BORDENTOWN, NJ — With lots happening in Bordentown Township and Bordentown City, you may have missed some of TAPinto Bordentown's top stories this past week. Here is your chance to catch up on what you've missed before the week ahead begins!

Attacked at Bordentown Juvenile Facility, Corrections Officer Suffers Head and Facial Injuries: For the second time in five ...

BORDENTOWN, NJ — Wondering what's happening in and around Bordentown this weekend? TAPinto Bordentown has you covered! 

After Two Years of Cancelations, Bordentown Street Fair Returns This Weekend: After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bordentown Street Fair will be making its grand return to Farnsworth Avenue this weekend, ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ -- The Burlington County Sheriff's Office is taking its mobile addiction service to Bordentown City on Tuesday. 

The HOPE One Mobile Access Unit, which offers critical support to individuals and families struggling with addiction, will be at the Bordentown City Riverline platform on Park Street on Tuesday, May 10 from 10AM to 2PM.

The goal of HOPE ...

PHILADELPHIA, NJ — The New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs (NJDMVA) recently announced an agreement with the University of Pennsylvania (UPENN) to provide an additional no-cost mental health care resource for active duty members, New Jersey National Guard members, Reservists, veterans and their families. The care also is available to military spouses, ...

BORDENTOWN, NJ -- For the second time in five months, a correctional police officer is recovering from head and facial injuries after being attacked by an inmate at the Bordentown Juvenile Medium Security Facility on Thursday morning. 

According to the State Police Benevolent Association's (PBA) Local #105, at approximately 8:40a.m, an officer attempted to distance himself from ...

CEDAR GROVE, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy, Acting Attorney General Matthew J. Platkin and lawmakers, including State Senator Troy Singleton (D-Burlington), want to create a statewide police licensing program that would require all law enforcement officers to have valid, active licenses to be employed. 

More than 40 states across the country use a form of decertification or ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ — The Bordentown City Commissioners unanimously approved the 2022 municipal budget during its May 9 meeting that will result in homeowners seeing a small increase in their taxes.

According to Mayor Jennifer Sciortino, who serves as the City’s Director of Revenue and Finance, the total amount to be raised by taxes is $3.8 million, translating into a 3 cent ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ — Bordentown City residents and business owners now have through the end of the month to complete an online "Planning Priority Survey" that is intended to prioritize the recommendations of the updated Comprehensive Master Plan passed last summer, as well as to help the City Commissioners and Planning Board better understand what actions the community ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ — The Bordentown City Commissioners on Monday night approved resolutions in support of possible cannabis operations at the former Ocean Spray site on Park Street, a first step in what will be a multi-faceted process to bring recreational marijuana businesses to the property.

Originally slated for a mixed-use development named “Cranberry Park” which ...

BORDENTOWN, NJ – New parents have been struggling to find formula to feed their babies ever since one of the largest manufacturers of several popular powdered baby formula products in the nation was shut down in February of this year. Shelves in Wayne grocery stores and pharmacies have been mostly bare, but action from the FDA is providing some hope that the shortage could end within ...

TRENTON, NJ — Governor Phil Murphy on Monday nominated Columbus resident LaChia Bradshaw to serve as Burlington County Prosecutor.

Bradshaw will assume the role of Acting Prosecutor on Tuesday, May 31, with her nomination being subject to confirmation by the State Senate. She will be replacing current Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina, who announced earlier this month ...

NEW BRUNSWICK, NJ – The man who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1973 murder of New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster will soon be released from prison.

The New Jersey Supreme Court has ordered parole for Sundiata Acoli from a Maryland federal prison by a 3-2 vote, it on Tuesday.

At issue was whether the 85-year-old Acoli, who is reportedly suffering from dementia ...

UPPER DARBY, PA — A Bordentown Regional High School (BRHS) theatre student took home a major prize for his performance in BRHS' winter musical at an awards ceremony on Sunday night.

Junior Jake Sfraga won the 2022 Cappie Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Musical at last night's Greater Philadelphia Cappie Awards Gala, which took place at the Upper Darby ...

ATLANTIC CITY, NJ — Culinary Arts students from the Burlington County Institute of Technology (BCIT) were honored for their skills last week at the County Vocational Technical School Cook-Off Challenge at Caesar's in Atlantic City.

Hosted by the New Jersey Association of Counties (NJAC) on May 6, culinary art students from New Jersey's county vocational-technical schools ...

MOUNT LAUREL, NJ – Burlington County voters participating in the upcoming New Jersey Primary Election have multiple ways to cast their ballot, including in-person early voting at a site in nearby Chesterfield and Vote-by-Mail.

The primary will be held on June 7, but voters will be able to cast ballots in-person with a machine during a three-day early voting period beginning on ...

CHESTERFIELD, NJ — A large crowd of supporters gathered in a field at Chesterfield's Organic Orchards on Sunday to launch Congressman Andy Kim's (NJ-3) re-election bid that he says is more about "the fundamentals of what kind of world that we live in and how can we heal this country" than whose policies are "right."

If the warm weather at ...

BORDENTOWN, NJ — Little League Night at Bordentown Regional High School is back!

The Bordentown Regional High School (BRHS) Varsity Baseball team is inviting Bordentown Little League players to watch the team's game versus Hamilton's Steinert High School on Monday, May 16 at 6:30PM at BRHS. 

Enjoy a fun night out with Varsity players who were once Bordentown Little ...

WESTAMPTON, NJ – Burlington County’s first Juried Short Film Festival concluded last Friday night following two evenings of entertaining screenings, and the Burlington County Commissioners announced that 11 films were selected as this year’s award winners.

The winners were selected by a jury of three professional filmmakers and educators.

Twenty-seven films were screened ...

BORDENTOWN CITY, NJ — After being canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Bordentown Street Fair will be making its grand return to Farnsworth Avenue this weekend, with organizers calling the 2022 event "bigger and better than ever."

The event, which will be the 43rd Street Fair, will be taking place on Saturday, May 21 and Sunday, May 22 from 10AM to ...