Category: Bordentown Register News
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Additional application public hearing adjourned until February for proposed CVS in Bordentown
The developer of the proposed CVS Pharmacy site on Farnsworth Avenue and Route 130 has adjourned the public hearing of its site plan until February. That meeting on Feb. 13 will now focus in what is anticipated to be the most important component of the application: the traffic study. After the Bordentown Township Planning Board…
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The State We’re In 1/10: New Jersey environmental wins and losses in 2019
By Michele S. Byers It’s the nation’s most densely populated state, with the most Superfund sites, and sometimes called Cancer Alley. This state we’re in faces many environmental challenges, including air pollution, threats to clean drinking water and sprawl. But New Jersey is also a leader in open space and farmland preservation, and still rightfully…
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Solutions 1/10: The year of climate change
By Huck Fairman The year 2019 has seen both dire warnings of drastic climate change and a number of the predicted extreme weather events. Satellite images of those events recall the views seen by the astronauts from the Moon, photographs of our strikingly beautiful home floating in black space. But what moved those astronauts was…
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Florence Township receives defibrillator devices aimed to benefit patrons
The Florence Township municipality recently received four automated external defibrillators (AED) aimed to serve patrons in the event of an emergency. Florence officials announced at a Dec. 4 council meeting that the Florence Township Recreation Department was one of the recipients of four wall mounted AED devices to be placed at recreation facilities in town.…
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Bordentown City officials provide update on efforts to address reported lead exceedances in homes
Bordentown City officials provided a recent update on their efforts to address the ongoing reports of lead exceedances in residents’ homes. After the Bordentown City Board of Commissioners announced at a November meeting last year that the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) called on the municipality to enact additional testing for lead in the water…
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Benowitz named mayor and Holliday appointed deputy mayor in Bordentown Township
Stephen Benowitz will lead Bordentown Township as its mayor for the fourth straight year while Eric Holliday will step into the seat of deputy mayor. By a unanimous vote from the committee, Benowitz was named mayor when the annual reorganization meeting of the Bordentown Township Committee was held on Jan. 4 at the Bordentown Township…
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Substantial THC bust in New Jersey follows yearlong investigation
FREEHOLD – A yearlong investigation by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Narcotics and Criminal Enterprise Unit targeting a large-scale marijuana and THC distribution network resulted in charges being filed against 24 men and women, the Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Jan. 7. The network operated throughout Monmouth, Ocean and Bergen counties, as…
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THE STATE WE’RE IN 2/7: A governor’s ‘PACT’ for climate change
By Michelle S. Byers Gov. Murphy is making a PACT with New Jersey by taking the most proactive step of any state to address climate change. “PACT” stands for Protecting Against Climate Threats, and it’s part of the governor’s proposal to reduce the vulnerability of residents to the impacts of climate change, including sea level…
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The State We’re In 1/3: Hands off Liberty State Park!
By Michele S. Byers If New Jersey were to have a “people’s park,” it would be Liberty State Park in Jersey City – 1,200 acres of land and water along the Hudson River waterfront with sweeping views of the New York City skyline, Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Liberty State Park was created on…
