Bordentown News

Burlington County requires more than just one day to celebrate America's 233rd birthday.

A $50.7 million contract was awarded Tuesday for a part of a massive turnpike widening project between exits 6 and 9, a report in the Courier Post said.

Tramaine White scored 23 points and led Burlington Township to a 47-45 win over Camden Catholic in the Sports Paradise Basketball League.

The vintage sailplanes at Harris Hill this week are full of bright colors and decorations.

Ryan Appleby, 14, of Bordentown holds his head as he and Mike Scaringelli, also 14 and from Bordentown, spin nearly vertical on the Zero Gravity ride at the carnival at St.

The New Jersey Assembly on Thursday approved a recession-year budget that raises $2.8 billion in new taxes on businesses and residents but preserves property tax rebates to homeowners with limited and fixed incomes.

The state's 345th birthday celebration included more than cake and honored guests.

Offering a painterly glimpse of what the Delaware and Raritan Canal was like at the turn of the last century, rare archived photos and postcards depicting the canal's route from New Brunswick to Bordentown are on display at the D&R Greenway's Johnson Education Center.

With family, friends and faculty looking on, the Class of 2009 from Bordentown Township, Bordentown City and Fieldsboro celebrated its commencement at the high school's Performing Arts Center on Monday night.

Philadelphia may be America's birthplace, but the custody battle for our renegade country was fought mainly on Jersey turf.

The Bordentown Elks Lodge 2085 Veterans Committee will sponsor its second annual car show June 27 at the Elks Lodge, 11 Amboy Road.

The state's largest labor organization has endorsed Democratic Gov. Jon S. Corzine in his gubernatorial re-election bid as well as a full slate of candidates for New Jersey Assembly and one candidate for Burlington County freeholder.

An employee of a Bordentown trucking company who beat the owner repeatedly with steel pliers is sentenced to eight years in prison, a report in The Times said.

The economy has prompted the shared municipal court of Bordentown City and Bordentown Township to offer an amnesty program that allows those who failed to come to court to resolve traffic tickets, warrants or other charges.

North Trenton Post 458a s Michael Mimmo pitches in the 5th inning against Bordentown Post 26 in an American Legion baseball game played at Gilder Field in Bordentown.

The township Fraternal Order of Police lodge is hosting a motorcycle run and benefit Saturday to raise funds for the burial of fallen officers in Philadelphia.

Bordentown City and Township courts are offering a three-month amnesty for people who wish to resolve outstanding warrants and fines, officials announced.

Those with outstanding court fees and costs or even arrest warrants in the Bordentowns will have a chance to settle with the courts during the next three months.

New Jersey State Police say a man wanted on an attempted murder charge in Maryland has surrendered after a standoff at a south Jersey motel.

New Jersey State Police are trying to negotiate the surrender of a 28-year-old Maryland man, wanted on attempted murder charges in his home state, at an Econo Lodge on Route 130 in Bordentown Township, according to a report in the Burlington County Times .