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The Livingston Township Council enacted ordinances governing electronic cigarettes and sanitary sewers on Monday evening. Amending a current ordinance prohibiting smoking in township facilities, the first ordinance adds electronic cigarettes to the ban. The ordinance additionally prohibits the use of "electronic smoking devices" in all government buildings or on any township property located within 500 feet of any elementary or secondary educational institution. The amended ordinance also expands prohibited areas to include all outdoor public parks and recreational areas that are owned, leased, or used by the township. Councilman Rudy Fernandez noted that the ordinance will stay relevant as the town's open space expands now and in the future.

The Livingston Board of Education held a special workshop meeting on Wednesday, August 6, to interview the six individuals who volunteered to fill the two Board positions vacated when Leslie Winograd and Dr. David Jasin moved out of town.

The Livingston Police Department sponsored a children's poster contest for national night out. Hundreds of posters demonstrated the theme, "together We Make a safe neighborhood."

Charlie Quinn, an army infantry veteran of the Vietnam War, was presented with medals by Livingston Veterans of Foreign Wars Post Commander tom Bucca at a recent VFW meeting. For his service, the U.s. government presented Quinn with a Purple Heart (awarded to those wounded in action); a Bronze star; a Combat infantry Badge; the national Defense Medal; a Vietnam Campaign ribbon; and a republic of Vietnam gallantry Cross Unit Citation, among several other medals.

Members of the Vision 20/20 Marketing and Communications Committee presented a report to the Township Council at the Council's conference meeting on Monday evening. Alan Karpas and Walter LeVine presented the committee's fi ndings to the Council, noting that the purpose of the committee was to assess the needs of the residents.

The Byron Place footbridge, which sustained damage from recent flooding, is currently undergoing some rehabilitation. Township manager Michele Meade said that the footbridge should be repaired by the start of the school year.

Cooling off at National Night Out: The Livingston Fire Department helped residents keep cool on Tuesday evening as part of the township’s sixth annual National Night Out celebration. After sundown, The Lego Movie was shown on the outdoor 60-foot screen, which can be seen in the background above.

Acting Essex County prosecutor Carolyn A. Murray along with Newark police director Eugene Venable and West Orange Chief of Police James P. Abbott have announced that three suspects have been arrested in connection with the June 25 murder of 19-year-old Brendan Tevlin of Livingston. A registered sex offender and a suspect in two Seattle homicides, Ali Muhammad Brown, 29, of Seattle, Washington, has been charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, conspiracy to commit robbery, possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and unlawful possession of a weapon.