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A 33 year old bicyclist, Bonifacio Arias of 79 West Mt. Pleasant Avenue, was injured when he was struck by a vehicle turning out of the driveway at 357 South Livingston Avenue, the township's municipal complex.

The Livingston High School varsity football team is shown running plays during practice in preparation for its season opening game against Millburn on Saturday, September 13, at home

A COOL GREETING

With technology changing at an ever increasing pace, it's not always easy for those who have not grown up with it to keep up with the times. In an effort to remedy this problem 15 year old Livingston resident Ben Boxer recently donated his time to teach Livingston senior citizens how to use their iPads, iPhones and other "smart" devices.

Livingston's public schools will open for the 2014-15 academic year next Thursday, September 4, witha total enrollment in the district of 5,862, according to the latest figures  released by school officials. The district has welcomed a total of 43 new teachers for the new school year.

Fire Department volunteers extinguished a fire in the driveway of 19 Wynnewood Road, the home of John and Geralyn Kovac, on Wednesday, August 20. According to fire officials, the home's hardwood floors had been re-finished, and the fire occurred outdoors when improperly discarded floor finishing materials and sawdust spontaneously combusted.

When acting governor Kim Guadagno signed Assembly Bill No. 2072 into law, requiring high schools to provide students with hands-on training in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and the use of an automated external defibrillator (AED) last Wednesday, there was no worry on the part of Livingston staff and administration. While some districts scramble to comply with the new law, Livingston is ahead of the curve.

A new ticket booth is being constructed at the entrance to the Al Jacobson field at Livingston High School. LHS students in the technology department's architecture CAD class designed and framed the structure.

The following article was prepared by Marilyn Lehren, manager of Communications/Community Outreach for the Livingston public schools.

The Livingston Board of Education selected former Board members Ron Spring and Ronnie Konner on Wednesday, August 13, from among a field of six volunteers to fill the unexpired terms of Dr. David Jasin and Leslie Winograd, who had each moved out of town. Spring and Konner will serve through the January 5, 2015 reorganization meeting. "We were fortunate to have six very strong candidates interested in what we are doing," said Board president Barry Funt, "but we can only choose two." The volunteers were interviewed during a public meeting on August 6.