Tag: Lawrence
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Lawrence Hopewell Trail receives award from Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia
The Bicycle Coalition of Greater Philadelphia (BCYC), a nonprofit organization dedicated to making bicycling a safe and fun way for everyone to get around Greater Philadelphia region on a network of connected Circuit Trails, last week honored the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) with the Connect the Circuit Award. The LHT was among several organizations and…
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New Jersey American Water issues mandatory water conservation until further notice
New Jersey American Water is issuing a mandatory water conservation order for customers in the western and southern regions of its Raritan water system. Affected towns include Belle Mead, Branchburg, Bridgewater, Cranbury, Far Hills, Flemington, Gladstone, Hillsborough, Jamesburg, Kingston, Lawrence, Manville, Montgomery, Peapack, Plainsboro, Pottersville, Princeton, Raritan Borough, Raritan Township, Readington, Somerville, Tewksbury, Three Bridges,…
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Superintendents in Mercer County push Murphy for educators to receive high priority in vaccine roll out
Mercer County superintendents are urging that Gov. Phil Murphy place educators in the highest priority to receive vaccinations in the state’s COVID-19 vaccination roll out. Mercer County Association of School Administrators (MCASA), an organization for Mercer County superintendents, sent a letter on Feb. 1 to Murphy asking for vaccines for teachers as soon as possible.…
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Girl Scout project teaches ways to approach seeing eye dogs
A recent graduate of Lawrence High School is bringing awareness to the importance of seeing eye dogs. Beginning in January 2019, Kaitlyn Maloney began raising a German Shepherd puppy Rosalee for The Seeing Eye, a Morristown organization that trains guide dogs for visually impaired and blind people. “I recognized that many people were very interested…
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Travel from the earth to the moon through new virtual experience
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) announce the 2020-21 Journey to the Moon, a virtual event that brings LHT fans together to collectively hike and bike 238,000 miles to the moon. Journey to the Moon was launched to the LHT’s loyal social media followers on Oct. 2 to celebrate the first of this month’s two full…
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Bristol-Myers Squibb tests Mercer County first responders for COVID-19 antibodies
COVID-19 antibody testing provided by Bristol Myers-Squibb for Mercer County’s first responders was held during the past week at the Dempster Fire Training Center in Lawrence. Phlebotomists from Med Tech in Berlin were on hand to draw blood samples from any Mercer County first responder who requested it through their Office of Emergency Management. More…
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Saturday Morning Walking Club to resume walk along Lawrence Hopewell Trail
The Lawrence Hopewell Trail Saturday Morning Walking Club will host its first walk since February on the second Saturday of September, trekking over the new 500-foot pedestrian bridge at Mercer Meadows to a new stretch of the trail to Old Mill Road. The walk starts at 9:30 a.m. Sept. 12 at the Rosedale Lake parking…
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Lawrence High School graduates have ‘a chance to start from scratch’
Childhood’s end came on a warm summer night for the Lawrence High School Class of 2020, but not on the floor of the Cure Insurance Arena in Trenton. The June 19 ceremony came inside their homes on computer screens, as the seniors and their families watched the high school’s first-ever virtual graduation ceremony. It was…
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Lawrence council approves road improvements, building repair projects
The Lawrence Township Council has given approval to a pair of ordinances to pay for road improvement projects and assorted capital improvements, totaling $4.1 million. A bond ordinance for $2.5 million, which was approved at the Lawrence Township Council’s May 5 meeting, earmarks money for the road projects. Denow Road, between Federal City Road and…
