Tag: Veterans Park

  • New lighting planned for Veterans Park

    New lighting planned for Veterans Park

    A Trenton-based company has been awarded a contract to install new lighting at Veterans Park. Kane Communications LLC was awarded a contract for $109,295 for the job by the Lawrence Township Council at its May 18 meeting. Kane Communications LLC, which was one of six bidders for the job, was the lowest responsible bidder. The bids…

  • Contract awarded to study lighting design at Veterans Park

    Contract awarded to study lighting design at Veterans Park

    Aiming to light up the path that winds through Veterans Park, off Oakland Terrace, the Lawrence Township Council has awarded a contract to consulting firm Clarke Caton & Hintz. The Trenton-based planning and consulting firm will be paid up to $7,000 to study the path and design lighting – most likely, bollard-style lighting. Bollard lights…

  • Pavilion at Veterans Park to be named in honor of Lewis brothers

    Pavilion at Veterans Park to be named in honor of Lewis brothers

    FREEHOLD – A pavilion at a Freehold Borough park will be named in honor of a family that sent six sons to fight in World War II. The Borough Council has authorized the pavilion at Veterans Park to be named the Lewis Brothers’ Pavilion in recognition of Alexander Lewis, Lester Lewis, Augustus “Guggy” Lewis, Donald…

  • Seawall trail work underway in Cliffwood Beach

    Seawall trail work underway in Cliffwood Beach

      The reconstruction and extension of the Raritan Bay Seawall Trail began on Oct. 2 in Cliffwood Beach. According to a press release from the Township of Aberdeen, the work started with the demolition of the existing walkway.  Completion of the entire reconstruction and extension project is targeted for spring of 2018. This project followed the…

  • Aberdeen reopens beachfront park

    Aberdeen reopens beachfront park

    ABERDEEN With a buccaneer ship-themed feature and water jets, more than 20 local children enjoyed the township’s newest spray play area at the grand opening of Veterans Park. Mayor Fred Tagliarini, Deputy Mayor Margaret Montone and Township Council members Greg Cannon, Artie Hirsch, Connie Kelly and Robert Swindle, opened Veterans Park to the public on…

  • Walk MS event to be held in North Brunswick on April 30

    Walk MS event to be held in North Brunswick on April 30

    North Brunswick will hold one of several Walk MS sites scheduled for April 30. The site will open at 9 a.m. at Veterans Park, 1560 Roosevelt Ave., and the walk will begin at 10 a.m. Residents are encouraged to walk individually or as a group to raise money for multiple sclerosis research and treatment. For…

  • Registration open for Girls on the Run program

    Registration open for Girls on the Run program

    The national program Girls on the Run will be held from 4-5:15 p.m. Thursdays and from 9:45-11 a.m. Saturdays beginning April 1 at Veterans Park, Beekman Road, Kendall Park section of South Brunswick. Over the course of the 10-week program, girls in third through fifth grades will develop skills essential to help them navigate their worlds and establish…

  • Pearl Harbor remembrance set for Dec. 7

    Pearl Harbor remembrance set for Dec. 7

    North Brunswick Township High School will hold its annual National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day at 9 a.m. on Dec. 7 in the school’s auditorium, 98 Raider Road, North Brunswick The public is encouraged to attend and to participate in this ceremony.

  • Community will honor veterans in yearly ceremony

    Community will honor veterans in yearly ceremony

    By VASHTI HARRIS Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK – The Township of East Brunswick’s annual Veterans Day observance will thank and honor the men and women who served honorably in the military, in wartime or peacetime. The event will be held by the township, East Brunswick Veterans Alliance, Jewish War Veterans (JWV) Post 311, American Veterans (AMVETS) Post 34, Veterans of…