Category: Bordentown Register News
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Learn about New Jersey Courts’ Reduced Fee Referral Program on Oct. 6
In celebration of National Customer Service Week, the Burlington Vicinage of the New Jersey Courts, in partnership with the Burlington County Bar Association, will hold an informational webinar regarding the newly created Reduced Fee Referral Program (RFRP) at 3 p.m. Oct. 6 via Zoom. Bar Association President Reema Scaramella and First Assistant Public Defender…
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Gov. Murphy signs $32.7 billion fiscal year 2021 budget into law
Democratic Governor Phil Murphy has signed the $32.7 billion Fiscal Year 2021 Appropriations Act (budget) into law. In a press release, Murphy said the revised state spending plan “manages to protect core priorities and deliver middle class tax relief during the historic fiscal crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.” The budget fully re-establishes the millionaire’s…
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Hundreds of mental health advocates walk ‘their way’ during virtual NAMI NJ 5K
The National Alliance on Mental Illness of New Jersey (NAMI NJ) held a successful yet virtual statewide walk, NAMIWalks Your Way. Due to the pandemic, instead of the annual thousand-person 5K walk at the Seaside Park boardwalk, NAMI NJ held a five-hour webinar on Sept. 26, also streaming on Facebook Live, which brought together communities…
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State expands Small Landlord Emergency Grant Program
If tenants have had difficulty making rent payments as a result of the COVID-19 emergency, the Small Landlord Emergency Grant (SLEG) Program is reopening and expanding to reimburse owners of three- to 30-unit rental properties for lost rent revenue due to COVID-19 between April and July 2020, as long as they agree to forgive outstanding…
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Mental Illness Awareness Week 2020: What people with mental illness want you to know
The theme of this year’s Mental Illness Awareness Week is “What People with Mental Illness Want You to Know.” Throughout the week, NAMI NJ (National Alliance on Mental Illness) will be raising the voices of those with lived experience to talk about some of the conditions and symptoms that are most misunderstood. Mental Illness Awareness Week…
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Environmental justice: Clean and green in every community
By Michele S. Byers Growing up in Camden, Olivia Carpenter Glenn suffered from asthma and allergies. She wasn’t alone: many of her family members, friends and neighbors also had respiratory ailments, a result of breathing the polluted air in their industrial city. Respiratory health issues were so common in Camden that Olivia gave them little…
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Boat manufacturer employee charged with stealing company information
A Bordentown City man has been charged with stealing proprietary intellectual property while he was employed by a luxury boat manufacturer in Bass River Township. Cameron O’Connell, 27, was charged with computer crime (second degree), and two counts of unlawful possession of a weapon (second degree). The weapons charges are unrelated to the computer crime,…
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Wakefern Food Corp. has open positions in Keasbey, Jamesburg
Wakefern Food Corp., the nation’s largest retailer-owned cooperative with member companies that own and operate supermarkets under the ShopRite, Price Rite Marketplace, The Fresh Grocer, Dearborn Market, Gourmet Garage and Fairway Market banners, is hosting two hiring fairs in October to fill a number of full-time warehouse positions in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Wakefern is…
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Teachers can learn how to help students fight fears and anxiety due to COVID-19
NAMI NJ will hold a webinar “Coping with the Return to School During COVID-19” from 3:30-4:30 p.m. Sept. 30. Melissa A. Callen will discuss how teachers are faced with students who have heightened states of fear and anxiety, and will offer information on how to deal with the potential traumatic impact of COVID on students,…
