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The Board of Education was joined by two Livingston High School (LHS) counselors during the January 17 meeting. Sinead Crews, director of school counseling, and Nicole Rothman, who advises high school upperclassmen in their postgraduation pathway, reviewed the matriculation research they found.

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The Livingston Township Council held its first regular meeting of2023 on Monday, January 9, when it passed its first resolutions of the new year. Among those resolutions was one that set specific flag raisings to be done at Town Hall throughout the year.

The Livingston Chapter of UNIC O has announced its selection of Stacey Rubinstein, president of Livingston Neighbors Helping Neighbors, as its 2023 Citizen of the Year. Rubinstein will be honored at a brunch on Sunday, April 23, at the Hanover Manor. She is the 66th recipient of this award, following in the footsteps of Brian Boyle, Walter Joyce, Nick Santinelli, Sandy and Len Goodman, Nancy Dinar, and Tom Cooney. Rubinstein is being recognized for her many years of leadership and service to the Livingston community, embodying the UNICO motto of “Service Above Self.”

Northland Pool will be closed this summer, and potentially longer, depending on what the Township Council decides to do with it moving forward.

One BMW X7 was stolen from outside a Livingston home, and an attempt was made to steal another model of the same vehicle outside of a township business over the past few days, according to Livingston Police.

For the first time since January of 2020, pomp and circumstance returned to the Livingston Senior/ Community Center for the annual Township Council reorganization meeting. It was standing room only in the building, as several Council members were sworn in, a new mayor was named, and dozens of residents were appointed to township committees.

The Livingston Board of Education swore in one new and one incumbent member, and appointed a new president and vice president at its January 3 reorganization meeting. The meeting was held in a hybrid format and may be viewed on the Livingston Public Schools Facebook page.

The Livingston Planning Board held its re-organization meeting on Tuesday evening, January 3, in person at the Livingston Township Hall.

Aras Zayan Naveed, reported at press time to be Livingston’s first baby of 2023, has been named the winner of the annual First Baby Contest. The little boy was born Monday, January 2, at 10:52 a.m. at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center to Aaiza Aame and her husband, Naveed Iqbal. He weighed sevenpounds, nine ounces, andjoins a brother, Ay din Aamer Naveed, who is almost two.