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‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17

Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which...

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...

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...

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Lawrence Township zoning board continues public hearing on dental office use variance

A Hamilton Township-based dentist will have wait until next month to find out whether the Lawrence Township Zoning Board of Adjustment will approve a...

Lawrence Township council candidates to run unopposed in upcoming election

When voters cast their ballots for the Lawrence Township Council in the Nov. 2 general election, the only names on the ballot will be...

RIP PennEast!

By Michele S. Byers If long-tailed salamanders, northern long-eared bats, and the other creatures of forests, fields and marshes could throw a party, they’d be...

Marty’s Place is teaching senior dogs new tricks

On a 25-acre section of property in Upper Freehold Township, aging dogs live out the rest of their years at a sanctuary called Marty’s...

Solutions 10/1: We are warming faster

By Huck Fairman Scientists warn, as many readers know, that if we reach a 2-Celsius degree increase in temperature globally, we may not be able...

Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 1

Ongoing   Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) are open to help residents affected by the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida. Representatives from FEMA and the U.S. Small Business...

PennEast halts $1 billion pipeline project after lack of environmental permits

After legal and regulatory hurdles, the proposed $1 billion PennEast Pipeline project has been canceled, according to the PennEast Pipeline Company. PennEast recently suspended efforts...

Violin teacher from Lawrence charged with assaulting former youth student

A Lawrence Township man has been charged with the sexual assault of a minor known to him.   Dezheng Ping, 57, of Lawrence, was charged with...

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