Category: Bordentown Register News

  • Burlington County creates map showcasing women-owned businesses

    Burlington County creates map showcasing women-owned businesses

    October is National Women’s Small Business Month and the Burlington County Commissioners are highlighting businesses owned by women in Burlington County. To help support these businesses, Burlington County created an online map with the location and contact information for dozens of women-owned businesses in the county. “Burlington County is home to numerous strong, resilient and dedicated…

  • D’Angelo and Delaney bid to join Bordentown Township Committee

    D’Angelo and Delaney bid to join Bordentown Township Committee

    Editor’s Note: A profile of the Democratic candidates for Bordentown Township Committee appeared in the Oct. 22 issue of The Register News. Visit www.centraljersey.com to read “Four candidates vie for seats on Bordentown Township Committee.”    Election Day is fast approaching in Bordentown Township as candidates Steve Benowitz, Eric Holliday, Nicholas D’Angelo and Robert Delaney…

  • Burlington County Commissioner highlights help for businesses and families during State of the County address

    Burlington County Commissioner highlights help for businesses and families during State of the County address

    Burlington County Commissioner Director Felicia Hopson highlighted the county’s actions to help residents and businesses recover from the COVID-19 pandemic this year as part of her keynote address at the Burlington County Regional Chamber of Commerce’s annual State of the County event. Held at The Madison in Riverside, the event on Oct. 25 featured Hopson’s address, as…

  • SOLUTIONS 10/29: The costs of climate inaction

    SOLUTIONS 10/29: The costs of climate inaction

    By Huck Fairman Senator Joe Manchin and a majority of Republicans have been opposing President Joe Biden’s and the Democrats’ funding for climate spending intended to head off the worst impacts of climate change. Abrahm Lustgarten, a writer for the non-profit news organization doing investigative journalism, ProPublica, has made an effort to clarify the costs…

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 22

    Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 22

    Throughout October The Burlington County Farmers Market will continue weekly from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through October at the Burlington County Agricultural Center on Centerton Road in Moorestown. The market features a wide variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, flowers, plants and baked goods, along with an assortment of handmade…

  • Four candidates vie for seats on Bordentown Township Committee

    Four candidates vie for seats on Bordentown Township Committee

    The Bordentown Township Committee has two seats up for election this fall, with four candidates in running for those two positions. Democrats Mayor Steve Benowitz and Deputy Mayor Eric Holliday are the incumbents, while Nicholas D’Angelo and Robert Delaney are the two Republican candidates running for the committee seats. Each seat on the committee comes…

  • Burlington County launches new web portal for COVID-19 testing appointments

    Burlington County launches new web portal for COVID-19 testing appointments

    The Burlington County Health Department continues to make COVID-19 testing accessible and has launched a new web portal for residents to reserve appointment times at the county’s testing site. Testing continues to be available for walk-ins five days a week at the Burlington County Emergency Training Center at 53 Academy Drive in Westampton, but health…

  • Burlington, Ocean counties to participate in new land use study of territory around Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

    Burlington, Ocean counties to participate in new land use study of territory around Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst

    The Burlington County Commissioners affirmed their ongoing commitment to protecting and enhancing Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst by directing county planners and staff to participate in the development of a new land use study for the territory surrounding the sprawling military installation. The commissioners approved a resolution on Oct. 13 directing the Department of Economic Development and…

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 15

    Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 15

    Throughout October The Burlington County Farmers Market will continue weekly from 8:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through October at the Burlington County Agricultural Center on Centerton Road in Moorestown. The market features a wide variety of locally grown fruits and vegetables, cheeses, meats, flowers, plants and baked goods, along with an assortment of handmade…