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Livingston High School bowler Victoria Cheng has won the Essex County Girl’s Individual Championship for the second consecutive year.

WATER MAIN WORK ON CONGRESSIONAL PARKWAY: Water service transfers from the old water main to the new water main on Madison Court and Congressional Parkway from Madison Court to the baseball field, began on Friday, March 8, and will continue through Friday, March 15, from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. Due to limited driveway access during these working hours, residents who need to leave after 7 a.m. are recommended to park on Filmore Avenue or in the Northland Pool Parking lot. Shown here, portions of Congressional Avenue were excavated so construction workers could access the underground water main. ROC Photos

Livingston Police officers responded to several calls in the past week, including a residential burglary, a burglary to a vehicle, and shoplifting.

WEARING O’ THE GREEN:

We are deeply saddened by the passing of Paula Chapman Du-Brow, 87, formerly of Livingston, on Sunday March 3, in Bridgewater. She passed peacefully surrounded by her family. Paula is predeceased by her husband of 62 years, Sheldon, and her parents, the late Faye and Jackie Chapman. She leaves behind her children, Abbe DuBrow Branch of Clinton, Beth and Jeffrey Berger of Basking Ridge, Carrie and Richard Solomon of Basking Ridge, and Darin and Ellen DuBrow of Livingston; along with 12 grandchildren and a great grandchild, Jack; her brothers, Arthur Chapman of Manalapan, NJ and Stuart Chapman of Hollywood, Florida.

Former Livingston resident Barbara Jane DuMont died on February 16, at the age of 75.

Bette Anne (nee Feldman) Silverman died on February 17 at the age of 87. Born September 27, 1936, in Fall River, Massachusetts, she was married to the late Richard Silverman for 66 years.

Malcolm Fleischer, age 88, of Morris Plains, passed away on Friday, March 1, 2024.

Madeline A. Zecchino, 104, of Livingston, died on Thursday, February 29.

James Joseph Meehan, Jr., 72, of Gainesville, Florida,died on December 13. He was born October 7, 1951, in Montclair.

On Sunday, March 10, clocks “spring forward” to start Daylight Savings time. This change should also prompt the change of batteries in smoke alarms and carbon monoxide detectors, and the inspection of fire extinguishers.

At the latest Township Council meeting on February 26, members discussed A-4, a state Assembly bill that recently passed and could affect Livingston’s future affordable housing plans.