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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.

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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.

The Livingston Public Schools Board of Education and the Township Council “continue to meet and share information as part of their collective commitment to ensuring that Livingston Public Schools will continue to attract individuals and families who are eager to make Livingston their home,” according to a recent joint statement between the two governing bodies.

As “Harlan Coben’s Shelter,” which was released this past August on Amazon Prime Video, wraps up its first season run, the prolific author andNew Jersey Hall of Famer talked to the Tribune about the series, which was partially filmed in Livingston. Coben had been unable to promote the show as it was airing due to the Writers Guild of America strike, which occurred during the length of the season. The season one finale came out in late September and all eight episodes of the series are now available to stream.

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A SHOW OF SOLIDARITY: A crowd of roughly 2,200 people attended an event at Temple B'nai Jeshurun on South OrangeAvenue Sunday night, October 8, following an attack on Israel two nights prior. The gathering was a show of solidarity with Israel, sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. The event was attended by political leaders and approximately 30 rabbis and 20 cantors from synagogues in Essex, Morris, Union, Sussex, and part of Middlesex counties, all of whom are part of the Jewish Federation of Greater MetroWest NJ. Jerry Siskind and Temple B’nai Abraham Photos