Category: Bordentown Register News
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Bordentown community groups prepare meals for people in need this holiday season
Multiple Bordentown community groups stepped up this holiday season to prepare and deliver meals to people less fortunate just in time for Thanksgiving. With buckets full of chopped carrots, mashed potatoes, turkey and plenty more holiday dinner fixings, the Kiwanis Club of Bordentown and Christ Church Parish of Bordentown prepared and packed 450 meals as…
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Florence Planning Board approves site plans for warehouse on West Front Street
The Florence Township Planning Board recently approved site plans for the construction of a warehouse on West Front Street. The Florence planners approved an application for the proposed construction of a 508,200 square foot warehouse sited on West Front Street at a Nov. 26 public hearing. Florence planners made a motion to approve and pass…
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Bordentown police departments raise money for local youth diagnosed with leukemia
A collaboration between the Bordentown Township and Bordentown City police departments, aimed to raise funds for a local seven-year-old diagnosed with leukemia, was met with success after a month-long outreach effort. To raise funds and awareness for seven-year-old Melvin Bertchie, a first-grade student at Clara Barton Elementary School who was diagnosed with leukemia in April…
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Florence Township Fire Dept: One dead, two escaped in house fire
One person was reported deceased during a house fire on Dec. 3 in Florence Township, according to officials. At approximately 2 a.m. on Dec. 3, the Florence Township Police Department reported that police, fire and EMS were dispatched to Amboy Avenue for a house fire with flames showing. According to a released statement from the…
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The State We’re In 11/29: Don’t let the winter weather keep you indoors
By Michele S. Byers If you’re like me, you may have a case of “weather whiplash” from the wildly fluctuating temperatures. New Jersey’s long stretch of mild weather ended abruptly when the polar vortex moved southward and caused the mercury to plunge. Brrrr … a blast of January in November. But by the time you…
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Mothers offered a comfortable, natural setting for delivery at Saint Peter’s
Baby Zane’s birth was extra special, as his entrance to the world was as the first baby born at Saint Peter’s University Hospital’s new Mary V. O’Shea Birth Center. New Brunswick residents Emely Madera and Hassan Hazim welcomed Zane on Nov. 17, though the New Brunswick hospital opened its new center on Oct. 28; the midwifery…
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Florence Twp. Police: Police in search of alleged bank thief
The Florence Township Police Department is currently in search of an alleged suspect. The Florence police released a statement that on Nov. 21 at 1:20 p.m., an alleged suspect walked into the BB&T Bank located on the corner of Delaware Ave and S. Route 130, and used a handwritten note to demand the teller give…
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Bordentown City awarded for sustainable practices around community
Bordentown City officials recently announced that the municipality was awarded for its efforts to create a more sustainable community. The city was awarded silver-level certification this year with Sustainable Jersey, a non-profit organization that supports local regions in their pursuit of sustainability programs. There are 448 municipalities in New Jersey, including Bordentown City and Bordentown…
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County women recognized for achievements
More than 90 Girls on the Run (GOTR) coaches, girls, community leaders, sponsors, and local businesswomen and men gathered at the Merion Golf Club in Cinnaminson recently for the “Remarkable Breakfast.” The event, which celebrated the strengths of girls and women, raised approximately $10,000 to support existing GOTR program sites, as well as their “Every…
