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Demolition of Moorestown Town Hall Underway

Crews from Mazza Construction began taking down the building early Tuesday morning.

Shortly after 8 a.m., crews from Mazza Construction began ripping apart the former town hall building.

Architect Daniel Nichols with Ragan Design Group, the firm helping the township design a new municipal complex, said the building should be completely razed by the end of the week, weather permitting.

Workers from Mazza went at the building Monday with a hydraulic claw machine, smashing and tearing off large chunks of the building and piling up the debris.

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"This is the easy part," Nichols said, explaining once the building is down Mazza will spend the rest of the month sorting the wreckage into piles for recycling.

The town hall building has been out of use since an Aug. 2007 fire forced the township to relocate its offices. Council recently to build a new muncipal complex housing township administrative offices, the library and municipal court.

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The township is still working on other aspects of the project expected to include a separate police department building and improvements to the existing recreation building. 


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