Category: Bordentown Register News
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Local mom advocates for youth mental health
Since the CDC, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released new data this month showing that more than half of female high school students feel sad and hopeless, and 24% of adolescent girls made a suicide plan in the past year, I’ve heard emotional reactions from educators, fellow parents and nonprofit colleagues: We are “devastated,”…
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DEP sets goal to ‘prescribe burn’ 25,000 acres of state forest
Burning to protect nature In the dense forest and parks of Shamong’s Pinelands National Reserve, wildlife is alive with snakes basking in the sun and birds nesting. And to ensure a suitable wildlife home, the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is planning strategic prescribed burnings to not only protect the wildlife, but to protect…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, March 9
Ongoing 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 background necessary. Volunteers should…
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The State We’re In: ‘Climate-smart’ agriculture catching on with farmers
by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation. When you think about farmers in the Garden State, you might picture them planting seeds, milking cows, raising poultry, harvesting crops, and delivering fresh, healthy foods to market. Without a doubt, farmers feed the world. As the old saying goes, “No farmers, no food.” Did you…
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Bordentown Township police recognize their own
The Bordentown Township Police Department recognized officers for their accomplishments at the department’s annual meeting. The officer awards recognize “a highly creditable accomplishment as a result of training, devotion to duty or service to the public” from Oct. 1, 2021 to Dec. 31, 2022, according to the township’s police department. The officers were presented with…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, March 2
Ongoing 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 background necessary. Volunteers should…
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State forest needs protection from rogue drivers
By Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you watch sports on television, including the Super Bowl, you’ve probably noticed the commercials for four-wheel-drive vehicles. With heart-pounding music playing, they show rugged vehicles climbing hills, splashing through streams and flinging mud from spinning tires. To some, it must look like fun. But what…
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State program provides nutritious meals for children in summer
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher encourages organizations to help provide nutritious meals to children during the summer months through the Department’s Summer Food Service Program. The Summer Food Program began in 1976 as an outgrowth of the National School Lunch Program. The Summer Food Service Program is designed to reach those who…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Feb. 23
Ongoing 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 background necessary. Volunteers should…
