Category: Bordentown Register News
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Learning the court of law
Bordentown Regional High School Mock Trial team reflects on competition There are many facets stepping into a court of law. The New Jersey State Bar Foundation High School Mock Trial competition allows high school students to not only learn about the facets whether it’s a lawyer, a witness, or even a member of a jury,…
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Delivering environmental justice to help communities breathe easier
by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is known as the Garden State, but not all communities are filled with trees, flowers and fresh breezes. Many of the state’s urban areas host facilities like power plants, trash and medical waste incinerators, landfills, and recycling and scrap metal processors that emit pollutants…
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Bordentown filmmaker a winner in county’s Short Film Festival
More than 1,000 films were submitted for Burlington County’s Short Film Festival from across the United States and more than 70 different countries A Bordentown filmmaker is one of 14 winners in Burlington County’s second annual Short Film Festival held April 28 and 29. Filmmaker Ross Stern’s Caricature Carl received the Best Film Prize in…
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Solutions: A poem titled ‘So much’
By Huck Fairman We live on a planet both large and small. There is so much, as we know, to it all. So much has chance and Nature made to which we add what each can fashion, what we’re eager to have displayed, through art, discovery, or acquisition. Yes, all our stuff accumulates through the…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, May 11
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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New Jersey’s native plants need stronger protections
by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation You wouldn’t guess this from its name, but the wild plant called sensitive joint-vetch has beautiful buttery yellow flowers with red centers and veins. Its name comes from its leaves, which fold slightly when touched. American chaffseed is another wild plant whose name gives little clue…
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Bordentown City taxpayers face increase
Statutory obligations drive increase in 2023 municipal budget A tax increase for the 2023 municipal budget is imminent as Bordentown City faces a number of statutory obligations – primarily state pension, health benefit costs and worker’s compensation insurance, according to officials. The public hearing and second reading will take place at the next Board of…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, May 4
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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From city streets to wooded trails, illegal vehicles are a problem
Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation It often seems that cities and rural towns have little in common regarding the problems and nuisances they deal with on a daily basis. But one issue affecting municipalities throughout New Jersey is the increasing illegal use of off-road vehicles – including all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) and dirt…
