Tag: Lawrence Township
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Seventy Mercer County residents seek COVID-19 tests as new testing center opens at Quaker Bridge Mall
In the first full day of appointment-only, drive-through testing for COVID-19, 70 Mercer County residents rolled through Mercer County’s new testing center at the Quaker Bridge Mall in Lawrence Township on March 31. The testing center, which has been set up in a parking lot at the Quaker Bridge Mall, is a collaborative effort between…
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Lawrence schools continue remote learning
The Lawrence Township Public Schools will continue remote learning for students until at least April 20, Superintendent of Schools Ross Kasun said. Lawrence Township school district officials had hoped to resume in-school instruction following the district’s April 6-10 spring break, but Gov. Phil Murphy announced that students may not return to the classroom until at…
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HomeFront continues to support the homeless, working poor
When Connie Mercer visited the “homeless motels” that lined Brunswick Pike in Lawrence Township at the request of a friend who worked for the New Jersey Department of Youth and Family Services, she could scarcely believe her eyes. Mercer saw motel rooms without cooking facilities that housed a mother and several children. Outside, drug dealers…
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Lawrence Township officials introduce $50.5M municipal budget
Lawrence Township property owners will see a 2-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate under the $50.5 million budget for 2020 that was introduced by the Township Council on March 17. The municipal property tax rate will rise from 57 cents to 59 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. This means the owner of…
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Lawrence municipal budget outlined
The members of the Township Council during its Jan. 21 meeting had the opportunity to receive their first look at the proposed $50.4 million Lawrence Township municipal budget for 2020. The proposed budget carries a 2-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate. Under the proposed spending plan, which is expected to be introduced at…
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Retired sheriff’s officer now on duty in four Lawrence schools
Aiming to beef up security in the community’s public schools, a third Class III special law enforcement officer (SLEO) has been hired by the Lawrence Township Public Schools and Lawrence Township municipal government in a joint arrangement. George A. Henderson Jr., who is a retired Mercer County sheriff’s officer, began work this month as a…
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Sustainable Lawrence supports proposed single-use bag ban
Sustainable Lawrence has come out squarely behind proposed state legislation that would, if passed in the Legislature and signed into law by the governor, ban single-use plastic bags, paper bags, and polystyrene and Styrofoam takeout food containers in New Jersey. “We totally support the ban on single-use bags,” Sustainable Lawrence Chairwoman Pam Mount said. “We…
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Lidl signs lease to open grocery store in Lawrence Shopping Center
The no-frills Lidl grocery store chain has signed a lease to open a store in the former Acme location at the Lawrence Shopping Center, bringing an end to the grocery store drought in the southern end of Lawrence Township. Municipal Manager Kevin Nerwinski said Lidl, which is based in Germany, has signed a lease and…
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Youngsters may sign up for ‘Red, White and Bang’ triathlon
Labor Day is two weeks away and the deadline to sign up for the annual “Red, White and Bang” children’s triathlon – the signature fundraising event for Lawrence Township’s annual Fourth of July fireworks show – is drawing near. The deadline to sign up for the children’s triathlon, which is always held on Labor Day,…
