Tag: Bordentown Township
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Bordentown police chief looks forward to hosting National Night Out
BORDENTOWN – Building a strong relationship with members of the community is very important to Bordentown Township Police Chief Brian Pesce and the officers in the police department. That is why the police department made sure to continue its annual National Night Out event last summer during the coronavirus pandemic, finding creative and safe ways…
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Bordentown Township mayor announces plans to consider more warehouses in the community
The recent surge of interest by commercial companies to build warehouses in the Bordentown community has resulted in the Bordentown Township Committee changing its course of action of limiting the building of warehouses. Mayor Stephen Benowitz said the time has come for the township to consider “rebalancing” uses of land throughout the community to assure…
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Burlington County to begin resurfacing work on Bordentown-Georgetown Road
Burlington County will continue work in its State Funded Overlay Program next week by resurfacing a 4.7-mile section of Bordentown-Georgetown Road in Bordentown Township, Chesterfield and Mansfield. Pavement milling and overlay work on the road, also known as County Route 545, is scheduled to begin on Monday, July 12, and is expected to take about…
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Bordentown police sergeant properly memorialized four decades after his passing
The Bordentown Township Police Department performed a ceremonial unveiling of a headstone recently obtained for Sgt. Stanley R. Piechota, who died in 1982 following a valiant battle with cancer. Piechota was one of the original eight members of the Bordentown Township Police Department hired when the department was created in 1972, according to information provided…
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Bordentown Township Committee election results
For the primary election on June 8, Democrats Steve Benowitz and Eric Holliday received 405 and 399 votes, respectively, along with one write-in vote for the Bordentown Township Committee. There were no Republicans listed on the ballot. Forty-seven personal choice votes were recorded. Across Burlington County, 31,813 was the total turnout at the polls. The…
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Former Bordentown Township police chief jailed for 28 months for lying to FBI
The retired chief of the Bordentown Township Police Department was sentenced to 28 months in prison for lying to FBI agents who were questioning him about violating an 18-year-old man’s civil rights during an arrest. Frank M. Nucera Jr., 64, of Bordentown,, was convicted in October 2019 of one count of making false statements to…
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Warehouse proposal could lead to new connector road in Bordentown
In 2018, Bordentown Township was awarded a $2.1 million grant through the Local Freight Impact Fund of the New Jersey Department of Transportation based on a regional traffic study to build a connector road between Rising Sun Road and Dunns Mill Road. A plan that has been “three years in the making” as said by…
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Clara Barton Schoolhouse welcomes Girl Scout Troop 25891 for Women’s History Month
There was a very special presentation held at the Clara Barton Schoolhouse on March 26 as part of Women’s History Month. The Bordentown Historical Society welcomed 10 girls from Girl Scout Troop 25891 to learn more about the trailblazer that was Clara Barton. Troop 25891 is a Mansfield Township-based Girl Scout troop with children ages…
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Sheriff’s officer transfers to Bordentown Township Police Department
Officer Mark Sherman is now a full-time police officer with the Bordentown Township Police Department (BTPD). Sherman was appointed by the Bordentown Township Committee on March 8. He attended elementary school in Bordentown City; and he and his family have resided in Fieldsboro for many years. “Chief [Brian] Pesce and the Township Committee…