Tag: Lawrence Township
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Lawrence Township council adopts new brush collection ordinance
Mounds of tree limbs, clippings and yard waste piled up on Lawrence Township streets week after week will no longer be a common sight, under the terms of an ordinance adopted by the Township Council. The ordinance, which was adopted at council’s Sept. 25 meeting, sets out the rules and regulations for brush collection. The…
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Terhune Orchards honored by agriculture department for educational efforts
Pam and Gary Mount, the owners of Terhune Orchards in Lawrence Township, have worked to make the connection between farms and schools for years, and this week their efforts were acknowledged when they were presented with the New Jersey Department of Agriculture’s inaugural Jersey Fresh Farm to School Farmer Recognition Award. New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture…
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Riders complete coast-to-coast bike ride in Bristol-Myers Squibb fundraiser
The atrium at the Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. office on Princeton Pike in Lawrence Township was jumping – the DJ turned the music up loud and dozens of employees were moving to the beat, shaking blue and white pom-poms on the morning of Sept. 26. But the DJ and his music were soon drowned out by…
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LA Fitness gains approval for building at Lawrence Shopping Center
The former Huffman Koos furniture store at the Lawrence Shopping Center is going to be torn down to make room for an LA Fitness facility at 2495 Brunswick Pike, Lawrence Township. The Planning Board gave its stamp of approval to the plan, which calls for the construction of a 34,000-square-foot fitness center on the site…
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Amateur historian holds lecture on founding father
If you want to know who is behind the Electoral College, which has been a contentious issue in recent presidential elections, then look no further than Lawrence Township native son David Brearley. Brearley, who was born in 1745 on his family’s farm on today’s Lewisville Road, was a delegate to the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia,…
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Lawrence affirms welcoming stand for all, regardless of immigration status
There has never been any doubt that Lawrence Township is a welcoming community and now the Township Council has made it official. Council members passed a resolution at their Aug. 28 meeting that makes it clear the township welcomes all residents, regardless of racial, ethnic, religious or national background, or immigration status. Lawrence Township has…
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Bakers Basin Road closed until next year
Bakers Basin Road will be closed for the next four months while the two-lane bridge over the Shipetaukin Creek is replaced, according to Mercer County officials. The project called for replacing the bridge, which was reconstructed in 1937, because it has been deemed structurally deficient, Mercer County officials said. The bridge is maintained by the…
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Lawrence Township dedicates first responders memorial
Dean Acquaviva and Ken Kandrac have vivid memories of their efforts to help in the hours after the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that flattened the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City – the smells and the noise and the piles of rubble that had once been part of the…
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Township council proposes ordinance to set brush collection regulations
Mounds of tree limbs, clippings and yard waste piled up on Lawrence Township streets for weeks on end will no longer be a common sight, under a proposed “garbage and refuse” ordinance. The ordinance, which was introduced by Township Council at its Aug. 28 meeting, sets out the rules and regulations for brush collection and…
