Tag: Lawrence Township
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Contract awarded to study lighting design at Veterans Park
Aiming to light up the path that winds through Veterans Park, off Oakland Terrace, the Lawrence Township Council has awarded a contract to consulting firm Clarke Caton & Hintz. The Trenton-based planning and consulting firm will be paid up to $7,000 to study the path and design lighting – most likely, bollard-style lighting. Bollard lights…
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Lawrence Township Education Foundation grant goes toward online tutoring program
Lawrence Middle School students who may be losing academic ground because of remote learning can catch up on their studies through one-on-one online tutoring, thanks to the Lawrence Township Education Foundation. The foundation awarded a $10,000 grant to Lawrence Township Public Schools to arrange for FEV tutor – an online tutoring service – to help…
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Colonel Hand march canceled amid COVID concerns
Editor’s note: This is an update to a story previously published. The Colonel Edward Hand Historic March on Jan. 2 has since been canceled. The annual Colonel Edward Hand Historic March re-enactment, set for Jan. 2, has been canceled by Lawrence Township officials because of the increase in COVID-19 cases in Lawrence and the surrounding…
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Mercer County moves away from title of freeholder
The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders will now go by the term county commissioners, since the members of the board officially adopted the title change in its last meeting of 2020. Through an ordinance adopted on Dec. 17, the county’s governing body amended the administrative code changing all references of freeholder to the new…
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Local nursing homes receive COVID-19 vaccine
Residents of the Morris Hall and Clover Meadows long-term care facilities, along with staff, are expected to receive the first COVID-19 vaccinations as the inoculation program begins to roll out in the nursing homes this week, Lawrence Township officials said. Arrangements have been made for the CVS and Walgreens drug store chains to administer the…
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The Gatherings residents petition to close off Princess Road
The planned Amazon “last mile” delivery station, approved for a vacant warehouse at 10 Princess Road, has drawn fire from residents of The Gatherings townhouse development who live down the street from the 340,400-square-foot warehouse. A petition, signed by more than 80 residents of the age-restricted townhouse development, was presented to the Lawrence Township Council…
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Application for affordable housing development will continue in January
The would-be developer of a 70-unit affordable housing development, adjacent to the Lawrence Shopping Center, hopes to wrap up an application for a use variance before the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment next month. The zoning board held the second in a series of public hearings Dec. 16 on RPM Development LLC’s request for…
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Outgoing school board members honored
It was a bittersweet moment for Dana Drake and Cathy LeCompte, as the two school board members took their virtual seats at the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education’s last meeting of the year on Dec. 9. For the two school board members, that meeting was also their last meeting. Drake and LeCompte each…
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Lawrence Township earns top environmental award
Lawrence Township’s focus on sustainability – from creating a solar carport at the municipal building to installing two electric car charging stations for public and municipal use – has earned the Governor’s Environmental Excellence Award for Climate Change and Clean Air. Lawrence Township Councilman Christopher Bobbitt accepted the award – which is New Jersey’s premier…