Category: Bordentown Register News
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Cities facing record heat to get cooling help from trees
by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation This past July was the hottest month on record globally, with heat impacts especially severe in urban areas lacking a robust green tree canopy. In what’s known as the “urban heat island” effect, asphalt and concrete absorb and retain the sun’s warmth. Even after sunset, there’s…
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Bordentown Township Police blotter
A 30-year-old Roebling man and a 33-year-old Beverly woman were charged with shoplifting from the Aldi Supermarket on Sept. 24. Bordentown Township Police responded to the Aldi Supermarket for a reported shoplifting in progress at 5:04 p.m. Aldi employees relayed that the subjects were also suspected of a previous shoplifting on Sept. 18 in which…
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Sourland Spectacular a success
On behalf of the staff, board, and members of the Sourland Conservancy, I would like to sincerely thank our Sourland Spectacular cyclists, volunteers, vendors, and community partners who helped make this year’s event so successful. I would also like to thank our gracious host, the Watershed Institute, for welcoming us all! Proceeds from this event will support the Sourland Conservancy’s education, advocacy, and stewardship efforts. Over the past three…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Sept. 29
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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U.S. Rep. Andy Kim plans primary challenge
U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, whose 3rd Congressional District spans Mercer and Burlington counties, plans to challenge U.S. Senator Robert Menendez in the June 2024 Democratic Party political primary. Kim announced his intention to challenge the three-term senator Sept. 23, the day after Menendez was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly taking bribes from…
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Solar for all is aim of New Jersey’s ‘community’ solar energy program
by Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation There are plenty of great reasons to be interested in solar power: Energy from the sun is plentiful and free, and harnessing it doesn’t pollute the air with greenhouse gases at a time when the impacts of climate change have become a regular threat to our…
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‘The best is yet to come’
D&R Greenway Land Trust’s Harvest Moon Ball, featuring musicians and theatre performers, will be held at the Discovery Center at Point Breeze on the evening of Sept. 30. In the tradition of Joseph Bonaparte, the exiled King of Spain who entertained prominent scientists, artists and leaders here in the 1820s and 1830s, guests are invited…
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It’s about the animals
By Christine Harkinson The Friends of the Burlington County Animal Shelter hosted its annual Paw Prints PetFest & 5K on Sept. 17 to raise funds for advanced medical care and other animal services and fund efforts to find homes for shelter animals. The fundraiser also helped the nonprofit expand its reach into the community and…
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Common calendar, Packet papers, Sept. 22
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…
