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Holiday Local Gift Guide
Support Your Local Merchant. Shop Local.
Find the perfect holiday gift at nearby independently owned businesses in our community.
Mask Chain
You are never going to forget to wear your mask with this chain! The mask chain will hang your mask for convenience when you get the chance to take it off or add some style while you're wearing it!
Mixology Livingston
1160 Town Center, Livingston 973-544-6121 www.shopmixology.com
Tell Your Story, Your Way
Personalized Jewelry in gold or sterling silver—perfect gifts for the holidays. Choose sayings, names, numbers or initials… We manufacture & design especially for you. Stop in or DM us to order yours!
Cotton & Jewels
2 W. Northfield Road, Livingston | 973-533-0003 (Main Level in the Rear, Behind Precious Cargo) www.CottonandJewels.shop Haute Shore collection of bags and accessories now available at Love Letters for your Hanukkah or Christmas gift shopping.
Love Letters
2 West Northfield Road, Livingston | 973-994-1212 www.lovelettrs.com
Grab Your Seasonal Essentials Before They Run Out… 2020 will be a year to remember for decades! Commemorate 2020 with an Old World Christmas hand-crafted glass blown ornament. Featured: toilet paper 2020 or Santa with a mask! More styles available at Smith & Company. Shop early for best selection. Smith & Company 343 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell | 973-228-1167 Like us on Facebook/Follow us on Instragram @ SmithCoGifts
Personalized Hand Bags Many sizes available. Creative Works 46 East Northfield Road, Livingston 973-992-8484 www.CreativeWorksNJ.com
Give the gift that makes their spirits bright. Printable gift cards are available online. Receive a luxurious wrap with the purchase of a $500 gift card!
Woodhouse Day Spa
56 South Park Street, Montclair | 973-509-8488 montclair.woodhousespas.com
The Eye Candy Project Awesome street and boho-chic jewelry, supporting research to save and restore eye sight! @thecornerbylori@theeyecandyproject www.theeyecandyproject.com The Corner by Lori (Inside Midtown Salon) 171 S Livingston Ave, Livingston 973-992-0534
Magic Mount
A magnetic car mount for mobile devices. Perfect for GPS and streaming music. Works with all phones. Other model mounts also available. On sale for $19.99.
Screen Kleen
Removes bacteria and cleans all your touch screens, cell phones and TV screens. On sale for $8.99.
Samm Sound
1103 Bloomfield Ave West Caldwell 973-575-8910 www.SammSound.com
Treat & Indulge Your Feet…
Slip into warmth & comfort with Pudus’ new Cottontail Flip Flop Slippers. Featuring memory foam inserts, anti-skid rubber soles & luxuriously soft faux-fur lining, these fuzzy slippers offer superior comfort & foot support. These cozy lounge accessories come in Blush and Grey!
Smith & Company
343 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell | 973-228-1167
Like us on Facebook/Follow us on Instragram @ SmithCoGifts
Feeling the temperatures drop? Our knit Winter Hat & Gloves have you covered! Whether you’re hitting the slopes or running errands, our winter accessories will keep you warm and comfortable.
Pink Jewels
1110 Town Center Way, Livingston (in the Livingston Town Center) 973-994-0975 www.pink-jewels.com
Monet in the Rain
Even on a rainy day, you can make someone smile with a Fine Art Image umbrella. They are available in stick and collapsible.
Jerry’s Artist Outlet
Essex Green Shopping Plaza, 495 Prospect Avenue, West Orange | 973-669-0995 www.JerrysArtistOutlet.com
English Dart Set-Up Bristle board & steel tip darts. Wine cork and live edge wood. Many style to choose from—custom orders available! The Game Room Store 461 Rt 46 Fairfied | 973-227-2245 thegameroomstore.net
Sterilize All of Your Essentials with Ease…
Introducing our new high quality UV-C sterilizing Power Box! With 6 UV-C lights, this box will kill 99.9% of bacteria within 5 minutes. In addition, the Power Box is a fast wireless charger for smart phones & an aromatherapy diffuser! Just a few drops of your favorite essential oil will turn your space into a soothing haven of relaxation.
Smith & Company
343 Bloomfield Avenue, Caldwell 973-228-1167 Like us on Facebook/Follow us on Instragram @ SmithCoGifts CBL Fine Art has the best artisan crafted jewelry around. Check out this stunning necklace by Q Evon, featuring 9 tabs of patterned silver and vermeil on an oxidized 18” silver chain.
CBL FIne Art
459 Pleasant Valley Way, West Orange 973-736-7776 | www.cblfineart.com
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Please call or email for info on Covid-19 safety procedures 125 Valley Road, Montclair 973-337-5296
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Superb CRAFTSMANSHIP to Create Your SANCTUARY
By Cynthia Burns
Generations of excellence is how Christopher Zucchi describes the family construction business. As a fourth generation Zucchi in this 86-year-old business, he is continuing the company’s outstanding reputation for renovating, painting and decorating, and new construction projects.
Each successive generation at Victor Zucchi & Son has put their authentication on the business. Christopher’s father, Edward Jr., expanded it to include new church construction and large-scale church renovations, as well as institutional and a variety of commercial construction projects. Christopher wants to grow in these current markets and expand into custom residential and renovations projects, which has already begun with great success. In 2019, Victor Zucchi & Son received a Silver design award from the Association of Licensed Architects for their alteration of the Saint Catherine of Siena Sanctuary in Connecticut. “The same level of craftsmanship and care that is required to be an award-winning construction firm is applied to each job, whether it be large or small, institutional, commercial or residential,” says Christopher. To underscore his point, he cites the renovation of St. John the Baptist Roman Catholic Cathedral in Paterson. “That required a lot of coordination including importing materials, assembly, installation, major structural renovations–down to the final touches.” Unlike other construction companies, a family member is always on site to oversee a project.
Edward Jr. notes that Victor Zucchi & Son also undertakes insurance rebuilds after a fire or a flood. The company has instituted
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Christopher welcomes your call and the opportunity to build or renovate your next commercial, residential, or religious project. “Let us be your ‘sense of comfort’ during what can be an arduous undertaking.”
Victor Zucchi & Son
129 E. Main Street, Bogota 201-342-3112 www.vzsconstruction.com
Mount St. Dominic Reopens its Doors
By Amanda Valentovic
The COVID-19 pandemic sent high schools across the country into a tailspin when it hit in March, but Mount St. Dominic Academy in Caldwell has been weathering the ongoing storm well, according to Dean of Academics Laura Hollenbaugh.
“We took a good, hard look at the CDC guidelines. We asked ourselves, ‘How can we have in-person classes, which are such an important part of what we value?’ We measured every classroom and figured out how can we bring students back safely,” Dean Hollenbaugh says.
The all-girls high school has three cohorts running: one of students who chose the completely virtual learning option and two of hybrid learners who rotate what days they are in the building. When students are home, they are logged in and learning.
“I think when students came back, they were disoriented,” Dean Hollenbaugh says about the required masks and social distancing rules that students are dealing with. “But everyone would much prefer to be here, and they’ve adapted. There is a lot of gratitude, because they know many other schools can’t open.”
The school is finding ways to recreate the normal traditions of a school year, and adjusting day by day. Teachers have learned how to use new technology and how to teach students who are with them in the classroom or learning remotely.
“It is so great to see how people are working together to get through something really difficult,” notes Dean Hollenbaugh. “I’m proud of them, and I’m proud to be a part of it.”
Mount St. Dominic
9 Ryerson Avenue, Caldwell | 973-226-0660 www.msdacademy.org
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