Category: Bordentown Register News

  • Positive COVID cases continue to rise in Bordentown

    Positive COVID cases continue to rise in Bordentown

    There are now 361 total positive cases reported from Bordentown Township, with four new cases reported Dec. 13 and five new cases reported Dec. 14. There are eight total deaths. There was one new cases of COVID-19 reported from Bordentown City on Dec. 13, and one new case reported on Dec. 14, bringing the number…

  • Bordentown Walking Tours offers Holiday Lights & Architecture Tour in person and virtually

    Bordentown Walking Tours offers Holiday Lights & Architecture Tour in person and virtually

    There’s a new way for people to enjoy a socially-distanced winter holiday season: take a guided, self-guided or virtual tour through downtown Bordentown. Hear festive holiday stories of the town’s past while enjoying sparkling holiday lights and charming architecture through the Bordentown Lights & Architecture Tour. Houses along the route are encouraged to decorate for…

  • Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign begins

    Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over campaign begins

    Law enforcement officials will be cracking down on drivers impaired by alcohol or drugs as part of the annual end of year “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over” statewide campaign.  Through Jan. 1, 2021, local and state law enforcement officials will conduct saturation patrols and sobriety checkpoints looking for motorists who may be driving while…

  • Facebook Town Hall will highlight ways Rowan College has served the community during the pandemic

    What does it mean to serve the community? Tune in to Rowan College at Burlington County’s (RCBC) final Facebook Town Hall of 2020 at 1 p.m. Dec. 16 to hear about it from three special guests. Join 3+1 Biology student and Service-Learning scholar Rebekah Feinberg, American Red Cross Account Executive Ashley Concilio-Regan and Soles4Souls Director…

  • Stop fraudulent land conservation schemes

    Stop fraudulent land conservation schemes

    By Michele S. Byers Since the 1970s donations of land and interests in land, known as conservation easements, have benefited from a federal conservation tax deduction. The tax deduction incentive has proven enormously successful and popular across the nation. In fact, the conservation easement tax deduction is one of America’s most valuable tools for encouraging…

  • Common calendar, Packet papers, December 11

    Common calendar, Packet papers, December 11

    Ongoing The Princeton Farmers Market will offer its Winter Market Series at its temporary outdoor location on Franklin Avenue, providing ample space for social distancing. Markets will operate 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on select dates. Market dates are posted at www.princetonfarmersmarket.com/calendar The market is authorized to accept SNAP/EBT cards and matches up to $10…

  • Local woman shares story of tragedy in hopes to break domestic violence cycle for others; her company raises funds for various domestic violence charities

    Local woman shares story of tragedy in hopes to break domestic violence cycle for others; her company raises funds for various domestic violence charities

    When Sarah Ripoli was ready to go public with the tragedy she experienced when she was 6 years old, when her father Frank Ripoli Jr. fatally shot her mother Brenda Ripoli, she sent a message to her sorority sisters and told them what had happened first. It was December 2018 and many responses she received…

  • Cases continue to rise in Bordentown

    Cases continue to rise in Bordentown

    There are now 325 total positive cases reported from Bordentown Township, with 10 new cases reported Dec. 8. There are eight total deaths. There were three new cases of COVID-19 reported from Bordentown City on Dec. 8, bringing the number of total positive cases to 105, with six total deaths. Across Burlington County there was…

  • No Shave November raises $4,000 to help area teen battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma

    No Shave November raises $4,000 to help area teen battling Hodgkin’s lymphoma

    Bordentown City Police Detective Justin Lewandowski first saw new residents Brianna Lemmo and her mother, Maria, walking down Veterans Way this past summer. The mother and her 17-year-old daughter had just moved to Bordentown City from Trenton. When Lewandowski saw the two ladies walking around Bordentown Beach a few weeks later, the he approached them…