Tag: Bordentown
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MacFarland third graders send valentines to Clare Estate residents
PHOTO COURTESY OF DAWN MEDICI Dawn Medici, a third-grade teacher at MacFarland Intermediate School in Bordentown, decided to spread some Valentine’s Day cheer to the elderly residents at the Clare Estate. Her students made valentine puzzles, tissue paper flowers, cards with poems, and tea light heart decorated votives. Pictured in the back: Alana Smalls,…
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Bordentown thespians to present rock musical ‘The Lightning Thief’
As the half-blood son of a Greek god, Percy Jackson has newly-discovered powers he can’t control, a destiny he doesn’t want, and a mythology textbook’s worth of monsters on his trail. When Zeus’s master lightning bolt is stolen and Percy becomes the prime suspect, he has to find and return the bolt to prove his…
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Thanks to fundraising efforts in 2021, Clara Barton Schoolhouse will be upgraded next year
The Bordentown Historical Society (BHS) closed out its 2021 fundraising year with $246,685 in grants awarded. The year ahead will include continued preservation, programmatic expansion and progress on Phase I of the restoration of the Clara Barton Schoolhouse, noteworthy on the cusp of Clara Barton’s birthday, Dec. 25, 1821, exactly 200 years ago, according to…
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Army Reserve general honors fallen at Wreaths Across America event in Bordentown
More than a dozen tractor-trailers rolled down Rising Sun Road in Bordentown Township on Dec. 15 as part of a Wreaths Across America ceremony honoring the nation’s fallen military members. The trucks were carrying thousands of wreaths destined for Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, where they were placed on gravesites during a Dec. 18 wreath-laying…
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Scout from East Windsor troop builds shed at Bordentown environmental center
Robbinsville resident Hugh Keenan is a member of Boy Scout Troop 6284 in East Windsor. He worked for two years planning, organizing, fundraising and leading the build of his Eagle Project, a shed for the children’s garden at Fernbrook Farms Environmental Education Center in Bordentown. He attained the rank of Eagle in October. On most…
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Bordentown records first 10-win season on the gridiron
Things are looking up on the gridiron for the Bordentown Regional High School football program and Coach Skip Edwards was thrilled to watch history unfold this past season. Bordentown recorded its first 10-win season in program history by going 10-1 in a 2021 campaign that was filled with many highlights. “I’m still trying to understand…
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Former Bordentown resident admits role in conspiracy to use GoFundMe to benefit homeless veteran
A Burlington County man admitted his role in a GoFundMe scheme that collected money from donors on the internet, purportedly to benefit a homeless man, Mark D’Amico, 42, formerly of Bordentown, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Noel L. Hillman on Nov. 22 to Count One of an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit…
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Preliminary Bordentown election results
The most recent election results available by press time were posted by Burlington County at 1:30 a.m. Nov. 3 for the General Election that took place on Nov. 2. For the Bordentown Township Committee, Republican Nicholas J. D’Angelo received 1,905 votes, or 24%. Republican Robert S. Delaney received 1,837 votes, or 23%. Democrat Steve Benowitz…
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Burlington County launches new web portal for COVID-19 testing appointments
The Burlington County Health Department continues to make COVID-19 testing accessible and has launched a new web portal for residents to reserve appointment times at the county’s testing site. Testing continues to be available for walk-ins five days a week at the Burlington County Emergency Training Center at 53 Academy Drive in Westampton, but health…