Tag: Bordentown Township

  • Bordentown City officials update residents on efforts combating lead issue at public forum

    Bordentown City officials update residents on efforts combating lead issue at public forum

    Sitting before a room of concerned residents, Bordentown City officials held a public forum on Jan. 29 to provide updates on their most recent efforts and progress in addressing multiple reports of high lead levels in some homeowners’ drinking water. The forum, held at the Carslake Community Center, was organized following a forum in October…

  • Revamped uniforms at Bordentown Township Police Department

    Revamped uniforms at Bordentown Township Police Department

    The olive green and black uniforms have long been a distinguished look for Bordentown Township police officers, but local residents might notice a fresh, new appearance for the department this year. As officers of the Bordentown Township Police Department (BTPD) carry out their day-to-day operations and duties this year, they will be sporting brand new…

  • NJDOT holds open meeting to discuss bridge construction in Bordentown City

    NJDOT holds open meeting to discuss bridge construction in Bordentown City

    After multiple Bordentown City residents were notified last month that the Farnsworth Avenue (CR 545) Bridge over the Robbinsville Secondary Conrail would be replaced due to its diminishing condition, New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials held an open house meeting on Jan. 24. The meeting, held at the Carslake Community Center, invited locals to…

  • Bordentown City man pleads guilty to sexual contact with underage male

    Bordentown City man pleads guilty to sexual contact with underage male

    A Bordentown City man pled guilty in Superior Court on Jan. 29 to having sexual contact with an underage male and possessing more than 1,000 images of child pornography, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Coffina announced that the 58-year-old city resident, Alan J. Berman of the 100 block of Lucas Drive, pled guilty…

  • Bordentown City officials to hold public meeting on combating lead in water

    Bordentown City officials to hold public meeting on combating lead in water

    In order to address the ongoing local concern for potential lead exceedances in Bordentown’s water system, city officials will be the host to a public meeting on Jan. 29. The meeting will take place at the Carslake Community Center at 6 p.m. and is open to the public. The Bordentown City government plans to update…

  • Bordentown Township Planning Board approves application for multi-family development

    Bordentown Township Planning Board approves application for multi-family development

    The Bordentown Township Planning Board approved an application complete from Rising Sun Meadows, LLC, for preliminary and final site plan approval to construct an inclusive housing development on Route 130. The inclusive development is planned to provide affordable housing units in a development of market rate housing with 227 units consisting of 36 affordable housing…

  • Bordentown Township Police team up with local school staff in fundraiser event

    Bordentown Township Police team up with local school staff in fundraiser event

    Bringing fun, excitement and entertainment to locals and fans alike, the Bordentown Township Police Department teamed up with teachers and principals from Peter Muschal Elementary School in a fundraising basketball game on Jan. 13 against the Harlem Wizards. The interactive event held at Bordentown Regional High School generated more than $10,000, in which, according to…

  • Benowitz tabbed mayor of Bordentown Township for third consecutive year

    Benowitz tabbed mayor of Bordentown Township for third consecutive year

    Stephen Benowitz will lead Bordentown Township as its mayor for the third straight year. By a unanimous vote from the committee, Benowitz was named mayor when the annual reorganization meeting of the Bordentown Township Committee was held on Jan. 5. Meanwhile also during the meeting, Eugene Fuzy was appointed to deputy mayor his third consecutive year…

  • Bordentown Historical Society hosts discussion with George Washington reenactment

    Bordentown Historical Society hosts discussion with George Washington reenactment

    Locals took an opportunity to step back in time through history on Dec. 28 when the Bordentown Historical Society sponsored an event on the American Revolution. The “Dark Days of the Revolution” was the event that day when residents heard tales and stories from George Washington portrayer, Samuel Davis. Garbed in the military attire of…