Burlington County resumes at-home COVID testing program
MOUNT HOLLY After a brief suspension, Burlington County will resume its COVID-19 home-testing program.
The program was suspended last month after a large number of people received codes necessary to obtain a test kit but never used them.
Now, those requesting a test kit will have 72 hours to follow through once they receive a code.
“Though the first doses of vaccines are becoming available for health care workers, it will be months before the general public begins getting vaccinated, said Dr. Herb Conaway, director of the County Department of Health. “Bringing back home testing provides another convenient way for our residents to protect themselves and their family. With the holidays fast approaching, we knew it was important to get this program running again and working properly.”
BORDENTOWN CITY Clara Barton responded to over 60,000 letters from families searching for loved ones who were missing after the Civil War. In 1948, a postage stamp was made to honor her memory.
And now just one week from her 199th birthday the post office in the city where she co-founded the first public school in New Jersey will be named in her honor.
U.S. Rep. Andy Kim, D-3 of Moorestown, announced Thursday the U.S. Senate passed legislation to rename the Bordentown Post Office on Walnut Street after Barton, one of the city s most famous residents and a women s rights trailblazer.
Design of Moorestown streetscape project to be completed in early 2021
MOORESTOWN The final design of the streetscape project aimed to spur the revitalization of the Lenola section of town is expected to be completed early next year.
Township officials provided residents with an update recently on the progress of its Lenola Town Center Streetscape Improvement project.
The project s goal is to turn Camden Avenue into a pedestrian- and bike-friendly roadway that gives the Lenola section of town its own identity. It will give us an opportunity to welcome people to the area give it a different feel so you can now feel you re in Lenola, said Vittorio Anepete, project manager for McCormick Taylor, the engineering firm working on the project.
Northern Burlington Regional School District school board President Paul Narwid said the board had carefully reviewed how a politically divisive tweet was sent from Superintendent James Sarruda s Twitter account, and it was confident nothing else was compromised. It s time to focus on our students education, Narwid said after questioned about the incident at the board s regular meeting Monday.
On Nov. 27, a retweet from Sarruda s @nbcsuper account criticized a CNN journalist congratulating her team on successfully getting President Donald Trump to answer questions from reporters for the first time since Election Day. And they are proud to show our youth how to hate a Presidsnt (sic). Nicely done!” the tweet from the superintendent s account read.
Police use DNA to charge Pemberton man with bank robbery
PEMBERTON BOROUGH Police have used DNA evidence to charge a Pemberton Township man with the robbery of a borough bank last year.
Courtney Bell, 36, has been charged with robbing the TD Bank on Elizabeth Street last July, New Jersey State Police announced.
Bell is accused of entering the bank on July 23, 2019 and threatening to shoot the bank staff if they did not give him cash. After a teller gave Bell the money he demanded, he fled on foot.
According to police, Bell concealed a water bottle in his sweatshirt pocket to mimic a gun, and dropped the bottle on the ground as he fled the scene.