Category: Bordentown Register News
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Emergency Free Farm Market to be held Aug. 21 at CURE Insurance Arena
Anyone struggling to take care of their family’s needs can visit the Emergency Free Farm Market from noon to 2 p.m. Aug. 21 at the CURE Insurance Arena, 81 Hamilton Ave., Trenton, in parking lot No. 2, south lot of the venue. While supplies last, families will receive fruits, vegetables and dairy. No registration or…
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Massage Envy clients can donate massage time to health care heroes
Inspired by watching a clip on the news, Hillsborough-based Massage Envy owner Greg Robertson and his wife, Renee, took up the charge to do something during the public health crisis of COVID-19. “Renee and I were watching the news and a pizzeria donated 40 pizzas to a local hospital. We wanted to do something similar,”…
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Vote yes to legalization of cannabis on Nov. 3
On Election Day, Nov. 3, New Jersey voters will decide if the state will proceed with legalization of cannabis for adult use. The current status of failed prohibition and the underground market is not what is best for the people. Marijuana is objectively safer than alcohol so why are we driving people to drink? Street…
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Bordentown Historical Society starts ‘Raise the Roof’ campaign to fix Clara Barton schoolhouse roof
BORDENTOWN – The Clara Barton Schoolhouse has been a historic landmark in the Bordentown community since 1852 when the world-renowned nurse helped build the first-ever public school in the state of New Jersey. Barton, who also founded the American Red Cross in 1881 and was the first woman to be a full-time employee of the…
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School personnel can register for two-hour training on how to understand children with biologically-based mental illnesses
The “Educating the Educators” (ETE) program is an initiative developed by NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness, New Jersey chapter) and reviewed by New Jersey Psychiatric Association (NJPA) and the New Jersey Council of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (NJCCAP) to help K-12 educators understand children and youth with biologically-based mental illnesses. ETE, copyrighted by…
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North Brunswick resident offers ways to help victims of explosion in Beirut
On Aug. 4, a massive blast at a port in Lebanon’s capital city of Beirut caused massive devastation. Statistics show 171 people were killed, 6,000 were injured and 300,000 were left homeless. The explosion also destroyed four major hospitals, wiping out medicine stockpiles, including chemotherapy treatment for children diagnosed with cancer. To assist organizations providing…
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PSE&G to reimburse customers for food and medicines spoiled during Tropical Storm Isaias
PSE&G is expanding its claims policy due to the COVID-19 pandemic so that customers whose electrical service was interrupted by Tropical Storm Isaias for at least 72 hours can be reimbursed for spoiled food and medication. The tropical storm knocked out power for more than 575,000 customers in New Jersey, making it the fifth-most destructive…
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Saint Peter’s University Hospital establishes program to help patients recover from COVID longterm
Saint Peter’s University Hospital has announced the creation of a specialized COVID-19 Recovery Program to provide comprehensive, multi-specialty treatment for individuals who were previously diagnosed (tested positive) with COVID-19. The program offers care to individuals who were previously treated for COVID-19 at Saint Peter’s, as well as those treated at other medical facilities, and those…
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Murphy, legislators enact significant laws under cover of pandemic
By Marc Gaswirth Soon after the nightmarish effects of the coronavirus pandemic subside, school district administrators may ask themselves this question: Where is Chris Christie now that we need him? The reference to the former governor may seem odd if not for the enactment during the past six months of three laws approved overwhelmingly by…
