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Livingston resident and Boy Scout Troop 12 member Advaith Pillai is hosting a food drive with the Community Food Bank of New Jersey until October 26. The Community Food Bank of New Jersey helps supply food to soup kitchens and pantries, and it also directly gives assistance to the less fortunate people in New Jersey.

The Lancer boys’ varsity soccer team defeated the Verona Hillbillies, 3-0, during the first round of the Essex County Tournament on Wednesday, October 11.

The Lancer girls’ varsity soccer team won three games last week to improve their record to 13-0.

Manjula A. Chheda, age 85, of Livingston, died on Sunday, October 15.

Livingston resident and Livingston High School graduate Robert Beal died at the age of 71 on October 15.

Rosa C. Velella, 96, died on Thursday, October 5. Born in Newark, Rosa resided in Livingston for most of her life.

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George Silberman, 87, of Livingston, died on Thursday, October 5.

Officials of National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) recently announced the names of over 16,000 Semifinalists in the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. 14 Livingston High School students earned this honor including Dennis Chen, Brandon Dong, Jonathan Hong, Alan Hu, Samuel Jiang, Katherine Li, Rebecca Liu, Sheryl Liu, Advaith Pillai, William Wang, Anlin Wei, Daisy Yao, Nathan Zhang, and Tiger Zhang.

FOOTBALL TEAM FALLS TO RAMS

The Livingston Detective Bureau is investigating a series of vehicle burglaries, as well as attempted burglaries to vehicles andhomes that occurred last week in town.