• Welcome new members of Board of Education

    Laura Waters, President, Lawrence Board of Education To the editor: On behalf of the Lawrence Township Board of Education, I’d like to welcome our two new members, Murali Aiyar and Jo Ann Groeger.    Both will be sworn in on July 11 at our regular public meeting and serve until April, filling out the next year…

  • BORDENTOWN CITY – City Rehab project takes shape

    Amber Cox    BORDENTOWN CITY — Two abandoned city buildings are getting a major makeover, and the neighborhood is getting rid of a major eyesore.    Two buildings that contain four townhouses on the corner of Park and Second streets are being completed renovated after BLB Trading Co. took over the mortgage.    BLB has hired Seitz Construction…

  • MANVILLE: Senior citizen corner for week of July 7

        The Manville Senior Citizens meet at 12:30 p.m. the second Thursday of each month at the VFW located on Washington Avenue. The club is open to new members who are residents of Manville, age 60 or older, and age 55 if disabled.     Canned goods or non-perishable food items will continue to be collected…

  • LAWRENCE: Changes in police staffing suggested

    By Lea Kahn, Staff Writer    A study that may help guide future staffing decisions in the Lawrence Township Police Department — but that makes no immediate recommendation for changes — was released to Township Council Tuesday night.    Township Council, along with nearly two dozen police officers in the audience, listened as Travis Miller of the…

  • LAWRENCE: Township officials want building demolished

    By>Lea KahnStaff Writer    Concerned about the deteriorating condition of the former Craft Cleaners property at 1840 Brunswick Pike, township officials are considering the legal process they might need to follow to gain access to the vacant building.    Municipal Attorney Michael Herbert told the Township Council at its June 21 meeting that he is looking at…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Girl Scouts deliver 2,360 pairs of shoes to charity

        Six freshmen from Hillsborough High School collected and donated 2,360 pairs of shoes (and 80 single shoes) to Soles4Souls, an international charity, in May.     The girls are members of Cadette Troop 61098 from Service Unit 72, and the project helped them attain the Silver Award, the second-highest award in Girl Scouting.     The…

  • LAWRENCE: Groeger, Aiyar selected for school board

    By Lea Kahn,Staff Writer    A retired Lawrence Township physical education teacher and the global head of data management for a startup company have been chosen to fill two vacancies on the Lawrence Township Board of Education.    Jo Ann Groeger and Murali Aiyar were chosen from among a field of eight candidates for the two seats…

  • ROBBINSVILLE: Ciaccio to lead Township Council

    ROBBINSVILLE: Ciaccio to lead Township Council

    Robbinsville Mayor Dave Fried (left) swears in newly elected Councilman Ron Witt Jr. at the annual Township Council reorganization meeting on July 1. Standing to Mr. Witt’s right are his wife, Maureen, and their children, Devon, Cameron and Hannah. Photo by Sean Lynch.

  • MANVILLE: Scout marks storm drains — all 660 of them

    By Mary Ellen Zangara, Special Writer    You may have noticed small white lines on the streets in Manville and do not know what they were. The newly painted lines were part of Troop 193 Boy Scout Jason Fiduk’s Eagle award project, which was completed within two weekends of work.    ”My project is painting white lines…

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