Day: December 1, 2005

  • New law would clean up dirt rules

    Change to code would put a limit on how long piles of soil can remain on properties. By: Melissa Edmond    Responding to a resident’s request for soil regulation, the Borough Council introduced an amendment to its property maintenance code at Monday’s meeting.    North 16th Ave resident Michael Fiure attended several borough meetings in the fall…

  • Hopewell Township police captain to replace Chipowsky as chief

    A formal resolution will be put to a Township Committee vote on Jan. 3 By John Tredrea    Capt. George C. Meyer, a 30-year veteran of the Hopewell Township Police Department, has been picked to be its next chief.    Capt. Meyer, 51, would replace Chief Michael Chipowsky, who retires March 1.    "I’m sure Capt. Meyer will…

  • Township plans to prohibit parking on Timberlane area roads

    Ordinance due for hearing Dec. 12 By John Tredrea    Parking would be prohibited along sections of Pennington-Titusville, Pennington-Harbourton and Scotch roads in central Hopewell Township if a proposed ordinance introduced by the Township Committee Monday night is adopted.    The proposed ordinance, which is expected to be the topic of a public hearing and adoption vote…

  • Chamber’s plan would penalize hybrid owners

    Let’s hope nobody in New Jersey, casting about for creative ways to replenish the near-bankrupt state Transportation Trust Fund, goes down the same road the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking in its quest to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund.    The federal fund, it seems, is in trouble. Not as much trouble, mind…

  • Defending champs loaded with deserving all-stars

    Florence players dominate BCSL Freedom Division First and Second Team All-Star squads By: Sean Moylan    When you win 35 games in a row, as the Florence Flashes varsity football team has done, you’re bound to have a whole lot of all-star players. One could even say Florence players dominate the BCSL Freedom Division First and…

  • EDITORIAL

    Chamber’s plan would penalize hybrid owners.    Let’s hope nobody in New Jersey, casting about for creative ways to replenish the near-bankrupt state Transportation Trust Fund, goes down the same road the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is taking in its quest to shore up the federal Highway Trust Fund.    The federal fund, it seems, is in…

  • Holy Assumption supporters aim to keep doors open

    Members of school form Strategic Action Committee By: Scott Morgan    The Diocese of Trenton is willing to listen, but the supporters of Holy Assumption School have one month to make their case.    In their efforts to save the 82-year-old Roman Catholic elementary school from a recently announced consolidation plan — one that would combine Holy…

  • Hopewell Valley officials see need for new school

    "We expect to be just under 1,000 students over capacity by 2010," district Business Administrator/Board Secretary John Nemeth said last week By John Tredrea    The need for a new Hopewell Valley school is on the horizon and officials of the school district and Hopewell Township, where the school would be located, have begun planning for…

  • Dunne returns to lead Dawgs

    Hopewell Valley boys swimming By: John E. Powers    The Hopewell Valley Central High School boys swimming team lost quite a bit to graduation last June. And with a very difficult early-season schedule ahead, things might get tough for the young Bulldogs.    But coach Laura Gordon is confident that by the end of the season, the…