Bordentown News

Bordentown's Chris Pula scores on a wild pitch against North Trenton in the fifth inning of an American Legion baseball game played at Nottingham High School in Hamilton.

Ryder wins three NJSS legs at Meadowlands Wednesday, July 08, 2009 - by Amy Silver, publicity director, The Meadowlands East Rutherford, NJ -- Chris Ryder certainly has a way with the ladies.

A $2.7 billion project to ease a long-standing bottleneck on the New Jersey Turnpike got going Thursday.

Alan and Sondra Marion of Bordentown know their boardwalks. "We went to Ocean City a month ago, went to Wildwood a week ago, went to Seaside last year," said Marion, 48, on a rainy Saturday afternoon in June, as he and his wife, 41, and their children, Lindsay, 15, and Brian, 10, bought fries and soda at the beachfront.

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.