Tag: Lawrence Township
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Lawrence Township students return to full day, in-person instruction
Lawrence Township public school students will be back in the classroom for a full day of in-person learning Jan. 18, following a rapid decline in the number of positive cases of COVID-19 among students and staff. The Lawrence Township public school district was closed Jan. 17 for Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but classes…
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Lawrence school board reorganizes, swears in new members
Two veteran school board members and a newcomer who were elected to serve on the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education were sworn in to office at the school board’s annual reorganization meeting. Incumbent school board members Jo Ann Groeger and Kevin Van Hise, along with newcomer Robert Pluta, were given the oath of…
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Colonel Hand historic march recounts Americans fighting for freedom
The hardy band of marchers who commemorated the 60th annual Colonel Edward Hand historic march stepped off on a bitterly cold Saturday morning – 245 years and six days after Hand and his band of Pennsylvania riflemen delayed British and Hessian troops on their way to what would become known as the Second Battle of…
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Lawrence schools go back for half-day sessions
After a week of remote instruction, Lawrence Township public school students will be back in the classroom – but only for a half day, according to Superintendent of Schools Ross Kasun. In a Jan. 9 letter to parents, Kasun wrote that students will attend a half day of school in the morning for the week…
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Rider University named Grammy Museum affiliate
Rider University has been named to the University Affiliates program of the Grammy Museum, only the second university in New Jersey and one of 23 institutions worldwide to receive this designation. Through this new partnership, students and faculty in Rider’s Westminster College of the Arts will have access to the archives of the Grammy Museum for educational…
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Colonel Hand historic march re-enactment traces routes of Revolutionary War
The 60th annual Colonel Edward Hand Historic March re-enactment, complete with a musket firing and a two-mile walk to the Shabakunk Creek at Notre Dame High School, will kick off at 10 a.m. Jan. 8 at the Lawrence Township Municipal Building. Before the marchers begin their trek, attendees will be treated to a short talk…
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Princeton Council supports Johnson Trolley Line bridge over I-295 to connect paths in Lawrence Township
The push to find a way to cross I-295, which would close the gap between the northern and southern legs of the Johnson Trolley Line pedestrian and bicycle path in Lawrence Township, is beginning to pick up steam. The Princeton Council has joined a growing list of officials that would like the New Jersey Department…
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Ryan to serve as mayor of Lawrence Township for 2022
There were smiles all around as two Lawrence Township Councilmen-elect were sworn into office for four-year terms and a new mayor was selected at the council’s annual reorganization meeting Jan. 1. Township Councilman-elect Christopher Bobbitt was sworn into office for his second full term, and Township Councilman-elect James Kownacki was sworn into office for his…
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Lawrence schools on remote instruction Jan. 3-7
Lawrence Township school district officials are reverting to remote instruction for the week of Jan. 3-7 – the first week of school following the winter recess – because of an increase in the number of positive COVID-19 cases among students and staff. Due to the number of staff who need to be absent during the…