Tag: Bordentown Township
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Bordentown Township honored for sustainable practices around community
Bordentown Township was recognized this year for having enacted multiple sustainable practices around the community. The municipality released a Dec. 23 announcement that it received a silver certification honor from Sustainable Jersey, a nonprofit organization that supports local regions as they pursue sustainability programs. Bordentown Township is one of only 27 New Jersey municipalities that…
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Bordentown Township holds holiday food drive for local veterans
Bordentown Township groups came together this month to help local military veterans and their families enjoy this holiday season. Bordentown Township was the host to a holiday food giveaway on Dec. 18 at the National Guard Family Programs Joint Military & Family Assistance Center on Route 206 in the township. The collaboration between the Bordentown…
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Bordentown Township receives grant aimed for Groveville Road improvements
Improvements are aimed for Groveville Road in Bordentown Township after it was recently announced that the municipality received grant monies for roadway resurfacing. Bordentown Township officials released a Dec. 9 announcement that the municipality was awarded a grant from the New Jersey Department of Transportation (DOT) for a resurface project on Groveville Road. The DOT…
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Bordentown residents speak out at public hearing for potential CVS storefront
The Bordentown Township Planning Board heard initial testimony this month from a developer seeking to build a CVS Pharmacy storefront on Farnsworth Avenue after multiple adjournments to present a site application. The township planning board held a Dec. 12 meeting to hear a site application for Pomona Development Group LLC, which calls for the proposed…
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Affordable housing community for veterans and senior citizens comes to Bordentown Township
A new housing community in Bordentown Township opened this year, which will offer affordable units to senior citizens and veterans. A ribbon cutting ceremony was held on Nov. 14 to celebrate the opening of a new 70-unit senior and veteran affordable housing facility, “The Waterfront Village,” located at 100 Maud Booth Court. Bordentown Township officials…
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Prosecutor: Former Bordentown physician charged for narcotics distribution and fraud
Charges for narcotics distribution and fraud have been filed against a Bordentown Township physician by Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Coffina released a statement on Dec. 4, in which a former physician, Morris Starkman, of Yellowstone Road in Cinnaminson, was accused of illegally prescribing thousands of highly-addictive opioid pills out of his Bordentown Township practice…
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Prosecutor: North Carolina man sentenced for attempted murder at Bordentown truck stop
Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina released a Nov. 8 announcement that a truck driver from North Carolina who was convicted of attempted murder for stabbing a co-worker at a Bordentown Township truck stop late last year was sentenced to 20 years in a New Jersey state prison. Coffina said that Christopher Teeter, 42, of Wilmington,…
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Public hearing adjourned again for potential CVS storefront in Bordentown Township
A public hearing that will be part of an application proposing the construction of a CVS Pharmacy in Bordentown Township has been adjourned again until the township planning board’s December meeting. The Bordentown Township Planning Board announced at a Nov. 14 meeting that the municipality received a letter from the applicant, CVS/Pomona Development Group, LLC,…
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Bordentown community walks in memory of those battling addiction
The Bordentown community came together this month with a mission to raise awareness about drug addiction. The Bordentown Young Professionals Rotary held a “Rotary 4 Recovery Walk” event on Nov. 7, which invited patrons to come out and support family, friends and community members in an effort to raise awareness about drug addiction and to…