livingston Public Schools (LPS) graduates—where LPS Director of School Counseling Sinead Crews and Livingston High School (LHS) College Counselor Nicole Rothman presented relevant data from the Class of 2023—Crews and Rothman analyzed statistics related to ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — In recognition of International Women’s Day on March 8, Lena Berlin of Berlin Beauty Medical Aesthetics in Livingston will host a pop-up event in collaboration with other local beauty experts to celebrate all the women who are breaking barriers and making history. From 10 a.m.

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BRADLEY BEACH, NJ — In a decision that has ignited fury within the Bradley Beach community, Mayor Larry Fox has come under intense scrutiny for allowing Police Chief Leonard Guida to retire without facing disciplinary actions following his involvement in a physical altercation with Sergeant William ...

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LIVINGSTON, NJ — Two Livingston High School (LHS) students, freshman Rewa Jain and sophomore Carolyn Chen, recently qualified as international quarterfinalists when the Women in Entrepreneurship and STEM (WESTEM) Club—which supports underrepresented genders in business and STEM through various ...

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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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