Category: Bordentown Register News
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New Jersey Film Festival will present more than 40 films virtually
The Rutgers Film Co-op/New Jersey Media Arts Center, in association with the Rutgers University Program in Cinema Studies, will celebrate the 39th anniversary of the New Jersey Film Festival Fall 2020. The Fall Festival was scheduled to take place at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, but because of COVID19 the university will not be having…
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Honor Yoga offers free classes for emotional well-being
Participating in yoga benefits both physical and mental health and influences positive thought. It alleviates mental stress, develops better physicality and subsequently enhances emotional well-being. Yoga postures are a form of meditation in motion that help release tension and emotional stress. This can help decrease physical ailments by improving the flow of oxygen and conditioning…
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Spotting the spotted lanternfly in Burlington County neighborhoods
By RYAN LAWRENCE The Sun Tony Gissi recently did some research and is pretty confident the oldest tree in the borough is the oak just outside his house. “The circumference is 16 feet, you take that and divide by pi and then, with (a white Oak), the growth factor is five, so you multiply by…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Aug. 14
Editor’s Note: Please call before attending any event. As of press time, certain restrictions were still in place due to the coronavirus outbreak. Ongoing The Mercer County Solidarity Network (MCSN) is a new mutual aid group designed to connect people in need throughout Mercer County with people who can help meet those needs. The…
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Burlington County freeholder urges veterans and service members to get counted in 2020 Census
Census takers are on the move within Burlington County neighborhoods as part of this year’s decennial count, and Burlington County’s freeholders continue to encourage residents to self-respond in order to ensure they are counted. Veterans and service members living in the county are among the populations officials are concerned might get missed. “There’s no reason…
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SOLUTIONS 8/14: Our String of Disasters
By Huck Fairman How bad is it? Three years ago, the NY Times reported, FEMA had been managing 27 “major disasters” around the country, with a staff of approximately 10,000. Recently the number of disasters has doubled, not counting the pandemic, but the FEMA staff has only increased by a third. Last week’s hurricane, Isaias,…
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Motor vehicle forms now available at NJMVC.gov
The New Jersey Motor Vehicle Commission (MVC) announced it has placed most of its standard forms online, allowing customers to fill out the forms directly from their electronic devices prior to their MVC visit. The change means customers will no longer have to wait until they get to an MVC licensing or vehicle center to…
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Chief Francis Lee Memorial, Northern Community Park receive county funding
Burlington County will distribute a record-high $5.2 million in municipal parks grants to 38 municipalities this year as part of the Board of Chosen Freeholders continuing efforts to assist local towns and property taxpayers. Locally, Bordentown City was awarded $88,900 for Chief Francis Lee Memorial, and Bordentown Township was warded $150,000 for improvements to Northern Community…
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New Jersey Supreme Court justices allow $10B borrowing plan to stand
The justices who sit on the New Jersey Supreme Court have ruled that New Jersey’s elected representatives may borrow up to $9.9 billion to address the fiscal crisis that has arisen as a consequence of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The court issued its ruling on Aug. 12 in the case of the New Jersey Republican…
