Category: Bordentown Register News
-
Burlington County resumes home COVID-19 testing program
The Burlington County Department of Health is immediately resuming the county’s COVID-19 home testing program. “Though the first doses of vaccines are becoming available for health care workers, it will be months before the general public begins getting vaccinated, so testing will continue to be among our most critical tools to slowing the spread of…
-
SOLUTIONS 12/18: Inspiring personal story and example for us all
By Huck Fairman In this time of stress, environmental and political, TED Talks offers an inspirational, personal story in the form of a talk delivered by Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado. Beginning with his personal history growing up in rural Brazil, he recounts how he first studied economics before turning to photography. Born in 1944, he…
-
Freeholders encourage residents to recycle the right way during the holidays
The Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders is asking residents to recycle smartly during the upcoming holidays and into the new year. Household waste typically increases during the holidays so residents are encouraged to pay attention to what they discard in their recycling bins and to help with collection by flattening cardboard boxes and making…
-
Common calendar, Packet papers, December 18
Ongoing Mercer County Community College’s youth program, Camp College, is accepting students for Winter Session and Spring 2021. Virtual classes for students ages 6-14 focus on science, technology, engineering, art and math (STEAM) with staggered start dates from December through May. Each course is taught live through Zoom and provides a project-based learning experience that combines…
-
Positive COVID cases continue to rise in Bordentown
There are now 374 total positive cases reported from Bordentown Township, with four new cases reported Dec. 15 and nine new cases reported Dec. 16. There are eight total deaths. There was one new case of COVID-19 reported from Bordentown City on Dec. 15, and three new cases reported on Dec. 16, bringing the number…
-
Burlington County Sheriff’s Department receives donation of toys and bicycles from Marine Toys for Tots
This year’s 25th annual Burlington County Sheriff’s Department Holiday Toy Drive is already the largest in the department’s history, and it just received another big donation from a community partner. Marine Toys for Tots of Burlington County, a Mount Laurel-based nonprofit that conducts its own toy drive each winter, contributed two truckloads of 75 bicycles…
-
Freeholders accept 7,000 masks from Habitat for Humanity
Burlington County is getting some extra help in its coronavirus fight from Habitat for Humanity of Burlington and Mercer Counties. The Maple Shade-based nonprofit donated 7,000 N95 masks to the Burlington County Office of Emergency Management (OEM) to use or distribute as part of the county’s pandemic response. Burlington County Freeholder Dan O’Connell helped collect…
-
Burlington County will continue food assistance
With the holidays approaching and the coronavirus pandemic still ongoing, the Burlington County Board of Chosen Freeholders announced they will continue to make food assistance available to families in need. The county will hold its latest food distribution event from 10 a.m. to noon Dec. 19 at the county Emergency Services Training Center in Westampton.…
-
Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2023 brings holiday cheer with Light the Night Festival
There was a new event created this year to help the Bordentown community celebrate the holiday season. The Bordentown Regional High School Class of 2023 created a fundraiser called Light the Night Holiday Decorating Contest and Festival that folks around the community participated in on Dec. 12. From residents partaking in a holiday house decorating…
