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Bordentown City taxpayers face increase
Statutory obligations drive increase in 2023 municipal budget. A tax increase for the 2023 municipal budget is imminent as Bordentown City faces a number of statutory obligations – primarily state pension, health benefit costs and worker’s compensation insurance, according to officials. The public hearing and second reading will...
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 4
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
From city streets to wooded trails, illegal vehicles are a problem
Tom Gilbert, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation. It often seems that cities and rural towns have little in common regarding the problems and nuisances they deal with on a daily basis. But one issue affecting municipalities throughout New Jersey is the increasing illegal use of off-road vehicles – including...
County animal shelter teams with Best Friends Animal Society
The Burlington County Animal Shelter and Best Friends Animal Society – a leading national animal welfare organization – are partnering to find individuals and families willing to open their homes to vulnerable animals. Their goal is to recruit and train new and existing volunteers to foster at-risk dogs...
Name Bordentown Township Police Department’s new mascot
Mascot will be a first mascot for any police department in New Jersey. Have a “catchy name” for Bordentown Township Police Department’s (BTPD) new mascot, an eagle?. The department is soliciting township residents to submit input on a name. The mascot will be the first mascot for...
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 27
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Dress for Success receives financial boost
Newspaper Media Group and MarketFair partner to donate funds to the nonprofit in their efforts to provide support and programming to women and girls entering or re-entering the workforce. Dress for Success Central New Jersey receives a financial boost in their efforts to provide support to women and girls entering...
Community Options appoints new chief impact officer
Leanne Morton is the new chief impact officer at Community Options. Morton will oversee training, clinical services and outcome management for Community Options, a national non-profit organization providing housing and employment support to people with disabilities. According to the nonprofit, she will ensure that all programs are in line with...
The goal of green
The City of Bordentown has a number of events in celebration of Earth Day on April 22. The General Parks Committee is looking for volunteers interested in helping to do a little cleaning at the Lime Kiln Alley Park. They look to begin working around 8:30 a.m. April 22 at Lime Kiln and invite anyone interested in helping to come to the park with gloves, rakes, and any other small tools that could be used to clear out weeds, pick up trash and do a little minor repair work. Everyone is welcome, the more hands, the quicker the task. The clean up at the park will run to 1 p.m.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 20
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Marriage equality for all
Burlington Council Clerk to officiate wedding ceremonies at Bordentown Pride and Community Day. Burlington County Clerk Joanne Schwartz is inviting couples to marry on June 10 in Bordentown as part of the third annual Bordentown Pride and Community Day. Schwartz will officiate wedding ceremonies as part of the daylong pride...
Solutions: Too many warehouses?
Reports of the building of vast warehouses across Route 1 and elsewhere north of the state in Warren County have been filtering into the news and public consciousness. But with global warming, powerful storms and tornadoes, with the dying off of species of plants, animals, and insects, the warehouse issue seems less urgent, or not the life-and death ones that are the other threats we face.
State agency want families to ‘survive and thrive’
Human Services department helped people through COVID. New Jersey Department of Human Services Commissioner Sarah Adelman and her staff at the state’s largest agency went through a lot in three years as they helped struggling families get through COVID. But even as the virus wanes, the department looks forward...
County COVID clinic at Bordentown Senior Center closes
The Burlington County Health Department will continue to make COVID vaccines available to both adults and children. The health department will hold a weekly vaccination clinic every Friday from 2-4 p.m. at its offices at 15 Pioneer Boulevard, Westampton. The clinic will be open to all Burlington County adults, teens and children as young as 6 months old. Walk-ins are welcome.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 13
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
Stronger rules needed to protect New Jersey’s public lands
New Jersey is the most urbanized and densely-populated state, which is why residents need a top-notch open space preservation program. With the enthusiastic support of voters, the state Green Acres Program has helped protect more than 1.5 million acres since 1961. Billions of taxpayer dollars have been invested in providing...
After a devastating fire, a helping hand
Students at the Life Center Academy School will attend school in neighboring Willingboro through the end of the school year. It was all cheers as 230 students from the Life Center Academy School entered their temporary space in neighboring Willingboro on April 3. A fire displaced the students in kindergarten...
Anger is the root of school, mass shootings
Self-serving bills on gun control is not the answer. Another horrendous and devastating act of violence befalls on the school in Nashville, Tenn. The agony, grief and emotional devastation could be seen in the live shots of those affected by the tragedy. Since the Columbine shooting in 1999, I have...
Solutions: The Culmination of a Technology Breakthrough
A prior Solutions’ column reported on the progress that a new local company – formed by researchers at Princeton University, Princeton NuEnergy, and partnering with a Chinese institution and other contributors – had recently made in the recycling of lithium from existing batteries. With the demand for lithium skyrocketing, largely due to the burgeoning demand for batteries used by electric vehicles (EV) and energy storage, this breakthrough innovation is hugely important.
Common calendar, Packet papers, April 6
New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or at the refreshment area. No medical background necessary. Volunteers should be outgoing to provide friendly customer service, be able to perform tasks as needed and must provide proof of COVID Vaccination prior to volunteering. Must have transportation. All training is provided including additional precautions for the safety of our team and blood donors. For additional information call or text Sharon Zetts, manager of NJBS Volunteer Services at 732-850-8906 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday to Thursday.
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