Tag: Lawrence Township

  • Council members expect to hear update on brush collection program

    Council members expect to hear update on brush collection program

    Township Council members in Lawrence Township are expected to discuss possible changes to the recently revised brush collection program when they meet at 6 p.m. Aug. 20 in the municipal building. Greg Whitehead, the township’s director of public works, will present an update on the revised brush collection program. The revised regulations, which were approved…

  • Lawrence Township mayor describes goals for 2019

    When Christopher Bobbitt took the oath of office as Lawrence Township’s mayor in January 2018 for a two-year term, he emphasized that the environment would be one of the key issues on which he would focus. Now, as Bobbitt enters his second and final year in the largely ceremonial post, he plans to focus on…

  • Negative thoughts go up in flames at annual Hogmanay bonfire

    Debt, money worries and negativity – that is what has been bothering Maryann Hargraves and Joanne Krueger. And that is what the two women wrote on slips of paper that were tossed into the Hogmanay bonfire at the Brearley House in Lawrence Township on Jan. 1, New Year’s Day. Writing down bad things and negative…

  • Caloiaro sworn in as chief of Lawrence Township Police Department

    Caloiaro sworn in as chief of Lawrence Township Police Department

    Brian Caloiaro was ceremonially sworn in to office as the eighth police chief in the Lawrence Township Police Department’s 94-year history last week. Caloiaro, who succeeded Mark Ubry, was officially appointed to the police department’s top job in October. He had served as acting chief since Sept. 1, after Ubry retired. Caloiaro grew up in…

  • Police union conducts food drive to assist individuals served by HomeFront

    Sugarplums may be nice for Christmas, but HomeFront’s clients need more than sweet treats and that is why Lawrence Township police officers are collecting food for the nonprofit group’s food pantry. For the third consecutive year, Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 209, which represents Lawrence Township police officers, is gathering food for homeless and working…

  • LeCompte joins Lawrence Township school board

    With her family at her side, Cathy LeCompte was sworn in as the newest member of the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education at its Dec. 12 meeting. LeCompte was chosen last month to fill a vacancy on the board that was created by the resignation of Kelly Edelstein. She was selected from among…

  • Residents sought to serve on Lawrence Township boards, committees

    Wanted: A few good men and women to serve on Lawrence Township’s advisory boards and committees. That’s what the Township Council is seeking as it tries to fill openings on an assortment of boards and committees, ranging from the Shade Tree Advisory Committee to the Growth and Redevelopment Committee. But what do those advisory boards…

  • Lawrence Township school board awards contracts for school improvements

    Lawrence Township school board awards contracts for school improvements

    Lawrence Township Public Schools officials have awarded contracts for new windows, ramps and security improvements, while rejecting a bid for new siding on the modular school buildings. The Board of Education awarded the contracts, which are part of the $25.1 million bond referendum approved by voters in January, at its Nov. 14 meeting. The board…

  • Afternoon fire destroys home on Trumbull Avenue

    An explosion caused by a natural gas line leak and the resultant fire burned down a house on Trumbull Avenue in Lawrence Township on Nov. 24, sending plumes of dark smoke into the air over the Colonial Heights neighborhood off Brunswick Pike. The fire at 749 Trumbull Ave., which was reported at 4:25 p.m., brought…