Tag: Lawrence Township
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Trenton Water Works Director: Drinking water is safe despite officials call for takeover
Officials from across Mercer County have called on the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection’s direct oversight of Trenton Water Works after what officials are calling “years of failure to comply with safe drinking water obligations.” The call follows a letter sent by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to Trenton Water Works…
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Lawrence Township Council honors longtime volunteer Janet Bickal for her work
Mayor John T. Ryan and the Lawrence Township Council feted long-time Lawrence Township volunteer Janet Bickal with a proclamation. Lawrence Township Councilman Christopher Bobbitt read the proclamation at a meeting on Sept. 20. Bickal has been active in several groups ranging from the Recording for the Blind and Dyslexic to the Friends of the Lawrence…
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Friends, colleagues remember former Lawrence mayor, Mercer County commissioner Pat Colavita Jr.
Pat Colavita Jr. was “a Lawrence Township treasure, a man who lit up the room when he entered it and a natural leader.” That’s how Colavita’s friends and colleagues described the lifelong Lawrence resident. Colavita, who was a former Lawrence mayor, a former Lawrence school board member and a former Mercer County commissioner, died Sept.…
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Lawrence Township Council awards contract for Hero Dog Park
A Bayville-based contractor will build Hero Dog Park at Hamnett Park on Ohio Avenue. The Lawrence Township Council awarded the contract to TC Landscape Construction Group to build the dog park at its Sept. 20 meeting. Its bid at $496,740 was the lower of two bids submitted for the job. The second contractor offered a…
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Lawrence Township’s three volunteer fire companies to celebrate Fire Prevention Week with ‘The Blaze and the Brave’
Lawrence Township’s three volunteer fire companies are coming together to celebrate Fire Prevention Week starting with an open house at each of the three fire companies. The open houses are set for Oct. 9 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Lawrenceville, Lawrence Road and Slackwood volunteer fire companies. There will be free food,…
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‘Hero Dog Park’ on track in south Lawrence despite not winning nationwide grant contest
The south side of Lawrence Township is still on track to get a dog park despite not winning the PetSafe-sponsored grant contest Residents tried and voted often in support for the $25,000 grant, but it was not enough when the results were revealed Sept. 2. The winners of PetSafe’s “Bark for Your Park” nationwide grant…
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Speaker at Lawrence 9/11 ceremony recounts volunteer efforts at Fresh Kills landfill in New York
One of Thomas Brophy’s most enduring memories of the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks is the pile of shoes and the dozens of Policemen’s Benevolent Association cards that he sorted through at the Fresh Kills landfill on Staten Island, N.Y. As the keynote speaker at Lawrence Township’s annual Sept. 11 memorial service, Brophy shared his…
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Lawrence Township police charge two Willingboro men with alleged mail thefts after three-month investigation
After a three-month investigation, two Willingboro men have been charged in connection with alleged mail thefts from United States Postal Service mailboxes outside of the Circle Branch Post Office and Lawrenceville Post Office, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The Circle Branch Post Office is located on Brunswick Pike and the Lawrenceville Post Office…
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Retired Lawrence Township educator, school board member receives Woman of Excellence award
Jo Ann Groeger’s receipt of the annual Woman of Excellence award, presented by the Greater Eldridge Park Neighborhood Association, left her “honored beyond words.” “The whole idea of celebrating women, the perspective that women have. We don’t take time to celebrate. Every woman is worthy of an award,” Groeger said. “I am grateful to you…
