Mayor Chris Bobbitt: Two decades of service shaped by community

As I was thinking about the topic of this month’s column, I was also thinking about the Memorial Day holiday. The big event of the long weekend is the...

Bordentown History: Francis Hopkinson, the flag, your money and the branding of America

When we think of the American flag’s origins, the name Betsy Ross typically springs to mind, conjuring images...

Donnie Black: Grandparents are grand!

This story goes out to all of the grandparents out there. I am so lucky to have had...

Bordentown History: Which side are you on?

As we approach the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, many critics and historians evaluate the legacy...

5 years of ‘Fight in the Museum’: A look back

Marking the five year anniversary of this Fight in the Museum column, we would like to check in...

Helen Kull: A historic find at an area yard sale

Recently, on a perfectly beautiful Saturday afternoon in mid-June, I was leaving the Garden Center behind Buxton’s on Lower Ferry Road when my eye...

Kiovsky: The Bordentown family and the winds of dissension

By 1765, the Bordentown stage line was well patronized among individuals crossing the terrain of New Jersey. From the days when it took four...

Wolff: Help Tally the Valley

Ever since the stay at home orders, people have been getting outdoors in record numbers. As the CDC has pointed out, it is far...

Schore: What else could happen?

OK, so we have a pandemic with over 100,000 deaths in this country, a collapsed economy with millions out of work, police murdering Black...

Pia de Jong: Call me by my deepest name

George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner, Ahmaud Arbery, Rayshard Brooks … The #SayTheirNames movement wants all the names of victims of the...

Kevin Nerwinski: Why was Lawrence Township’s fireworks celebration cancelled?

The township released the following statement to the community on June 15 regarding the township’s annual fireworks celebration. ...