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Lawrence Township school board approves 2024-25 budget

Lawrence Township property owners will see a two-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on the Lawrence Township Public Schools' $85.4 million operating budget for 2024-25. The...

Retired Army Colonel to lead Lawrence Memorial Day parade

Retired U.S. Army Colonel Charles J. "Bud" O'Brien will lead the Lawrence Township Memorial Day parade as its...

Annual bike drive nets over 150 bikes

Over 150 bikes were donated from all over the county and surrounding area as Mercer County’s Park Commission and...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

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Common calendar, Packet papers, February 4

Ongoing Morven Museum & Garden in Princeton has an online exhibition highlighting the history of slavery at Morven viewable at morven.org Much of this information has...

Lawrence Township Police Department holds open house for potential recruits

Growing up, all Showana Paul ever wanted to do was to become a police officer. She worked as a security supervisor at the Quaker...

Deliver meals to homeless families, make valentines for children during HomeFront’s Week of Hope

When a family's housing circumstances seems most hopeless and all seems to be lost, many of them turn to HomeFront. The organization offers them some...

Womanspace will honor Elizabeth Smart for child abduction prevention efforts

Womanspace will honor Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped in 2002 but survived and now advocates for other children who are abducted. Smart was abducted on...

Common calendar, Packet papers, January 28

Ongoing   The Lawrence Township Public School District is currently accepting applications for the 2022–23 preschool programs for 3- and 4-year-olds. These are comprehensive programs that service...

Lawrence man arrested on allegations of child pornography

A 45-year-old Lawrence Township man has been charged with second-degree possession of child pornography following an investigation into online child exploitation. An investigation was launched...

MCT Diving Championship: Lawver wins second boys diving championship; Williamson becomes new girls diving champion

Hun School senior Rowland Lawver repeated as boys diving champion and Notre Dame High School sophomore Violet Williamson became the newest girls diving champion...

Lawrence Community Center launches first-ever website

The Lawrence Community Center, which has been described as a wonderful hidden gem, is aiming to shine a light on that gem through its...

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