Ida Flooding, Football: Lawrence Township Daily

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First, today's weather:

Partly cloudy throughout the day. High: 77 Low: 61.

Here are the top stories today in Lawrenceville:

1. Costco Looking To Set Purchase Limit On Certain Items Again (94.5 PST)
2. Few Roads In Lawrenceville Still Closed As Ida Cleanup Continues (Lawrenceville Patch)
3. Trenton Times field hockey preview 2021: players, teams and dates to watch (nj.com)
4. This New Brunswick Eatery Should be Among Americas Most Beautiful (94.5 PST)
5. 2 Killed In Mercer County On Wednesday During Ida Flooding (Lawrenceville Patch)
6. Times of Trenton girls volleyball season preview, 2021 (nj.com)
7. NJ Lottery Launches Underage Gambling Campaign (Jersey Shore Online)
8. See the devastating videos, photos of Ida’s destruction in N.J. (NJ.com)
9. Trees Down, Roads Flooded In Lawrence As Ida Slams NJ (Lawrenceville Patch)
10. Mullica Hill, NJ tornado destroys houses (New Jersey 101.5 FM)
11. MAAC Announces Women's Basketball Conference Slate (NU Purple Eagles.com)
12. 9-Year-Old Rescued After Crawling Into Storm Drain In Lawrence (Lawrenceville Patch)
13. Saving the life of an Atlantic City ‘diving horse’ changed her own life forever (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
14. Keeping the Kids on Track Academically After COVID (NJ Family)
15. Get ready for Notre Dame football with its 2021 roster (Notre Dame Insider)
16. N.J. Button Society set to hold its 80th anniversary show (Community News)
17. ‘The Problem with Jon Stewart’ is you’ll need to watch to find out (NJ.com)
18. [PHOTOS] Trenton Celebrates Olympian Athing Mu With Parade (Lawrenceville Patch)
19. Villanova Picks Up Fourth Straight Win; Defeats Rider 3-1 - Villanova University (Villanova University Official Athletic Site)

Today in Lawrenceville:

• Labor Day Weekend - Mercer County Library System (12:05 AM)

Lawrenceville Patch Notebook

• The Lawrenceville School: "It’s ice cream Sunday with Mister Softee for our preseason students " (Instagram)
• The Lawrenceville School: "The kids are alright...especially when they are participating in our opening days orientation activities. From navigating the school Ropes Course to ice breakers in the Gruss Center for Art and Design, to unexpectedly sheltering ..." (Instagram)
• Rider University: "Move in starts this weekend for our newest Broncs! What's one thing they shouldn't forget to pack? " (Instagram)
• HomeFront: "Please help us congratulate Kaiyaira and her daughter on their new home!!! They are the first of 16 families who will move into these brand new beautiful rental units in Hamilton built by our sister agency, Homes By TLC, and managed by H..." (Facebook)
• Rider University Field Hockey: "The Broncs are live on ESPN+ as they look to improve to 2-0 at Colgate today. Noon Hamilton, NY espn.com/watch/player?i… stats.statbroadcast.com/statmonitr/?id… #GoBroncs #NECFH" (Instagram)
• Rider University Field Hockey: "Congratulations to 3 of our Rider Broncs who were named prime performers of the week for NEC fh !!! We are so proud of you guys!! Great team work from everyone!! #alittlealot" (Instagram)
• Rider University Ice Hockey: "Happy birthday to senior forward Tyler Giwerowski and senior goaltender Eric Lineman #22 #30 #TheBrotherhood" (Instagram)
• New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: "Air crews from the 1-171st General Support Aviation Battalion (MEDEVAC), 57th Troop Command, New Jersey Army National Guard, provided rescue assistance to multiple stranded New Jerseyans in Somerset County Sept. 2 as historic flooding in..." (Facebook)
• HomeFront: "This TUESDAY, help us stop the spread of #COVID19 by getting a free vaccination at HomeFront. We are delighted how many local residents have decided to come here on Tuesdays to #keephealthy. All welcome!" (Facebook)
• Rider Athletics: "Haven’t met in person as a department staff in 18 months…until today. First order of business? Recognize baseball’s Barry Davis as the athletic department’s 2020-21 Coach of the Year as voted on by his coaching peers. #Congrats" (Facebook)
• Rider Athletics: "Women's Basketball Announces 2021-22 Schedule #GoBroncs #MAACHoops" (Facebook)
• New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: "More than 80 Citizen-Soldiers of the New Jersey Army National Guard are prepared to support Post Tropical Cyclone #Ida response efforts and coordinate with the @ReadyNJ Office of Emergency Management. NJDMAVA joins our great state in mou..." (Facebook)
• New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs: "The Veterans of Foreign Wars District 2 Auxiliary sponsored bingo at the New Jersey Veterans Home at Paramus multipurpose room August 27. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photos by Anthony Elia)" (Facebook)
• Ben Franklin Elementary School PTO: "BIG congratulations goes out to our very own Nicole Bottrel for winning Amerikick’s PTO donation raffle!! Thanks to Nicole and her entry into the raffle, our PTO will win the prize money! And since that money will be used to pay for fun ..." (Facebook)
• Lawrenceville Main Street: "All are welcome! Registration is required. Register here: https://withribbon.com/Romy--Toussaint/Yoga-In-The-Park-with-Complete-Health-Yoga/242691" (Facebook)
• Lawrence High School: "*our amazing student leaders getting ready to welcome our freshmen and sophomores for today's orientation programs*" (Facebook)

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