Category: Bordentown Register News
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Bordentown Township police chief retires
Bordentown Township has a new acting police chief. Police Captain Nathan Roohr was appointed to acting police chief following the retirement of Police Chief Brian Pesce that was effective on Oct. 1. Pesce had served as chief since 2018 following the termination of former Chief Frank Nucera. Roohr was promoted to captain in 2022. He…
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‘Expecting parents’ worst nightmare’
Marise Angibeau-Gray’s pregnancy loss of her son Ellison in 2017 filled her with unspeakable pain. “I became pregnant with him after experiencing two prior pregnancy losses. I just knew he was going to be my rainbow baby,” she said. When she was 29 weeks pregnant with Ellison, she heard the words “there is no heartbeat.”…
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Glean with State Sen. Troy Singleton
For his monthly “Serve with Senator Singleton” community service project, Senator Troy Singleton will be partnering with Farmers Against Hunger for a gleaning event at Specca Farms, 870 Jacksonville Mount Holly Road in Bordentown from 10 a.m. to noon, Saturday, Oct. 14. Each month, Singleton crowd-sources a team of volunteers to help with a particular community service project.…
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‘Jersey Devil Homecoming’ set for Friday the 13th
On Friday the 13th, get ready for the “Jersey Devil Homecoming” with a descendent of the family that birthed the state’s most famous monster. William Sprouse, who is a journalist and historian, will present “Jersey Devil Homecoming”: A Friday the 13th Halloween-season event at 7 p.m., Oct. 13 at Old City Hall, 13 Crosswicks St., in Bordentown. The Jersey Devil legend…
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Enjoy fall’s colors on foliage hikes close to home
by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation Every fall, hordes of people head to New England or upstate New York to view the annual spectacle of trees changing color. New Jerseyans know you don’t need to drive hours for great leaf viewing. Thanks to our varied geography – everything from rugged mountains to…
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Annual street fair to move from Bordentown City to Florence
The City of Bordentown has unexpectedly bid “adieu” to the May Bordentown Street Fair, according to the Burlington Mercer Chamber of Commerce. The chamber has organized the fair since 1977 and will continue hosting the fair in another location. “We will still be hosting the Street Fair on the third weekend of May; Saturday May 18, 2024,” according to a press…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Oct. 6
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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County holding free shredding events this fall
Burlington County residents will have more opportunities to safely dispose of unwanted confidential documents and plastic film materials this year during the county’s upcoming fall shredding events. The events will be held at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 22, and Sunday, Nov. 19. Residents can…
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Bordentown Regional High School Thespians to present ‘Trap’
Bordentown Regional High School Thespians to present the suspense thriller “Trap” by Stephen Gregg at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 20 and 21 at the Bordentown Performing Arts Center. In Menachap, Calif., an incomprehensible event occurs: every person in the audience of a play falls unconscious–every person but one. Using interviews with witnesses, loved ones, first…
