Fieldsboro News

Five local school districts will be among the 15 statewide that will seek voters' approval tomorrow for more than $237 million in construction and renovation projects, according to the New Jersey School Boards Association.

South Jersey residents will vote Tuesday on school-improvement plans worth more than $40 million in five local districts.

The former North American Marine Salvage Co. in Bordentown Township is pictured Monday.

For this episode of New Jersey Education Briefs, Dr. Richard Bozza discusses the qualifications required of chief education officers, including experience, training, and education, and how they affect their ability to create a positive education environment for New Jerseya s students.

With several projects proposed in this community of 8,400 residents, township officials might be asking if there ever was a recession that affected building.

Taxpayers can say "yes" to new athletic fields at Bordentown Regional High School without dipping into their pockets, Schools Superintendent Constance Bauer told the Township Committee last week.

Property taxes increased in at least 28 of Burlington County's 40 municipalities this year, according to information obtained by the county Board of Taxation.

The polls will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. today as Burlington County residents vote on races for governor, New Jersey Assembly and freeholder as well as a $400 million state ballot question on open space and farmland preservation.

Stephanie Berry Age: 29 Education: Bachelor's, business administration Job: Human resources for a state agency Answers 1. "I plan to review and reduce costs across the board.

For a half decade Katy McGowan assisted her father in organizing the annual Bordentown Halloween Parade.

Mayor Donna Mount has withdrawn her candidacy for the Township Committee in November's election, citing personal reasons.

SPECIAL TO THE TIMES Bordentown Waterfront Community, a proposed transit village that would include 648 homes, retail establishments, recreation facilities and a River Line rail stop, is one step closer to becoming a reality.

The township has set up a drop-off destination behind the municipal building for brush, tree limbs and debris from Sunday night's damaging thunderstorm.

About 1,500 homes and businesses in the Bordentown area were without power for most of Monday as a result of damage from a powerful thunderstorm that moved through the area Sunday night.

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.