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Cheesman keeps seat as city commissioner BY JOE EMANSKI
A group of Boy Scouts from Troop 13 works on John Reiter’s Eagle Scout project, a pollinator garden in Terry Field. Reiter is second from left. Story, page 4.
A selfless captain helps Scotties’ football enjoy a Nice season BY JUSTIN FEIL It was no surprise to the Bordentown Regional High School football staff when Calvin Nice said yes to another major position change. Nice does a bit of everything for the Scotties, and not just in games. “He’s the first one on the
field,” said Scotties head coach Skip Edwards. “He’s always helping to put things away. He’s working with other kids. He’s the last to leave the field. And he’s always making sure that the locker room is clean when he leaves.” Nice tries to help in any way possible. It’s one reason that he was named a
captain as a junior this year after accepting another position move that helped Bordentown enjoy another solid season. “I’ve always tried to be the guy who’s there to help out and get things done,” Nice said. “Like cleaning up our stuff into the shed at the end of our practice or whatever. Or trying to
get water in from the game. By being a captain, it meant that I can’t just be a guy volunteering to help out with that, I’ve got to make sure the whole team’s organized to get everything done. So it was a definitely a change of responsibilities. I had a lot more I had to deal with. But in a way, it almost felt See STORY, Page 10
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When James Lynch resigned from the Bordentown City Board of Commissioners in March, after 35 years on the board, fellow commissioners Jennifer Sciortino and Joe Myers opted to appoint someone with board experience to take his place. That person was Heather Cheesman, who had served previously on the three-member board from 2009 to 2013. After being sworn in by Joanne Schwartz, the county clerk, Cheesman was set to serve only until November, when an election could next be held. Three candidates ran last month to complete the term — Cheesman, James Heupel and Edward P. Foley IV — with Cheesman easily winning the race. Cheesman received 1,169 votes compared to Heupel’s 403 and Foley’s 251. Five people voted for their own choice of candidate. She will now serve on the board until May 2025, when all three commissioner seats are up for re-election to full three-year terms. Voters in the city also had the opportunity to vote on two proposals, both of which passed by margins of nearly 70% for to 30% against. Proposal 1 asked voters if the city should change its annual election date from May to November. This vote passed by a margin of 1,276 to 563. In Proposal 2, voters were asked whether the city should institute an Open Space, Recreation and Historic Preservation Program, which will necessitate an increase in the city property tax levy from between 0.1 and 0.4 cents per $100 of assessed property value. The proposal passed by a margin of 1,256 to 583.
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