Tag: Bordentown Register News
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Clara Barton School site receives two new flags
Bordentown residents who drive past the historic Clara Barton Schoolhouse may notice two new recent features at the site. As part of an initiative between the Bordertown Regional School District and the Bordertown Historical Society, the historic Clara Barton School received two new flags to be flown and were celebrated for the first time on…
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Bordentown Township unveils new monument for local veterans at Memorial Day services
Gathered in front of the township municipal building, Bordentown officials and residents honored the nation’s veterans on May 27 with a special Memorial Day event. In the midst of the event’s annual Memorial Day processions, a new monument was unveiled during the ceremony to recognize Bordentown’s service men and women. The “Hometown Hero Monument” was…
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Bordentown religious groups come together to help those in need
According to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD), homelessness affected the lives of approximately 553,000 people in 2018 across the nation. The Bordentown community is looking to combat that statistic. Although the matter of homelessness persists throughout the country each year, particularly in Bordentown where a portion of its homeless population are…
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Bordentown High baseball team seeking state sectional title
The Bordentown Regional High School baseball team has already produced a winning season, but the players are hungry for more. They whetted their appetite when the Scotties opened the state sectional tournament on May 20. On that day, Bordentown, seeded seventh, knocked off 10th-seeded Metuchen High School, 6-2, in the Central Jersey, Group 2 state…
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Bordentown Township planners approve minor subdivision of Route 130 lot
An application that proposed the minor subdivision of property on Route 130 has received an initial approval from the Bordentown Township Planning Board. The decision came from the board to approve the subdivision of the property at 115 Route 130 into two lots at a May 9 meeting after an hour-long discussion among the board…
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Hearing will continue on Tractor Supply Company store in Bordentown Township
Bordentown Township residents can expect to see a Tractor Supply Company store come to the area in the future pending approval from the Planning Board. The applicant, HSC Bordentown, LLC, is proposing to subdivide a portion of site-owned property along Route 130 and Rising Sun Road to construct a 19,097-square-foot Tractor Supply Store and site…
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Historical Society capstones exhibition series on local institutions
Two local educational institutions will be forever stapled in Bordentown when the Historical School No. 2 and Manual Training and Industrial School (MTIS) sites were recently bestowed with commemorative banners. As part of an initiative between the Bordentown Historical Society and community partners, Building Bridges, they presented an exhibition series from February through April this…
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Bordentown softball looks to improve in the field
There is some cleaning up to do for the Bordentown Regional High School softball team. So said the team’s coach, Nicole O’Leary. Although the Bordentown has enjoyed a winning spring season–the Scotties sport a 13-5 record as of May 7– the coach saw some issues that must be attended to. That determination came after Bordentown…
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Local work program honors students with disabilities at annual event
More than 20 young students with disabilities prepared to take on their next step into adulthood when the Northern Burlington County Regional High School Transition Program celebrated its fifth annual banquet to honor the 2019 graduating class. The event, which was held at the high school in Columbus on May 2, was sponsored by the…
