Tag: Bordentown Township
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Bordentown Township Planning Board adopts new economic development element to Master Plan
As part of a comprehensive review of Bordentown Township’s Master Plan, members of the Bordentown Township Planning Board listened to the recommendations set out by Heyer, Gruel & Associates for a new economic development addition and land use element addendum to the plan at a special meeting held on March 1. The comprehensive review was…
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Bordentown Township becomes fifth location for Straight … to Treatment substance treatment program
Last month, the Bordentown Police Department (BTPD) announced that it would be participating in the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office’s (BCPO) “Straight … to Treatment” program, a drug treatment program that allows people to walk off the street and into a police station to seek help, free of insurance. The program will operate every Wednesday at…
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Mask wearing will be optional in Bordentown Regional School District come March 7
The Bordentown Regional School District has a plan in place regarding its face covering policy when Gov. Phil Murphy lifts the state’s mask mandate on March 7. Superintendent Dr. Trudy Atkins told centraljersey.com that masks and face coverings of any kind will be optional for students and staff when the mask mandate is lifted next…
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Mazzella makes history as first Bordentown state wrestling champion
The name Lexi Mazzella will hang forever in the rafters of Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella cemented her place in Bordentown history and capped off her tremendous athletic career for the Scotties during the NJSIAA Girls State Wrestling Championships on Feb. 20 at Phillipsburg High School. For the first time in the history of the…
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Mazzella headed to girls state wrestling tournament for second year in a row
Senior Lexi Mazzella continues to add more highlights to her stellar athletic career at Bordentown Regional High School. Mazzella rewrote the history books yet again during the NJSIAA South Region girls wrestling tournament on Feb. 12 at Kingsway Regional High School in Woolwich Township, becoming a two-state qualifier by placing third in the 132-pound bracket…
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Volunteer firefighter charged with distribution of child pornography
A 36-year-old Bordentown Township man has been charged with possessing and distributing child sexual abuse material. Jay J. Howe was charged with three counts of endangering the welfare of a child: two second degree and one third degree, according to information provided by Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Bordentown Township Police Chief…
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‘Father of Bordentown soccer’ passes away at age 90
When you think about youth soccer in the Bordentown community, the name Marcus Gutterson will probably come to mind. Gutterson founded the Bordentown Community Soccer Association (BCSA) in the early 1970s and paved the way for soccer to be a big part of the Bordentown community for the last 40 years. “He was truly the…
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Scotties growing ‘leaps and bounds’ during 2021-22 campaign
Coach William Lloyd didn’t know what to expect from his young and inexperienced Bordentown Regional High School girls basketball team coming into the 2021-22 season. The Scotties returned only one player with varsity experience in senior Oshynn Cosom from last year’s squad. That led to Lloyd not setting expectations for this season, but instead providing…
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‘Heads Up, Phones Down’ initiative helps Bordentown students spread awareness of dangers of texting and driving
Don’t Text and Drive, Bordentown Wants You Alive. That motto is the club name created by Erica Wright and her students at Bordentown Regional High School to spread awareness about the dangers of texting and driving throughout the Bordentown community. Wright and her students have been featured on NJTV News and Classroom Close-Up NJ in…
