Category: Bordentown Register News
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Burlington County offers booster shots
The Burlington County Health Department is now administering a newly approved additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine to people with weakened immune systems at all its vaccine clinics, and has started planning to dispense recommended booster doses to other fully-vaccinated persons later this fall. “Vaccines are proven to be safe and effective protection against COVID-19, including…
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Burlington County releases online map of Black-owned businesses for National Black Business Month
The Burlington County Commissioners are spotlighting Black-owned businesses throughout August as part of a National Black Business Month celebration. The county has published an online map to help residents locate and support these businesses. More than two dozen businesses are listed on the interactive map, which was created by the Burlington County GIS (Geographic Information Systems)…
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Princeton House Behavioral Health celebrates 50 years of providing hope, innovating care and changing lives
Fifty years ago, in July 1971, Princeton Hospital opened 84 licensed psychiatric inpatient beds to serve the mental health needs of the community. At the time, patient stays were measured in weeks, not days. Advancements in medication and a transition to community-based care—brief inpatient hospitalization followed by a lengthier period of acute outpatient programming—now allow…
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Burlington County announces seven early voting sites; voters registered to vote by mail need to opt out by Sept. 10 to use machine
Voters will have several options to cast their ballot in the upcoming General Election this fall, including in-person, early voting for the first time. Legislation signed into law earlier this year by Gov. Phil Murphy created the new early voting option allowing registered voters to cast their ballots in person, using a voting machine, during…
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Bordentown City mayor releases guidelines for possible cannabis businesses
Last week during the Bordentown City Board of Commissioners meeting, Mayor Jennifer Sciortino, Deputy Mayor Joe Myers and Commissioner James Lynch unanimously voted to pass an ordinance to allow a certain amount of cannabis businesses to operate in the city. Sciortino issued a statement on Aug. 16 explaining the rules and regulations of the new…
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Burlington County begins resurfacing work on Crosswicks Street in Bordentown
Burlington County will continue work in its State Funded Overlay Program next week by resurfacing a half-mile section of Crosswicks Street. Pavement milling and overlay work on the road, also known as County Route 528, begins today, Aug. 16, and is expected to take about a week to complete. Traffic will be maintained through the…
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Princess visits Bonaparte estate in Bordentown
On a recent Saturday, a surprise visitor arrived at Point Breeze, the preserved Bordentown estate that once served as the home of her famous European family, the Bonapartes. Princess Caroline Murat descends from the sister of Joseph Napoleon Bonaparte, who lived at Point Breeze. They were both siblings of Napoleon I, emperor of France. Upon…
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Solutions: An environmental ditty
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 too eagerly have displayed, through our arts and imperatives of acquisition. Yes, all our stuff…
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Burlington County population grew 3% in last decade
The Burlington County Commissioners shared information from the first local level results from the 2020 census, and the county’s 3% population increase during the past decade. A total of 461,860 people called Burlington County home on April 1, 2020, an increase of just over 13,000 residents compared to the 448,734 counted in 2010, according to…
