Tag: Lawrence Township
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NMG Media Group, MarketFair are ‘a good fit’ for Dress for Success
On Thursday, April 14, NMG Media Group and MarketFair proudly presented a check for $1,250 to Dress for Success Central Jersey. This money will go a long way toward helping the nonprofit group carry out its mission to help women prepare for the job market. The proceeds were generated by a special “VIP Experience”…
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Lawrence Township Planning Board approves apartment complex
The Lawrence Township Planning Board gave its stamp of approval to a 129-unit rental apartment development, proposed for a 7.1-acre property on Spruce Street, at its April 18 meeting. The apartment complex, which will include a mix of affordable and market-rate apartments, will be built at 1052 Spruce St. The site is at the rear…
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Rider University and Westminster Choir College appeal set for Appellate Division
The state Appellate Division of Superior Court will hear oral arguments next month in an appeal challenging the dismissal of two lawsuits that sought to block Rider University from moving the Westminster Choir College from Princeton to its Lawrence Township campus. Attorneys for Rider University and the Westminster Foundation, Princeton, New Jersey, Inc., and a…
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New Jersey Goes Green: How local stores will be affected by the plastic bag ban
New Jersey’s plastic bag ban, slated to be the nation’s strictest, will go into effect on May 4. The bill, as explained in the NJ Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) new “Get Past Plastic” website, places a ban on all single-use plastic bags, and goes one step further to ban paper bags at large…
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Lawrence Township to hold sustainability events during ‘Greening Together’ week
Mercer County’s annual celebration of all things sustainable – which features several in-person events in Lawrence Township – has been set for the week of April 23-30. The week-long environmental celebration, dubbed “Greening Together,” is sponsored by the Mercer County Sustainability Coalition. Lawrence Township is a member of the coalition. In Lawrence, the week kicks…
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Lawrence Township to embark on tree survey
The Davey Resource Group has been awarded a contract for $13,450 to conduct a tree inventory centered on the southern part of Lawrence Township. The Lawrence Township Council awarded the contract for the tree inventory at its March 15 meeting. The township received a state grant to pay for the project. Arborist Andrew Ullman of…
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Lawrence Township Education Foundation funds grants
The spotted lanternfly damages trees that it infests, but Lawrence Intermediate School students are doing their best to help combat the invasive inspect by planting special bushes at school. Thanks for a $398 grant from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation, students will help to plant 15 to 20 milkweed bushes near some infested trees at…
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Lawrence Township gets grant for pedestrian improvements on Craven Lane
With a state grant for $80,000 in hand, Lawrence Township officials are gearing up to make several safety improvements to Craven Lane to make it safer for children to walk to the Lawrenceville Elementary School. Lawrence Township officials learned of the grant award in a letter to Mayor John Ryan from New Jersey Department of…
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Planning Board approves storage building conversion into restaurant
The Lawrence Township Planning Board gave the green light to a proposal to convert a garage and storage building at the rear of the Lawrenceville Fuel Co. into a restaurant at its March 21 meeting. Hullfish Real Estate Co. LLC applied for preliminary and final site plan approval to convert the storage building at 14…