Lawrence Township

Lawrence Township’s first community-wide celebration of its LGBTQ+ community has been set for June 15 at the Lawrence Shopping Center. PRIDEfest will be held from 8 a.m.to 1 p.m. It is being sponsored by Lawrence Neighbors Together, which is made up of township organizations and residents. The celebration kicks off at 8 a.m., with a […]

Memorial Day is considered by many to be the beginning of summer, when swimming pools are reopened and Little League baseball is in full swing and the school year is nearing its end. But Memorial Day is also a day when the soldiers, sailors, Marines and airmen who died defending the United States during wartime […]

The Rider University Board of Trustees has named John R. Loyack to become the college’s eighth president since its founding in 1865, following a nationwide search to replace Rider University President Gregory Dell’Omo. Loyack will officially assume office on July 7, overlapping Dell’Omo’s July 31 retirement date. Dell’Omo has served as Rider University’s president since […]

Six Lawrence Township elementary school teachers have been chosen to take part in The College of New Jersey’s (TCNJ) first group of Sustainable and Innovative STEM Master Teacher Fellows program. The program is part of a statewide initiative to strengthen K-5 STEM (science technology engineering and math) education and climate change literacy through teacher leadership […]

The search is on to fill a vacancy on the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education. The opening was created by the resignation of school board vice president Amanda Santos, who was appointed May 6 to fill a vacancy on the Lawrence Township Council. She replaced former Township Councilman John Ryan, who resigned in […]

Lawrence Township taxpayers will see a five-cent increase in the school district property tax rate, based on the Lawrence Township Public Schools’ $88.6 million operating budget for 2025-26. The school board approved the budget, following a public hearing on the spending plan at the board’s May 7 meeting. The school district property tax rate will […]

A former employee of Trenton Water Works (TWW) has been indicted for allegedly failing to collect water samples and falsifying water reports. Cesar Lugo, 37, of Trenton, is charged with two counts of official misconduct, theft by deception, violating the Safe Drinking Water Act, tampering with public records, and falsifying records, according to New Jersey […]

Lawrence Township schools were put into lockdown May 6 while police searched for a man who fled toward Lawrence High School after he was stopped by police. A police officer was on routine patrol shortly after 10 a.m. when he saw a pedestrian commit a traffic violation and stopped him on Princeton Pike near Rydal […]

School board member Amanda Santos has been tapped to fill a vacancy on the Lawrence Township Council that was created by the resignation of former Township Councilman John Ryan on April 15. Santos was chosen unanimously to fill the vacancy at the Township Council’s May 6 meeting. She was one of three nominees for the […]

The Lawrence Township Council has awarded a contract for $17,340 to an engineering firm to design improvements to Mill Road, off Franklin Corner Road. Mill Road is a one-lane road that loops behind homes and businesses that have frontage on the south side of Franklin Corner Road. Part of the road is paved and part […]