Raum, John O. The History of New Jersey: From Its Earliest Settlement to the Present Time, Volume 1, p. 275, J. E. Potter and company, 1877. Accessed July 13, 2013. "Lawrence, in 1850, contained a population of 1,838; in 1860, 2,024; and in 1870, 2,251. At the village of Lawrenceville, in this township are two superior Seminaries of learning, one for males, conducted by the Rev. Samuel M. Hamel, D.D., and the other for females, by the Rev Charles William Nassau, D.D. Millham contained in 1870, 677 inhabitants."
Plaks, Andrew H.; Peterson, Willard J.; Tang, Hai-tao; and Yu, Ying-shih. "James T. C. Liu (1919-1993)", The Journal of Asian Studies, Volume 53 / Issue 03 / August 1994, pp 1044-1045. Accessed June 27, 2015. "James T. C. Liu (Liu Tzu-chien) died at his home in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, on September 30, 1993, after a long illness."
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Blackwell, Jon. "1928: Patrolling on horse and Harley", The Trentonian. Accessed February 2, 2011. "Schwarzkopf remained at the family home in Lawrenceville, narrated the radio drama 'Gangbusters,' and kept on good terms with his officers."
Kahn, Lea. "From Cathleen to Catherin: Lawrence Township Council appoints new member", CentralJersey.com, January 24, 2023. Accessed February 25, 2023. "The Lawrence Township Council has appointed lifelong resident Catherin “Catie” MacDuff to fill the vacancy on the council that was created by the resignation of former Township Councilwoman Cathleen Lewis in early January. MacDuff was chosen from among three nominees to fill the vacancy at the Lawrence Township Council’s Jan. 17 meeting. She will fill out the remainder of Lewis’ four-year term, which expires Dec. 31, 2023. Lewis, who is a Democrat, resigned from the Council Jan. 3. She was elected to the Mercer County Board of County Commissioners in the November general election, and was sworn into office at its Jan. 4 reorganization meeting."
Kahn, Lea. "Princeton Junior School expands", CentralJersey.com, April 5, 2021. Accessed January 23, 2022. "The Princeton Junior School is a private, co-educational school for students in grades K-6, located at 3270 Lawrenceville Road in Lawrence Township.... His contribution is the single largest donation to the school, which was founded by Juliana McIntyre Fenn and Helen Craven in 1983 in a church basement in Princeton."
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Kahn, Lea. "Lawrence: Route 206: A road with history", CentralJersey.com, February 29, 2012. Accessed March 9, 2023. "After the Revolutionary War, Route 206 evolved into a major road between New York City and Philadelphia, he said. Gen. Washington passed through Lawrence on Route 206, en route to his first inauguration in New York in 1789. 'I think it is fair to say that for a period of about 50 years, anyone who traveled between New York and Philadelphia passed through Maidenhead along today’s U.S. Route 206.'... The Lincoln Highway, as the coast-to-coast road was named, included Route 206 as the first leg of the road."
Lawrence Township Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Lawrence Township Public Schools. Accessed July 15, 2022. "Purpose The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre K through 12 in the Lawrence Township Public Schools. Composition The Lawrence Township Public Schools is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Lawrence Township."
Hunt, Christopher. "Moran to live dream in NYC marathon", ESPN, November 2, 2011. Accessed July 8, 2015. "After his parents moved to Lawrenceville when he was 6, Moran started running as a sophomore at Notre Dame High School in New Jersey."
Oliver Crane, Princeton Tigers. Accessed May 24, 2020. "Hometown: Lawrenceville, N.J.; High School: Peddie School"
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Schedule, I95Link.com. Accessed November 28, 2019.
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Town Council, Township of Lawrence. Accessed May 29, 2024. "Lawrence Township operates under the Council/ Manager form of government and has done so since 1970."
Municipal Manager, Township of Lawrence. Accessed February 25, 2023.
Municipal Clerk, Township of Lawrence. Accessed February 25, 2023.
Lawrence Township Assigned ZIP Code Designation, Lawrence Township, October 31, 2007. Accessed November 19, 2012. "The United States Postal Service (USPS) has notified Lawrence Township Officials that the postal ZIP Code 08648 has been approved for designation as Lawrence Township."
Form of Government, Township of Lawrence. Accessed June 15, 2022. "Lawrence Township adopted a Council-Manager form of government in 1970. The Council-Manager Plan form of government was established under 'The Faulkner Act' (N.J.S.A. 40A:69A-81, et seq.). The governing body consists of five council members elected at large who serve four-year terms. The elections are partisan and occur every two years in November. The Mayor is elected by the council members and serves a two-year term."
Colonial Lake Park, Lawrence Township. Accessed November 28, 2019. "A 25 acre lake serves as the focal point of this park which also includes tennis on three courts, exercise on the jogging path and play opportunities on a variety of playground equipment."
Government, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Mercer County is governed by an elected County Executive and a seven-member Freeholder Board."
Meet the County Executive, Mercer County. Accessed March 1, 2023. "Brian M. Hughes continues to build upon a family legacy of public service as the fourth person to serve as Mercer County Executive. The voters have reaffirmed their support for Brian's leadership by re-electing him three times since they first placed him in office in November 2003."
Carino, Jerry. "A win, and some reflection by Princeton Renaissance man Myles Stephens", Courier News, February 19, 2019. Accessed May 7, 2022. "Myles Stephens, Princeton’s senior guard, said after posting 17 points and 8 rebounds in the win. Stephens, a Lawrenceville, N.J. native, went to The Pennington School before transferring to St. Andrew’s School in Delaware."
Staff. "Brackett Making Impact As Nittany Lions Receiver", Centre Daily Times, September 4, 2008. Accessed October 10, 2012. "Now the fourth receiver in an offense that routinely utilizes four-wide sets, the redshirt sophomore from Lawrenceville, NJ, poses a big problem for opposing defenses... Brackett threw for 46 touchdowns and ran for 23 more during his career at Lawrence High School...."
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Kuperinsky, Amy. "'The Jewel of the Meadowlands'?: N.J.'s best, worst and weirdest town slogans", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, January 22, 2015. Accessed July 12, 2016. "Lawrence Township, in Mercer County, chose to capitalize on its square mileage with 'Where Nature Smiles for 22 Miles.' Joseph DallePazze, the town's mayor in the '70s and '80s, is credited with coining the motto, says township clerk Kathleen Norcia, even though, as sloganeer Swartz points out, the slogan is eerily reminiscent of Spring Lake Township, Michigan's motto, 'Where nature smiles for seven miles.'"
Heyboer, Kelly. "How to get your kid a seat in one of N.J.'s hardest-to-get-into high schools", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 2017. Accessed November 18, 2019. "Mercer County has a stand-alone specialized high school for top students: a Health Sciences Academy at the district's Assunpink Center campus. The district also offers a STEM Academy at Mercer County Community College. How to apply: Students can apply online in the fall of their 8th grade year."
Staff. "The Philosopher Kings", The Times, December 15, 2009. Accessed November 19, 2012. "By day, Josue Lajeunesse cleans buildings at Princeton University. By night, he drives a taxi, shuttling passengers back and forth from the Princeton Junction Train Station.... The Lawrence resident's efforts to build a life in the U.S. and support his community back home are the subject of a new documentary film, The Philosopher Kings."
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Staff. "Tony DeNicola: Obituary", The Times, September 4, 2006. Accessed September 17, 2015. "Tony DeNicola, 79, died Saturday in the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. Born in Pennington, he had resided in Lawrenceville for 40 years."
Morton, Ryan. "Jon Solomon: Quirky Carols", Northwestern University Alumni Life, Winter 2011. Accessed November 21, 2012. " Solomon also runs an independent music label, Comedy Minus One, that produces post-punk, and he writes for various publications, while living in Lawrenceville, N.J."
Lawlor, Julia. "If You're Thinking of Living In/Lawrence Township, N.J.; Peace, Quiet and Community Involvement", The New York Times, March 21, 2004. Accessed November 19, 2012. "Lawrence Township is a popular place to live for people who work at the many pharmaceutical companies in the area, including Bristol-Myers Squibb, which has the headquarters for its research arm in the township. Educational Testing Service, is also located in Lawrence Township, although it has a Princeton mailing address."
Katz, Michael. "The Education Of Quarterback Brunner", The New York Times, September 20, 1982. Accessed October 23, 2019. "Scott, who was born in Sellersville, Pa., grew up in Middletown, N.Y.; West Chester, Pa., and Lawrenceville, N.J.... The family moved to Lawrenceville just before Scott's junior year in high school."
Litsky, Frank. "Ken Keuffel, 82, a Champion of the Single-Wing Offense, Is Dead". The New York Times, February 23, 2006. Accessed November 29, 2024. "Ken Keuffel, the head football coach for 21 years at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey and for 6 years at Wabash College and one of the last exponents of the single-wing offense, died Sunday at the University Medical Center in Princeton, N.J. He was 82 and lived in Lawrenceville, outside Princeton."
Staff. "Gen. D.W. M'Gowan Found Dead in Home", The New York Times, September 25, 1967. Accessed March 27, 2015. "Lawrence Township, N.J., Sept. 24 (AP) Maj. Gen. Donald W. McGowan, former chief of the National Guard Bureau in Washington, was found dead in his home today of apparently self-inflicted gunshot wounds."
Lee, Felicia R. "A Writer’s Struggles, on and Off the Page", The New York Times, September 17, 2010. Accessed October 3, 2017. "The sisters were raised in St. Louis and in Lawrence Township, N.J., the oldest of four children of a surgeon, Paul T. Williams, and Eloise O. Williams, a social worker and educator who also had a fondness for the arts."
"Whitecaps FC Sign 2017 MLS SuperDraft Pick Jake Nerwinski", OurSportsCentral, February 9, 2017. Accessed October 23, 2017. "The Lawrenceville, New Jersey native was an All-District player in each of his four years at his hometown's Notre Dame High School."
"Green, John Cleve", Princeton University, from Alexander Leitch, A Princeton Companion, copyright Princeton University Press (1978).. Accessed July 8, 2015. "Green was born in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, and was a member of the first class to enter what became the Lawrenceville School."
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Robbins, Lynn. "For Elliot, a Gig Near Home & Heart"Archived 2017-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. 1 Newspaper, April 23, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2017. "'I like playing at events where I've grown up. This area is a special spot for me,' says Elliot who now lives in Jersey City but hails from Lawrence Township."
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History & Traditions, Princeton Junior School. Accessed March 9, 2023. "The Princeton Junior School story began in 1983 in a church basement with four teachers and twelve preschool students under the leadership of co-founders, Juliana McIntyre Fenn and Helen Craven."
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Greenberg, Wendy. "A Look inside Princeton’s Educational Testing Service", Princeton Magazine. Accessed November 28, 2019. "In 1947, a small nonprofit organization with a mission of advancing equity in education began its work in a brick building at 20 Nassau Street in Princeton. After more than seven decades, Educational Testing Service (ETS), located since 1964 on a scenic campus off Rosedale Road just outside of Princeton in Lawrence Township, still adheres to its original mission to 'advance quality and equity in education' and 'measure knowledge and skills, promote learning and performance, and support education and professional development for all people worldwide.'"
Piehler, Kurt; and Marley, Lynn. Kroesen, Frederick, Rutgers University Oral History Archives, March 16, 1998. Accessed May 4, 2020. "When I was ten-years-old, we moved to Eggerts Road in, what is now, Lawrenceville."
Home (Archive). Princeton Community Japanese Language School. Accessed May 9, 2014. "PCJLS Office 14 Moore Street, Princeton, NJ 08542" and "Sunday Office Rider University, Memorial Hall, Rm301"
Direction & Map. Princeton Community Japanese Language School. Accessed May 9, 2014.
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Acampora, Rob. "Tonic Comes Home To N.J. in June – Prepares For Their American Reboot", WSJO. Accessed July 8, 2015. "Bassist Dan Lavery comes from Lawrenceville (and graduated from Rutgers), has ties in his early days starting out with Jersey cover band Brian Kirk and The Jirks (always worth checking out for a fun night out), and worked with The Fray a few years back."
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About Us, Saint Ann School. Accessed March 9, 2023. "It was 1962 when St. Ann Church pastor Father Joseph Keenan announced a building fund to construct a grammar school to accommodate the growing parish. Two years later, in September of 1964, Saint Ann School opened its doors for the first time under the guidance of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Newark."
Lawrenceville School, The Cultural Landscape Foundation. Accessed March 9, 2023. "One of the first preparatory boarding schools in the United States, Lawrenceville School was founded in 1810 as the Maidenhead Academy."
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Port Mercer Canal House, Lawrence Historical Society. Accessed November 28, 2019. "The Port Mercer Canal House was built in the 1830s next to a swing bridge over the Delaware and Raritan Canal to house the bridgetender and his family."
Avilucea, Isaac. "Lawrence Applebee’s reopens after grisly murder", The Trentonian, November 15, 2017. Accessed November 28, 2019. "Lawrence - The Applebee’s where a horrific execution-style murder occurred has reopened. Workers at the chain restaurant off Brunswick Pike, next to the Quaker Bridge Mall, tried to regain a sense of normalcy following the point-blank killing of 23-year-old Devin 'Dynomite' Smith, who was shot in the back of the head as he drank at the bar early Tuesday morning.... He added the restaurant hadn’t experienced violent outbursts or altercations from patrons before Tuesday’s killing, the first homicide Lawrence has had in 16 years. The last one occurred in 2001, at the Sleepy Hollow Motel."
Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman. "Lawrence Township Council appoints local lawyer to succeed the late Councilman Brame", The Trentonian, August 18, 2015. Accessed July 11, 2016. "At a public meeting on Tuesday, the elected members of Township Council voted to appoint Dember, 32, as the interim successor to the late Democratic Councilman Stephen Brame, whose seat on council has been vacant since he died July 29 of congestive heart failure."
Abdur-Rahman, Sulaiman. "Lawrence councilman's death triggers competitive special election", The Trentonian, October 31, 2015. Accessed July 11, 2016. "The July 29 death of sitting Councilman Stephen Brame places Lawrence Township voters in position to elect the successor who will serve for the remainder of the late Democratic councilman's term.... An interim councilman, Ian J. Dember, is currently serving in Brame's council seat on a temporary basis. Dember's interim term ends when a new councilman is elected Tuesday. The winner of that special election will serve for the remainder of Brame's term, which runs through 2017."
Staff. "Mercer County honors Richard J. Coffee", The Trentonian, October 19, 2009. Accessed May 29, 2011. "The Lawrence resident is considered the driving force behind the county park system. Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes said Coffee should have been honored long ago."
Johnson, Greg. "Lawrence High grad John Schneider rising in Blue Jays’ system as a manager", The Trentonian, April 10, 2018. Accessed December 5, 2018. "During John Schneider’s sixth season as a prospect in the Toronto Blue Jays organization, his career in professional baseball took a twist.... Schneider, a 1998 Lawrence High graduate, is in his first season managing the New Hampshire Fisher Cats, who are in town until Wednesday to play the Thunder."
Home (Archive). Princeton Community Japanese Language School. Accessed May 9, 2014. "PCJLS Office 14 Moore Street, Princeton, NJ 08542" and "Sunday Office Rider University, Memorial Hall, Rm301"
Robbins, Lynn. "For Elliot, a Gig Near Home & Heart"Archived 2017-10-04 at the Wayback Machine, U.S. 1 Newspaper, April 23, 2014. Accessed October 3, 2017. "'I like playing at events where I've grown up. This area is a special spot for me,' says Elliot who now lives in Jersey City but hails from Lawrence Township."
