Category: Bordentown Register News
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Burlington County celebrates first fire academy graduation since start of COVID-19 pandemic
The Burlington County Commissioners and Department of Public Safety formally welcomed dozens of new firefighters and fire officers into the ranks of the county’s emergency services on July 28 during the county’s first fire academy graduation since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Burlington County Emergency Services Training Center graduated a total of 59…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, July 30
Ongoing Rise is collecting donations of backpacks and school supplies for local students of all ages from elementary school to high school that will be handed out before the new school year begins. Students can come in to the Rise Thrift Store, 114 Rogers Ave., Hightstown, to pick up their backpack, containing age/grade level…
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Gov. Murphy signs legislation supporting veterans, service members
Gov. Phil Murphy has signed legislation (S-278, S-956, and S-961) into law which supports New Jersey veterans and service members and grants them easier access to higher education, expands access to the disabled veterans’ property tax exemption, and establishes an annual grant program within the Troops to College Program to recognize institutions of higher education…
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Bordentown police chief looks forward to hosting National Night Out
BORDENTOWN – Building a strong relationship with members of the community is very important to Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce and the officers in the police department. That is why the police department made sure to continue its annual National Night Out event last summer during the coronavirus pandemic, finding creative and safe ways…
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Gov. Murphy, health commissioner recommend masking in certain indoor settings
Following a July 27 announcement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention regarding masking, Gov. Phil Murphy and New Jersey Department of Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli are strongly recommending that vaccinated and unvaccinated individuals wear masks in indoor settings when there is increased risk. According to a July 28 press release from the Governor’s…
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Laura Wooten’s Law will require civics to be taught in middle school
If there is one thing that defined Laura Wooten, it was her unwavering dedication to the election process in her community and in the United States of America. For 79 years until her death in 2019, Wooten sat behind the voter check-in table as a poll worker – first at polling places in Princeton where…
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SOLUTIONS 7/30: Packaging That Doesn’t Poison Our Environment
By Huck Fairman We all purchase food, drinks and items that often come to us in plastics. Yet most of us are aware that studies have shown plastics to be degrading, if not outright poisoning, our environments and the creatures (including us) who live in them. Plastics found in our oceans, and other water bodies, are…
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SOLUTIONS 7/30: Packaging That Doesn’t Poison Our Environment
By Huck Fairman We all purchase food, drinks and items that often come to us in plastics. Yet most of us are aware that studies have shown plastics to be degrading, if not outright poisoning, our environments and the creatures (including us) who live in them. Plastics found in our oceans, and other water bodies, are…
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SOLUTIONS 7/30: Packaging That Doesn’t Poison Our Environment
By Huck Fairman We all purchase food, drinks and items that often come to us in plastics. Yet most of us are aware that studies have shown plastics to be degrading, if not outright poisoning, our environments and the creatures (including us) who live in them. Plastics found in our oceans, and other water bodies, are…
