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INDIAN FLAG RAISING AT TOWN HALL: Livingston celebrated Indian Independence Day on Thursday, August 15, with the raising of the Indian flag at Town Hall. Shown above, Sanskriti president-elect Anurag Rochlani addresses the crowd. Behind him are Sanskriti executive board members Irma Maini, Prashanti Kumar, Livingston Mayor Al Anthony, Livingston Council member Ketan Bhuptani, Sanskriti past president Neeta Juvekar, and Sanskriti executive board member Punam Bhargava. Standing with her back to the camera next to the little Indian flag at right is retired IndianArmy Colonel Vijay Lalla, whose service was acknowleded by Rochlani.At right, mayorAlAnthony raises the Indian flag in commemoration of Indian Independence Day. With the mayor are Shreyaan Patel, Neeta Juvekar, Aarna Saxena, Prashanti Kumar, Irma Maini, Punam Bhargava, Livingston Council member Ketan Bhuptani, and president-elect Anurag Rochlani. Jerry Siskind Photos

100TH BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION: Dina LaFond

The Livingston Board of Education made a number of approvals, including personnel matters, the addition of new textbooks, and an agreement with the Livingston Huaxia Chinese School during its August 13 meeting.

The Livingston Planning Board, at its August 8 meeting, approved East McClellanAvenue, LLC’s request for a major subdivision at 36, 38, and 42 East McClellan Avenue. Of the lots listed, East McClellan Avenue, LLC asked to modify lots 18 and 19 with single-family residences while subdividing Lot 20 into five new parcels. The proposal faced criticism from various Livingston residents living near East McClellan Avenue, primarily out of concern for its impact on stormwater drainage.

A New York woman is facing charges relating to operating a car with a stolen license plate in town earlier this month, Livingston Police said.

Yang Jin, a Livingston resident who is trained in traditional Chinese instruments, including the pipa and liuqin, is participating in a concert with the Chinese Musicians Association of North America. The concert, Mid-Autumn Moon Festival Concert, will take place in the concert hall at Drew University, in Madison, on Sunday, September 15, beginning at 3 p.m.

The Livingston Fire Department (LFD) responded to a number of calls this past week, including fallen branches andservicewires, a cooking fire, a ring stuck on a resident’s hand, and multiple alarm transmissions.

MACCABI GOLD: Hunter Lantzman, a junior at Livingston High School and member of the girls’ varsity soccer team, just returned from the European Youth Maccabi Games in London. She won a gold medal as a member of the Team USA U18 girls’ soccer team at the games. Lantzman was the team’s defensive center midfielder, and over four games against Great Britain, Argentina, Netherlands and Israel, Team USA did not surrender a single goal. Earlier this year, she had been a member of Team USA at the Pan Am Games in Argentina, where that team also held its opponents scoreless over five games.

Sherill Silver was remembered at the Livingston Library this month, with the dedication of a plaque in the adult fiction section.

ROAD WORK ON POST LANE

LIVINGSTON’S HISTORY: Shown above, this map of Livingston in 1813, the year it was incorporated as a township, was reproduced in a commemorative booklet by the Livingston Bicentennial Committee in 2013. At left, Crescent Road is shown here in a photo dating from 1938. Don’t miss our twice-yearly “Celebrate Livingston’s History” section in this issue of the Tribune!

TWO CELEBRATE MILESTONE BIRTHDAYS: Livingston resident Millie Safar, above, just celebrated her 101st birthday. Born in Brooklyn along with her twin sister, Safar has lived in New Jersey for the past ten years, where she loves spending time with her three children – John, Janet, and Deborah – and six grandchildren. She joined the U.S. Army, doing clerical work for two years before attending NYU to study education. Below, Livingston resident Yuan Lui recently celebrated his 100th birthday. Lui was born in Shanghai, China and later transferred to Taiwan and Tokyo, where he and his wife lived for 18 years before being transferred to New York City for work. He and his wife lived in New Jersey as he commuted to the World Trade Center; he survived the parking garage bombing there in 1993. He has two children, Michael and Emily, and a grandaughter, Lauren. In his spare time, he enjoys arts and crafts, listening to music, and visiting with therapy dogs. Shown here, Mayor Al Anthony presents Lui with a citation; they are shown with Lui’s niece, Cindy Lin.