Tag: Bordentown Township
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Farmers’ Market returns to Bordentown City
The Bordentown City Farmers’ Market is back this year. The 10th year will be celebrated with a new market manager in Hillery Lamb and an assistant manager in Sruti Desai. The market is open every Sunday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Carslake Community Center, which is located at 207 Crosswicks Street in Bordentown…
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Bordentown Township police team up with local restaurant to raise money for Special Olympics
Taking a break from their daily service to the Bordentown community, the Bordentown Township Police Department served tables instead on May 31 at Jimmy’s American Grill for a worthy cause. The event teamed up with the police department for a “Tip-a-Cop” fundraiser where the restaurant let officers serve tables alongside their staff to raise money…
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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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Pennsylvania DEP issues initial denial of Elcon application for facility
Elcon Recycling Services, LLC was dealt another impediment in their efforts to construct a hazardous waste treatment facility in Falls Township, Pennsylvania, after the state’s Department of Environmental Protection recently issued a notice of intent to deny the company’s application. The decision came from the DEP on May 15 in their initial “draft” denial of…
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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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Bordentown school board adopts $47.35M budget for 2019-20 school year
The Bordentown Regional School District Board of Education has adopted a budget for the 2019-20 school year. Superintendent of Schools Edward Forsthoffer and Business Administrator Eloi Richardson presented the budget during a meeting in the Bordentown Regional High School library on May 1. The two administrators explained the reasoning and formalities for the budget, which…