Tag: Lawrence Township
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Tropical Storm Ida: Central Jersey update
The following updates are related to Tropical Storm Ida and its after-effects in Central Jersey. East Brunswick: Church Lane between Dunhams Corner Road and Fresh Ponds Road will have road work today, Friday, Sept. 3, from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Plan alternate route. Detours may be in place. Helmetta: Recycling pickup will be Saturday,…
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Mercer, Somerset counties impacted by Tropical Storm Ida
Editor’s note: As of 4:15 p.m. Sept. 2, Cherry Valley, Princeton Kingston, Alexander, Washington and Rosedale roads in Princeton were reopened. The remnants of Tropical Storm Ida dumped several inches of rain on Mercer County, resulting in flooding as the Stony Brook, Little Bear Brook, the Shabakunk Creek and the Delaware & Raritan Canal…
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Speakers share candid stories of addiction during International Overdose Awareness Day rally
Chris had struggled for 20 years with an opioid addiction. He suffered drug overdoses many times, but he had finally overcome his addiction. Chris was on his way to making a new life, with the help of “some incredible people,” said his mother, Lynn, who declined to provide her last name. He found a great…
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Mercer County continues vaccine pop-up clinics
Mercer County’s vaccine pop-up clinics will be ongoing through at least October. The clinics are will be available from Sept. 3 to Oct. 1. Each of the clinic locations will provide vaccines from Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer and Moderna from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The one-dose shot of J&J is for people 18 years…
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Child recovered from storm drain
A child who entered a storm drain while visiting relatives near the Lawrenceville Point subdivision was pulled from the storm drain soon after being reported missing around 5 p.m. Aug. 31, according to the Lawrence Township Police Department. The 9-year-old child wandered off, crawled into the storm drain and became lost, police said. The Lawrence…
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School district gets $20K grant for STEAM kits
Aiming to help students make up for lost time, the Lawrence Township Education Foundation presented a $20,389.80 grant to school district officials for special STEAM kits for elementary school students. The grant, which was presented to the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education at its Aug. 25 meeting, will cover the costs of buying…
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Overdose Awareness Day seeks to reduce stigma of substance abuse
More than 3,000 New Jerseyans – mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters, aunts and uncles – died of a drug overdose in 2020, but at least some of those deaths could have been prevented by reducing the stigma of substance abuse. That’s the message that International Overdose Awareness Day wants to get across at the annual event,…
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Lawrence gets $700,000 state grant for Brunswick Pike redevelopment
With a $700,000 state grant in hand, Lawrence Township officials are moving ahead with plans to beautify and redevelop the one-mile-long stretch of Brunswick Pike between Lake Drive and the Brunswick Circle. The stretch of Brunswick Pike that is slated for streetscape improvements will be known as The Boulevard at Brunswick Pike, said Municipal Manager…
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Walking path named for ‘trailblazer’ of Eggerts Crossing neighborhood
With a flourish, Mayor Jim Kownacki and Harold Vereen pulled the blue cloth off the signpost at the edge of the Lawrence Township Greenway on Eggerts Crossing Road on a warm, sunny morning Aug. 14. And with it, the Lawrence Township Greenway pedestrian path was officially named the Harold Vereen Walkway – in honor of…