Category: Bordentown Register News
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Bordentown Township Police Department ‘honors and celebrates’ its Black officers
During Black History Month, the Bordentown Township Police Department has taken the opportunity to honor and celebrate their Black officers who “provide excellent service and contributions to the community daily.” Police Sgt. Anthony S. Biddle II was born and raised in Bordentown Township, graduated from Bordentown Regional High School, and attended Morgan State University in…
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Telling the truth about New Jersey’s slave history
By Jay Watson “New Jersey is the Garden State. We’re known for our blueberries, we’re known for our corn, we’re known for our peaches. But we’re not known for the slaves that were here tilling the soil, we’re not known for the whole history of slavery right here, and how slavery was the underpinning of…
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Bordentown Police: Beware of scams
The Bordentown Police Department are warning residents about two scams. Card skimming device scam Police detectives determined that compromised cards have been subsequently used to purchase diesel fuel. They located and removed a card skimming device from a Route 130 gas station’s card reader, police said on Feb. 18 through a social media post. Anyone…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Feb. 16
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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Bordentown City welcomes dignitaries on county’s Downtown Business Tour
The Burlington County Commissioners kicked off their new Downtown Business Tours initiative with a trip to the historic City of Bordentown. The tour was led by Burlington County Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson and featured visits to several of the city’s downtown businesses to learn about their history and importance to the local community. “Small businesses…
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Community Sharing Garden expansion allows continued efforts towards food insecurity
After being awarded a Community Impact Grant from the Princeton Area Community Foundation, the D&R Greenway Land Trust will expand its Community Sharing Garden at St. Michaels Farm Preserve in Hopewell and Point Breeze Historic District in Bordentown. The expansion will allow the Land Trust to provide more organic produce to food-insecure local residents, maintain…
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Community Options celebrates 34 years of supporting people with disabilities
The work of Community Options has been helping people with disabilities build lives for themselves for more than three decades and that work continues today. The national nonprofit organization, which celebrated its 34th anniversary on Feb. 9, is headquartered in Princeton with offices across the state. The Woodbury office services counties in Atlantic, Camden, Cumberland and…
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Sweet! South Jersey taps its maple syrup potential
by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey isn’t nearly as famous as Vermont for maple syrup, though native sugar maple trees grow in our state’s north and central counties and many small farms tap trees for syrup. South Jersey? Not so much. Sugar maples are extremely rare in the region, and…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Feb. 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…
