Tag: Lawrence Township
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‘This amazing honor’
HomeFront’s Family Campus, which is home to its Family Preservation Center, has been renamed the Connie Mercer Family Campus in honor of HomeFront’s founder and longtime chief executive officer. The HomeFront Family Campus was officially renamed for Mercer, who founded the nonprofit group in 1991, at a ceremony at its campus on Scotch Road in…
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Lawrence Township Council awards contract for Master Plan study
The Lawrence Township Council awarded a contract for $60,000 to the town’s planning consultant to prepare a comprehensive master plan, which will update and replace the current Lawrence Township Master Plan. Kyle and McManus Associates, which is based in Hopewell Borough, will prepare the new document. The current Lawrence Township Master Plan was adopted in…
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‘Never forget’
Lawrence Township holds its annual 9/11 memorial service Christina Vincent had two things on her mind on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001 – to help her daughter get ready for school, and to get ready for her day shift as a Lawrence Township EMT (emergency medical technician) and paramedic. An exhausted Vincent had just…
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‘Keeping pace’
New officers join the ranks of the Lawrence Township Police Department Three new police officers and a Class I Special Law Enforcement Officer join the ranks of the Lawrence Township Police Department. The three new police officers – Terrod McCallum, Lydia Moody and Thomas Rotman – were sworn into office by Mayor John Ryan at…
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Lawrence Township to repave roads, replace guide rails
Three streets in Lawrence Township will be repaved in the first phase of the 2023 road program, according to Lawrence Township officials. The Lawrence Township Council awarded Richard T. Barrett Paving Co., based in Trenton, a contract for $535,715 to repave portions of Eggert Crossing Road, Princeton Pike and Van Kirk Road. Seven bids were…
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Township Council awards contract for Colonial Lake path
Kalogridis Contracting LLC was the only bidder for the job Work on a long-awaited section of the walking trail around Colonial Lake is set to begin in September. The Lawrence Township Council awarded a $131,780 contract to Kalogridis Contracting LLC to construct the trail along the northwest side of the lake at its Aug. 15…
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Developer proposes ‘work, live and play’ vision for Princeton Pike Office Park
Redevelopment will provide housing for young Lawrence Township residents The proposed redeveloper of the Princeton Pike Office Park at 3131 Princeton Pike shared his company’s vision for the mostly vacant office park with the Lawrence Township Planning Board. Louis Reynolds, a principal in Reynolds Asset Management LLC, spent more than an hour outlining the planned…
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Pennington recommends extended sharrows for Great Western Bikeway
In an effort to preserve on-street parking, Pennington has recommended to extend sharrows in a redesign to Mercer County for the borough’s segment of the Great Western Bikeway project. The Pennington Council approved the recommended request in writing to extend sharrows – a shared lane road markings for bicycles and motor vehicles – from Curlis…
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Connecting the ‘missing link’
Mercer County receives $175,000 grant to study Johnson Trolley Trail Corridor Mercer County has received a $175,000 grant for a feasibility study of the Johnson Trolley Trail Corridor to develop a pedestrian and bicycle route that would connect the Municipality of Princeton, Lawrence and Ewing townships and the City of Trenton. The $175,000 grant was…