NEWS
ARCHIVES 2006
DECEMBER 2006
Bring your new mittens, gloves,
hats and scarves to the Mitten Tree, sponsored
by the Department of Recreation and Parks, at the
Hillside Avenue Community Center. Donations go to
a local distribution center for homeless shelters
and underprivileged children.
HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS COMMITTEE
seeks contributions
LIVINGSTON
ARTS ASSOCIATION FALL SHOW at the Hillside
Avenue Community/Senior Center until Tuesday, December
12
Did
you get your flu shot? Additional,
evening clinic on Wednesday, December 13!!
Essex County
Clerk at Library Saturday, December 9 from
10:00 am - 1:00 pm
more
info
SENIOR
SPEAKER SERIES
Arleen Winston Goldman on Women's
Finances Wednesday, December 6, 7:30 pm at the Senior/Community
Center
LIVINGSTON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
ANNUAL HOLIDAY TEA
Sunday December 3
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Old Force Homestead
366 S. Livingston Ave.
Open to the community!
LACD
WINTER SPORTS CLINICS
December 3: Soccer
November 2006
NEW
DOG PARK PAVERS
FALL LEAF
COLLECTION
Map
The Program
Bags
ELECTION
RESULTS FOR LIVINGSTON COUNCIL
as reported in the Star-Ledger
Congratulations
to:
Charles
"Buddy" August (D)
Arlene Johnson (D)
Leland A. Peyser (D)
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Seeking
volunteers for Town Committees: Deadline is November
9
Offices of Livingston Township will
be closed for Veterans Day on Friday, November 10
October 2006
Carmela Cecere,
co-president of the Livingston Symphony Orchestra (LSO),
will be honored at its opening concert on November 4.
Info about Cecere
Concert flyer
Concert press release
Jon Gonder is featured soloist
"GATEWAY NORTH"
OPEN SPACE DEDICATED OCTOBER 21
See more!
A public meeting
will be held on Monday, October 30 at 8:30 pm at
Town Hall to hear comments and needs of
residents regarding trails in Livingston and to
discuss a municipal trails and greenways plan.
Click
for flyer
Click
for story
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Don Larsen
Opens New Sports Complex at Okner
LIVINGSTON
TRAILS AND GREENWAYS PLAN SURVEY
Get a paper copy or
fill
it out online
until October 27, 2006
Find out more
New
Senior Speaker Series
Begins: Friday, October 27
1:00 pm at the Senior/Community Center
NJ Historian John Cunningham on Harry Dorer
Town Council Candidates
Night is Wednesday October 25 at 8:00 pm at
LHS
The Township Clerk's
Office at Town Hall will be open from 4:30 p.m.
- 9:00 p.m. on Tuesday, October 17, the final day for
voter registration.
"A
Lunch for Adam" on Sunday, October
22, 2006
Essex
County Computer & Electronics Recycling
Saturday, October 21
Halloween
Party
Sponsored by LACD and the Family Resource Network
Saturday, October 21
"A
proud half-century for symphony. . .Livington orchestra
has passion, family feeling and acclaimed conductor" .
. .read the October 12, 2006 Star Ledger Story
Breast
Cancer Awareness
Speaker: Andrea Karasian
Friday, October 20 at 12:00 pm
Annual
Pink Ribbon Tree Decoration Ceremony
Wednesday, October 18 at 3:00 pm at Town Hall
Essex County
Clerk's Office will visit the Livingston Public
Library on Saturday, October 14. . . find
out more, including its monthly visits to Livingston
Blood
Drive
Sponsored by the Livingston
Fire Department
Tuesday, October 10, 2006
Okner Athletic
Fields Dedication Ceremony
Saturday, October 7, 2006
10:00 am at the Okner Fields
Meet Don Larsen! more info
September 2006
Fall Health
Fair on Saturday, September 30
Blood work, screenings, more. . .
8:30 am - 12:00 noon
Call the Nursing Division at (973)535-7961 exts. 226,
227 or 228 for more info
Art at the Oval on Sunday September 17
A fine art and craft exhibition/sale
11:00 am - 5:00 pm at Memorial Park
Co-sponsored by the Arts Council of Livingston and HSBC
Bank USA
Free admission
Welcome to Livingston
Picnic on Monday, September 18 from 5:30
pm - 7:00 pm
Hillside Avenue Community/Senior Center
For residents who have moved into Livingston during the
past year
Rain or shine
Reservations and info: 973 535-7961 ext 231
Ceremony of Remembrance
Monday, September 11, 2006
7:30 p.m.
9-11 Living Memorial Garden on the Oval
Livingston Community
Players - Auditions for "The King and I"
Northland Community Center
Sunday September 10 and Monday September 11
For information call Phyllis Meranus at 973 994-0102 or Lois Dyer at 973 533-1809
"50 Years
and All that Jazz" Concert and Benefit for
the Livingston Symphony Orchestra on Friday,
September 8 at 7:00 pm at Cedar Hills Country Club..
.features Gil & Tuey, Rio Clemente and Cornucopia.
. . more info
August
2006
Congratulations
to our two American Little League teams!
the
Star-Ledger story
Steve
Politi's column about the kids' sportsmanship
Essex County
Summer 2006 - Free Music in the Parks! See
schedule through September 1!
The Essex
County Clerk's office will visit Livingston
Town Hall on Monday, August 21 from 2:00 pm - 8:00
pm. more info
Read about
our health department in
the August 13 Star Ledger
Kiwanis
Club Annual Golf Classic
August 15
Seeking
Sponsors to benefit The Valerie Fund/Camp Happy Times
Meeting of the Essex County
Board of Chosen Freeholders
Thursday, August 10, 2006
7:00 – 9:00 p.m.
Town Hall, Livingston
Open to the Public
July
2006
Sunday
evening concerts at the Gazebo! Last concert
is July 30!
County
Clerk's office in Livingston Monday, July 17
from 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Public
presentation of plans for new municipal and police
buildings at the Township Council meeting on
July 10 at 8:00 pm
June 2006
The Essex
County Town Clerk's office will visit Livingston
on Monday, June 19 from 2:00 pm - 8:00 pm. More
info
4th
Annual Essex County Open House
Saturday,
June 17
10:00 am - 2:00 pm
Turtle Back Zoo
560 Northfield Ave., West Orange
FREE STROKE
SCREENING AND AWARENESS PROGRAM
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM on Friday, June 9 at the
Senior Community Center Read
more about it
Also: Surviving
Spring Allergies
May 2006
Livingston's Annual
Memorial Day Parade
Monday,
May 29
Ceremony begins 9:30 am at Memorial Park
Parade begins at 10:00 am
Former township manager Chuck Tahaney will serve
as Grand Marshall
Livingston
Town Center Opening
Saturday, May 27 at 8:45 am
Rededicate Lions Park
New street sign for Seymour Schram
Street Fair begins at 2:00 pm
Read more
about it
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Livingston's
11th Annual Youth Appreciation Week, May
22-29!
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GERSHWIN
CONCERT on Saturday, May 20 at 8:00 pm
at Livingston High School
presented by the Livingston Symphony Orchestra
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ELECTRONICS/COMPUTER
RECYCLING on Saturday, May 20 (free for Essex
County residents)
VISIT THRU
THE LENS, an exhibit of photographs by the
Livingston Camera Club at the Senior/Community Center
through May 20
HOW
SECURE IS YOUR HOME COMPUTER? Find
out at the Home
Computer Security Workshop Wednesday, May 17,
2006
7:30 pm at the Senior/Community Center
BLOOD
DRIVE on Tuesday, May 16 - 5:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Sponsored by the Livingston Fire Department - More
info!
PEDESTRIAN
SAFETY Forum on Tuesday, May 16
- The
Essex County Clerk's office will visit Livingston
Town Hall on
Monday, May 15 from 2:00 - 8:00 pm. More
info
- US Rep.
Bill Pascrell, Jr.'s staff members will hold a
mobile office program at Livingston Town
Hall on Monday, May 15 from 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm. More
info
- Register
to Vote IN PERSON at Town Hall on
Tuesday May 16 - 4:30 pm - 9:00 pm - More
info
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Kiwanis
Karnival!
Tuesday - Saturday,
May 9 – May 13
More info!
Kiwanis
Karnival for Persons with Disabilities on Saturday
May 13 from 11 am-1 pm
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On
Wednesday afternoon (May 10), Irvington Police
fatally shot the bear that had been wandering through
Essex County -- beginning in Livingston -- for
two days. For information about bears, click this
link for New Jersey Fish and Wildlife:
http://www.njfishandwildlife.com/pdf/bearcountry.pdf
Hazardous
Waste Collection on Saturday,
May 6
Environmental
Awareness Essay Contest for middle and high school
students:
“Identifying Livingston’s Natural
Treasures and Ways to Preserve Them”
For middle and high school students - due
May
1
Click
for rules and
application!
April
2006
STRIDE
INTO SPRING! Join the Livingston Nurses on
Wednesdays from April 5 - June 28 from 12:30 pm
to 1:00 pm Call 973 535-7961 ext
226, 227 or 228 for more info!
Livingston
Advisory Committee for Disabilities
"Welcome to Spring" Party
Saturday, April 22
12 Noon – 2 pm
Livingston Community Center
Music – Dancing – Crafts –
Refreshments
Call Lauren
Glassman (973)
535-7961, ext.
231for more
info!
Spring
Health Fair
Monday, April 24
8:30 am - 12:00 noon
Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Ave.
Call 973 535-7961 ext 226, 227 or 228 for more info!
NEW
article about
Public Health!
On
Tuesday, April 25, the Arts
Council of Livingston will hold its second
"Celebration of the Arts" at the Crystal Plaza.
CANDIDATES
NIGHT!
The Livingston League of Women Voters will hold a Board
of Education Candidates Night on Wednesday, April 5 at
8:00 pm at the Community/Senior Center, 204 Hillside
Ave. There are two openings for the Board. The five candidates
are the two incumbents, Bonnie Granatir and Doree Kesselbrenner,
and newcomers Justin Alpert, Charles Granata and John
Horton. Each candidate will present opening and closing
statements and respond to questions from the League and
from the audience.
TICKETS ARE
AVAILABLE for the 18th annual Intergenerational Prom
on Wednesday, April 5! The theme: a sock hop! Senior
citizens please contact Kay Whitman at 973 535-7975
for more information.
Livingston
Symphony Orchestra presents
Youth & Magical Tales
Saturday, April 1
8:00 pm at Livingston High School
Program: Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade; Sibelius' Violin
Concerto
Ticket
and additional
info
March
2006
VOTER REGISTRATION
The Clerk’s
Office at Town Hall will be open Tuesday evening,
March 28, from 4:30 to 9:00 PM for voter registration.
This is the final day to register to be eligible
to vote in the Board of Education Election on Tuesday,
April 18. Any
questions, or for additional information, call the
Clerk’s office at 973-535-7965.
The new wing
of the library is open! For more information,
visit the library's home page at http://www.bccls.org/livingston/
Traffic
News: Continuing bridge re-construction
on East Northfield Road at Heron Road. . .
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The
County Clerk will visit Livingston Town Hall on
Monday, March 20 from 2:00 - 8:00 pm to process passport
applications, veterans' and physicians' licenses
and notary public oaths.
Also
on March 20 at Town Hall, the mobile office representative
of US Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. is scheduled
to appear from 7:30 pm - 8:15 pm.
There is
an opening for an alternate member on the Livingston
Environmental Commission (LEC).
. .interested residents may send resumes and cover
letters by mail or email to: Township Clerk Glenn
Turtletaub, Livingston Town Hall, 357 South LIvingston
Avenue, Livingston, NJ 07039 by March 16.
The
new wing of the library is open! For more information,
visit the library's home page at http://www.bccls.org/livingston/
February
2006
The Livingston
Historical Society's meeting on Monday,
February 27 at 7:30 pm will feature Dr. Chi-Cheng
Wu who will speak about the local Chinese community
in Livingston. The public is invited and there is
no charge. For more information call Helen Shumsky
at 973 992-3017.
Congressman
Rodney Freylinghuysen will hold a public Town Hall
meeting
Saturday, February 25, 10:00 am - 11:00 am
Livingston Senior and Community Center, 204 Hillside
Avenue
Valentine's
Community Dance!
Friday February 17
Senior/Community Center
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm
For more info: Call
973 535-7925
Find out
about cancer in Essex County
The Livingston League of Women Voters welcomes epidemiologist
Dr. Stanley Weiss to speak about the incidence of cancer
in Essex County on Wednesday, February 15 at 8:00 pm
at the Senior/Community Center, 204 Hillside Avenue.
Coordinators of the Essex County Cancer Coalition will
speak about prevention and outreach.
Internet
Dangers for Children
The Livingston PT Council Safety Committee invites parents
to learn about Internet dangers faced by children and
what you can do as a parent. Wednesday, February 15 at
7:30 pm at Heritage Middle School, with Arnold
Anderson, an investigator with the Essex County Prosecutors
Office and a Livingston parent.
Wear
something Red, and meet the town nurses at
the Livingston oval on Wednesday, February 15 between
12:30 pm and 1:00 pm for a half hour walk to raise
awareness about the risks of cardiovascular disease
and women!
Have a great time
and support Project Graduation at Casino
Night- Thursday, February 9 from 6 - 10 pm at the Crystal
Plaza! (For adults only!)
Meet Dr.
Brad Draeger, the Board of Education' candidate
for Superintendent, on Monday night, February 6 at
7:00 pm in the LHS media center. . .
The winner of
the Livingston Open Space Committee photo contest
is Malini Parekh. Click to see her beautiful photo, Walkway! and read
about her inspiration from Livingston's open
spaces!
SPORTS
PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS
Wednesdays from February 1 - June 7
For more info
January 2006
Hurricane
Relief Information Center
from
the Livingston Clergy Association
Don't miss
the LSO young people's concert, "Parade
of the Animals" on January 29! Kevin
Chen, 12, a gifted young violinist and student of
Naoko Tanaka at The Juilliard School, will perform
the third movement of Saint-Saens' Violin Concerto
No. 3. The concert will take place at 2 p.m. at Livingston
High School in Livingston. Children, accompanied
by an adult, will be admitted free of charge. For
more information about the event call (973) 635-8656.
Livingston's Eighth Annual Day of Unity and Service in
Honor of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Click
to see photos
of the service
projects!
Click
to see photos
of the evening
celebration!
On Wednesday,
Jan. 18 at 8:00 pm at the Senior/Community Center
Livingston
League of Women
Voters presents
Mayor Renee
Green, who
will discuss
topics including
a new theater,
and affordable
housing, and
Peter Klein,
Chairman of
the Livingston
Planning Board.
Livingston Advisory
Committee for Disabilities
Free basketball clinic for children and adults with special
needs
WHEN: Sunday, January 8
TIME: Noon – 1:00 p.m.
WHERE: West Essex YMCA
To register in advance call (973) 454-0820
The Organizational
Meeting and Swearing-In Ceremony of Renee Green
as Mayor and Lee Peyser as Deputy Mayor on Sunday,
January 1. Additional
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