Tag: Lawrence Township
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Possible tornado rips through Lawrence and West Windsor
Trees were uprooted, power lines were knocked down, houses were damaged and roads were closed in Lawrence and West Windsor townships after a suspected tornado or straight line wind storm raced through two townships around 4 p.m. Feb. 21, according to officials. The National Weather Service was contacted and indicated that it was a possible…
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Lawrence Township residents asked to help craft Community Energy Plan through online survey
With a state grant in hand, Lawrence Township officials are asking residents for help in crafting the township’s proposed Community Energy Plan through an online survey. The deadline to fill out the survey is Feb. 22. It is available on the township’s website at www.lawrencetwp.com. Lawrence Township received a grant from the New Jersey Department…
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Consultant to update historic Brearley House preservation plan
The Lawrence Township Council has awarded a contract to a consultant to prepare an updated preservation plan for the township-owned Brearley House. The historic Brearley House is the site of the annual New Year’s Eve Hogmanay bonfire, sponsored by the Lawrence Historical Society. The 18th-century brick farmhouse sits at the end of Meadow Road, off…
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‘The Boulevard at Brunswick Pike’ inches closer to reality with award of contract
The long-awaited streetscape improvement project on a one-mile stretch of Brunswick Pike, between Lake Drive and the Brunswick Circle, inched closer to reality after the Lawrence Township Council awarded a contract for the project. The Lawrence Township Council awarded a contract for $701,854 to S. Batata Construction Inc. at a meeting in December 2022. The…
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Lawrence Township Municipal Manager: Significant increases expected in trash collection, 911 dispatch contracts
The Lawrence Township Council got its first look at the recommended $60.7 million municipal budget for 2023, which carries a 2-cent increase in the municipal property tax rate. The 2023 municipal budget, which was recommended at a Jan. 17 Council meeting, is $6.1 million more than the 2022 budget of $54.6 million. It is expected…
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The history of ‘unsung patriot military hero’ lives on through historic march in Lawrence Township
A hardy band of marchers commemorated the 61st annual Colonel Edward Hand historic march as they stepped off on a sunny Saturday morning – some 245 years and five days – after Hand and his band of Pennsylvania riflemen delayed British and Hessian troops on their way to what became known as the Second Battle…
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Lewis leaves tenure on Lawrence Township Council for County Commission
While Jan. 3 marked the first meeting of the new year for the Lawrence Township Council, it also marked the last meeting for Township Councilwoman Cathleen Lewis. Lewis, who had served on the Lawrence Township Council since 2012 and held the ceremonial post of mayor in 2014 and 2015, leaves the Council to take a…
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Attendees toss ‘bad things’ into the Hogmanay bonfire welcoming the New Year
Celebrating the good and the bad, a small crowd huddled under umbrellas on a damp New Year’s Eve for the first in-person Hogmanay bonfire at the historic Brearley House since 2019. The “good” was a real bonfire, and not the virtual Hogmanay New Year’s Eve bonfires that were held in 2020 and 2021. The live…
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Lawrence Township to hold 61st annual Col. Edward Hand Historic March re-enactment Jan. 7
The 61st annual Col. Edward Hand Historic March re-enactment – complete with musket firing and a two-mile walk to the Shabakunk Creek at Notre Dame High School – will kick off at 10 a.m. Jan. 7 at the Lawrence Township Municipal Building. Before the marchers set off on their trek, Lawrence Township resident David Price…
