Local government

Bellmawr is governed under the borough

Borough (New Jersey)

A borough in the context of New Jersey local government refers to one of five types and one of eleven forms of municipal government....

 form of New Jersey municipal government. The government consists of a mayor

Mayor

In many countries, a Mayor is the highest ranking officer in the municipal government of a town or a large urban city....

 and a borough council comprising six council members, with all positions elected at large. A mayor is elected directly by the voters to a four-year term of office. The Borough Council consists of six members elected to serve three-year terms on a staggered basis, with two seats coming up for election each year.

, the Mayor of the Borough of Bellmawr is Frank Filipek. The members of the Bellmawr Borough Council (with their committee assignments listed in parentheses) are John Bollinger (Public Safety), James D'Angelo (Public Works), Louis DiAngelo (Recreation, Insurance Liaison), David Duncan, Regina Piontkowski (Municipal Court, Public Assistance) and Steve Sauter (Buildings & Land, Environmental & Beautification).

Federal, state and county representation

Bellmawr is in the 1st Congressional district and is part of New Jersey's 5th state legislative district. The legislative district was kept unchanged by the New Jersey Apportionment Commission

New Jersey Apportionment Commission

The New Jersey Apportionment Commission is a constitutionally-created ten-member commission responsible for apportioning the forty districts of the New Jersey Legislature. The commission is convened after each decennial U.S. Census, and the districts are to be in use for the legislative elections...

 based on the results of the 2010 Census.

Education

The Bellmawr School District

Bellmawr School District

The Bellmawr School District is a community public school district that serves students in pre-kindergaten through eighth grade from Bellmawr, in Camden County, New Jersey, United States....

 serves public school students from pre-kindergarten through eighth grade. The district's schools are Bellmawr Park, Ethel M. Burke (preK–4), and Bell Oaks (grades 5–8), with enrollments as of the 2005–6 school year of 403, 226, and 458, respectively.

For grades 9 through 12, public-school students attend Triton Regional High School

Triton Regional High School

Triton Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school serving students in grades 9-12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey, United States, operating as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District. Students in the school are sent from Bellmawr,...

 (1,525 students) in neighboring Runnemede, one of three high schools that are part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District

Black Horse Pike Regional School District

The Black Horse Pike Regional School District is a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three communities in Camden County, New Jersey...

. The other communities in the district are Gloucester Township

Gloucester Township, New Jersey

Gloucester Township is a Township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township had a total population of 64,634...

 and Runnemede. The two other schools in the district are Highland Regional High School

Highland Regional High School

Highland Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in Blackwood, New Jersey. Its mascot is the Tartan.The school is part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District, a regional public high school district serving students in grades 9 through 12 from three...

 and Timber Creek Regional High School

Timber Creek Regional High School

Timber Creek Regional High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located on Jarvis Road in Erial, New Jersey, United States, in the southern section of Gloucester Township, operating as part of the Black Horse Pike Regional School District...

.

Annunciation Regional School is an elementary school that operates in Bellmawr under the auspices of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden

Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Camden is a particular church or diocese of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church, located in New Jersey, United States, and presides over Roman Catholic parishes and schools in the six southern New Jersey counties of Atlantic, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland,...

.

Transportation

New Jersey Transit

New Jersey Transit

The New Jersey Transit Corporation is a statewide public transportation system serving the United States state of New Jersey, and New York, Orange, and Rockland counties in New York State...

 bus service is available to Philadelphia on the 400 route.

Various roads pass through Bellmawr, such as NJ 168, and very small portion of US 130

U.S. Route 130

U.S. Route 130 is a north–south U.S. Highway completely within the state of New Jersey. It runs from Interstate 295 and US 40 at Deepwater in Pennsville Township, Salem County, where the road continues east as Route 49, north to US 1 in North Brunswick Township, Middlesex County, where...

. In terms of major highways, Bellmawr hosts the interchange with the "North-South Freeway" (NJ 42/I-76

Interstate 76 (east)

Interstate 76 is an Interstate Highway in the United States, running 435 miles from an interchange with Interstate 71 west of Akron, Ohio, east to Interstate 295 near Camden, New Jersey....

) and Interstate 295

Interstate 295 (Delaware-New Jersey)

Interstate 295 in New Jersey and Delaware is an auxiliary Interstate Highway, designated as a bypass around Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The route begins at a junction with Interstate 95 south of Wilmington, Delaware, and runs to another junction with I-95 north of Trenton, New Jersey...

. The New Jersey Turnpike

New Jersey Turnpike

The New Jersey Turnpike is a toll road in New Jersey, maintained by the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. According to the International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association, the Turnpike is the nation's sixth-busiest toll road and is among one of the most heavily traveled highways in the United...

 passes through the southern part, hosting part of an interchange: Exit 3. Both the interchange and the toll gate (which features 6 six lanes at the gate) runs along the border with Runnemede.

The major county road that passes through is CR 551

County Route 551 (New Jersey)

County Route 551, abbreviated CR 551, is a county highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. The highway extends from Pennsville-Salem Road in Pennsville Township to Penn Street in Camden.-Salem County:...

 in the western part.

External links

• Bellmawr Borough municipal website
• Bellmawr School District
• Data for the Bellmawr School District, National Center for Education Statistics
  National Center for Education Statistics
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• Black Horse Pike Regional School District