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Nerwinski talks about the state of development in town INTerVieW By BiLL SANserViNO
Lawrence Municipal Manager Kevin Nerwinski recently sat down with the Lawrence Gazette to talk about issues impacting the township. The first part of the Q&A resulting from that interview ran in the April issue of the Gazette and addressed the township’s plans for the future of fire safety. In the second part of the interview, which ran in the May issue, Nerwinski discussed the police
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Lawrence High School track coach Nate Jones (left) with track and field team member Leticia Kitio. For more on the team, turn to page 12. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)
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a lot of companies have downsized and a lot of their workers are now working from home. So the office market is depressed. Has that been your experience? Has there been an increase in vacancies, and has that affected tax revenues? Kevin Nerwinski: Yes and yes. So what is Class A office versus Class C office? So now, if the Class Cs don’t keep up with the times, they won’t be not competitive. See DEVELOPMENT, Page 6
Cardinals show resilience in championship game loss By Rich Fisher
In a season filled with memorable wins, it may have been a season-ending loss that best defined Lawrence High School’s 2023 baseball campaign. The Cardinals fell behind Middletown North, 8-0, in the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group 3 championship game, and it appeared the only remaining goal was to avoid losing by the
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10-run mercy rule. But the new breed of Cardinals went beyond that, battling back to within 8-5 (and could have had more were it not for a spectacular defensive play), falling behind 10-5, and eventually losing 10-7 after scoring two in the seventh. “Last year if it was 8-0 we would have packed it up and left,” said senior center fielder Gio Brogle, who homered in his final high school at-bat.
“We got down early, we didn’t have our best stuff at the beginning of the game, but this is a group of guys that never gives up,” junior Kellen Moore said. “We really showed that heart at the end of the game. We scored seven runs in the last three innings. We could have counted ourselves out, we could have packed it all up, gotten ready for the bus ride home. But we knew See BASEBALL, Page 10
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department and difficulties facing law enforcement in 2023. This month, Nerwinski talks with Gazette editor Bill Sanservino about the state of commercial and residential development in the township. A lightly edited Q&A resulting from the interview appears below. *** Lawrence Gazette: Let’s talk about the corporate office market and corporate development in general. Since the pandemic,
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