Livingston New Jersey news

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.

8U Livingston Thunder White finished in second place in the Denville League a Division softball Championship. shown in the front row are tori Kelber, isabella Diianni, sylvie Friedman, Kelly Deltufo, Christina newman, and Lauren Bambrick. Behind them are Heather Downey, emily Martin, Daniella Diianni, Christine Belcuore, gianna DiIanni and Mia sage. sophia Mount was also a member of the team. the team is coached by Chris Belcuore, Bill Mount, Bob sage, Chris DiIanni and Justin DiIanni.

The Livingston Dodgers of the U.S. Over Thirty Baseball League, Sunday Division, went head-to-head against the first place Staten Island Bombers on Sunday, August 10, in Livingston and came away with an 8-5 win. The Dodgers have taken two of three games from the Bombers and currently trail them by one game, with two games to play.

THE LIVINGSTON 10U TRAVEL BASEBALL TEAM took first place in the Cedar grove league, defeating Caldwell, 15-4, in the championship game of the greater essex/Morris/passaic County 10u summer baseball league. standing are coaches John dinicola, Jack dinicola, bill Murray, and les ambio. players standing are brandon Kenney, ben hausern, Vincent Militello, danny horowitz, and Ryan ambio. in the front row are austin Vecchio, noah Fisher, nick Murray, donovan dinicola, and nicholas slotnick. also on the team were Kyle Kelly and Michael Magnier.

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.

The Livingston Outlaw competition cheer squad competed at Cheerfest, held at Great Adventure in Jackson earlier in the spring. The Livingston girls placed second in their recreation/senior division. Shown here with their trophy are: (standing) Rebecca Fekete, Arsema Amare, Brianna Brown, Ryann DeMaio, Sammantha Sheng, Elise Soutar, coach Jessica Byrne, Quinn Wright, Gabriella Santucci, Giuliana Santucci, Madison Foster, Vanessa Cuppari, Emily Delle, and Christina Cheek. Sitting are Christine Haddad, Kayla Fils-Aime, Audra O'Toole, Priyal Patel, Jasmyn Treadwell, and Imani Medy. Also on the team were coach Janice Rothenberger, Carolina Lopez, Amanda Magenheim, Erica Magebheim, Kayla Sexton and Eve Goldstein.

More than 300 people attended the inaugural Brendan Tevlin Lacrosse Festival on Saturday, August 2, at Seton Hall Prep's Kelly Athletic Complex in West Orange. Bagpipers led the four teams of about 100 players on to the field. "It was a great way to honor Brendan," said Richard Shahpazian, one of the organizers. Tevlin, the 19 year old Livingston youth who was murdered on June 25, had been a member of the lacrosse club at the University of Richmond, where he had fi nished his freshman year. Shahpazian and Tevlin had played lacrosse together at Seton Hall Prep.