The West Essex Tribune is celebrating more than six decades of showering the first baby of the new year with an assortment of gifts generously donated by our advertisers. The first baby of 2024 born to Livingstonparents will be named the winner of the Tribune’s 66th annual First Baby Contest.
The rules to determine the winner are the same each year: The first baby of2024 must be bom in a nearby hospital to parents who currently reside in Livingston. The exact time of the birth must be certified in writing by the attending physician.
Entries must be received in the West Essex Tribune office by noon on Tuesday, January 2. The winner will be announced in the January 4 edition of the newspaper.
The Tribune office will be closed on New Year’s Day; however, entries may be emailed to [email protected].
If no new arrival is reported by January 2, the contest will be extended until the first baby is bom. Parents who believe that they may be the winners of the contest should call the Tribune at 973-992-1771 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. In the event of a tie, gifts will be awarded at the discretion of the Tribune staff.
The winner will be announced and a photograph published in the first issue of the newspaper following the birth of the baby. In some past years, several weeks passed before the new year’s first baby was born; in other years, it was only a few minutes after midnight on January 1.
Aras Zayan Naveed was Livingston’s first baby of 2023. The little boy was born on Monday, January 2, at 10:52 a.m. at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center to Aaiza Aame and her husband, Naveed Iqbal. He weighed seven pounds, nine ounces, and joined a brother, Ay din Aamer Naveed.
Livingston’s first baby of2024 will receive 26 gifts, including: Assado Portuguese Steakhouse, a $50 gift certificate; Bonvini’s Pizza, a $50 gift certificate; Brainiax, a $250 gift certificate toward preschool or enrichment classes; Broadway Elite Limousine, a $ 100 gift certificate toward transportation services; Dieci Companies, spa pedicures in a private pedicure lounge for the baby’s mom and dad; The Feathered Fox, a $150 gift certificate; Allan Feid Jr., LLC, a $100 gift card; George Press Jewelers, a $50 gift certificate; Dr. Bernard D. Gorkowitz, orthodontist, a $50 Amazon gift card; Hauptman and Hauptman, PC, $500 discount on estate and long term care planning fee; Jim Johnston’s Steak House, dinner for new parents (maximum value $75); Just A Dream, a $100 gift certificate; The Kiwanis Club of Livingston, a $ 100 check; Livingston Circle Car Wash, a $38 gift certificate for a full service car wash with interior citrus cleaning; Livingston Family Eyecare, a $50 gift certificate to Meyer’s Toys-Dolls-Hobbies; Love Letters, a $50 gift certificate; Joseph Magotch, D.D.S., a $50 gift card and a tooth bank; Master Pizza, a $50 gift card; Nana’s Deli, a $50 gift card; Nero’s Grille, a $100 gift certificate; Northfield Pharmacy, a $35 gift certificate; Regal Bank, a $100 gift card to Just A Dream; The Ritz Diner, a $50 gift certificate; Donna Semplenski, Weichert Realtors, a $50 gift card to ShopRite; Tony Boy’s Sandwich House, a $50 gift certificate; and the West Essex Tribune, a free one-year subscription.
