Category: Bordentown Register News
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Meet ‘Bordy’ at annual National Night Out
Community names Bordentown Township Police Department’s new eagle mascot The results are in. Bordentown Township Police Department’s new eagle mascot has a name. In a reel posted on the department’s Facebook page, Police Officer Adam Edwards announced the name to a drumroll. “Introducing our new mascot,” Edwards stated. The eagle mascot popped up in the…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, July 27
Burlington, Mercer, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical…
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Navy veteran reflects on ‘amazing’ upbringing in Bordentown
Capt. Brian Binder has served in the U.S. Navy for 29 years Capt. Brian Binder, a native of Bordentown, is the commanding officer aboard Naval Station (NAVSTA) Mayport in Mayport, Fla. He is a 1994 graduate of Notre Dame High School and a 1998 United States Naval Academy graduate, according to the Navy Office of…
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‘Sound of Freedom’ film exposes scale of child sex slavery
By Albert J. Countryman An unseen, brutal world where child sex slaves are sold, raped and abused by human traffickers and pedophiles is the focus of the summer hit movie Sound of Freedom. The film highlights the efforts of Tim Ballard, a U.S. Homeland Security agent who – after rescuing a young boy from traffickers…
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Are green spaces a fountain of youth?
by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation The news these days is full of suggestions for how to live a longer life. You may be doing just that if you live near a green space like a park, community garden or nature preserve. A just-published study by researchers at Northwestern University found that…
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Bordentown Township Police investigate car burglaries
The Bordentown Township Police Department is seeking assistance with the investigation of overnight unlocked car burglaries in the Bywater and Tree Street neighborhoods. Residents are asked to check their home video surveillance systems for relevant footage between the hours of 12 a.m. and 5 a.m. July 15. Footage can be emailed to Ptl. Chase Potocny…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, July 20
Burlington, Mercer, and Somerset counties New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical…
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Fireflies: ‘Jewels of the night’ that may be disappearing
by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If ever there were creatures with the power to make a summer night magical, it would be fireflies – also known as lightning bugs. Watching fireflies twinkling amongst the backdrop of wildflowers, shrubs, and trees on a warm summer night is a mesmerizing and awe-inspiring experience.…
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Bordentown teen gains hands-on STEM experience this summer
A self-described Lego expert and video connoisseur, rising high school freshman Patrick E. Maszczak is gaining hands-on robotics design and civil engineering skills through the National Youth Leadership Forum Explore STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) this summer. Maszczak was nominated to attend the forum at the North Carolina State University in Raleigh, N.C. by his…
