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🌱 Patch AM: Livingston 2026 Election: Town Council, School Board Candidates

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Greetings Livingston! Your go-to source for what's happening in town is here. Stay in the loop and read on. ☀️

In today's newsletter:

  • See who's on your 2026 Livingston ballot and how to vote
  • How a Livingston backyard gathering helped fund a lifesaving new ambulance
  • Livingston man among three charged in brutal interstate kidnapping case

Also on today's calendar: ComedySportz Improvised Comedy For EVERYONE and 12 more events.

Today's riddle: Who's in favor of bringing back Roman Numerals? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

  • Friday: Mostly cloudy and breezy, with a high of 72 and low of 57 degrees.
  • Saturday: A bit of rain, temps: high: 66, low: 57.
  • Sunday: A bit of rain, with a high of 64 and low of 57 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

1. Livingston 2026 Election: Town Council, School Board Candidates (patch.com) — Livingston voters are getting ready to choose town council and school board members in the fast-approaching 2026 general election, with several local candidates vying for key seats. Residents also face decisions in county and federal races, and the article lays out registration deadlines plus options for voting by mail, early in person, or on Election Day.
   

2. Hatzalah of Metrowest Honors Assemblywoman Rosy Bagolie (jewishlink.news) — Livingston residents recently hosted an appreciation event where Hatzalah of Metrowest honored Assemblywoman Rosy Bagolie for securing $100,000 in state funding toward a new ambulance. Local leaders, including Mayor Shawn Klein and Councilman Ed Meinhardt, joined community supporters to mark Hatzalah's fifth anniversary and its growth into a 24/7 volunteer emergency service that now runs multiple ambulances and a unique paramedic program in Essex County.
   

3. Three Men Charged In Violent Midtown Manhattan Kidnapping (blogspot.com) — Livingston is briefly drawn into a high-profile federal kidnapping case after prosecutors say one of the three men charged in a violent Midtown Manhattan abduction lives in the township. Authorities allege the suspects lured a victim from a Manhattan club, assaulted and robbed him while driving through the Lincoln Tunnel, and left him injured in West Orange; all now face potential life sentences if convicted.
   

4. Local Event: Stand With the Formosa 2! Oppose Plastic Pollution & Support 2 Activists Arrested at Formosa Plastic (patch.com) — Livingston comes into focus as activists prepare a September 29 rally and court appearance in Newark supporting two protesters arrested outside Formosa Plastics' U.S. headquarters in town. Organizers argue police overreached during a 2024 demonstration and say the appeal could shape how far environmental activists may go when confronting corporations they accuse of serious pollution worldwide.
   

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🪧 Patch Classifieds

  • Cedar Grove Home Inspector Builds Free Property-Records Lookup for Every NJ Town
    An Essex County home inspector has built a free website that lets anyone look up the public records behind a New Jersey property — building permits... (More info)

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  • TJX posted a job opening for Retail Merchandise Associate in East Hanover. Apply here.
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: I for 1. (Thank you Bill L. for sending it in!)
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