Village Bakery Has Closed, Owners Announce Today

In a letter to friends and patrons dated Tuesday, owner Karen Child explains that the bakery on Gordon Avenue in Lawrence Township, in part, could not recover from losses incurred due to the power outage caused by Hurricane Sandy.

To the shock and dismay of many Lawrence Township residents, The Village Bakery has gone out of business, closing its doors as of this morning (Tuesday, Nov. 27). In a letter dated today and posted on the door of the bakery – on Gordon Avenue in the heart of historic Lawrenceville – owner Karen Child explains that the decision to close the business was a difficult one that was the result of losses brought about by Hurricane Sandy and the difficulties she and her husband Bo had in finding qualified staff to help run the bakery. As Patch reader Marcia Willsie recounted, after Hurricane Sandy knocked out power to The Village Bakery Karen and Bo Child opened their doors to friends and neighbors and gave out all their perishables – cakes, pies…

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