By John Tredrea, Special Writer
Lisa Wolff was re-elected president of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education for 2015 at the board’s annual reorganization meeting Monday night.
Ms. Wolff, of Hopewell Township, has been president of the board since 2011. Since the regional school district was formed in 1965, only Sally Turner, who was on the board for 12 years, has served as board president longer than Ms. Wolff.
Re-elected vice president of the board was Leigh Peterson, also of Hopewell Township.
Incumbents Roy Dollard and Adam Sawicki, both of Hopewell Township, took the oaths of office for new three-year terms at Monday night’s reorganization session.
Taking the oath for her first three-year term was Alyce McClurg Doldy, also of the township. Ms. Doldy was a member of the Pennington Borough Council before moving to the township from the borough several years ago.
The township has seven seats on the nine-seat regional school board. Pennington and Hopewell Borough have one seat each.
AT HOPEWELL BOROUGH’S reorganization meeting Monday night, incumbent Republicans Schuyler Morehouse and Robert Lewis were sworn in for new three-year terms.
Mr. Morehouse also was elected council president at the meeting.
Also at that meeting, Borough Council hired Diane McDaniel for a four-year term as the borough’s chief financial officer. She replaced Bill Pandos, who was serving a one-year term, which began June 1 of last year, as temporary CFO. Mr. Pandos resigned over the weekend.
IN PENNINGTON, four Borough Council members, all Democrats, were sworn in to terms on council.
Glen Griffiths, an incumbent, and Catherine Chandler took the oaths of office for full three-year terms.
Ms. Chandler replaces Edwin Weed Tucker, who did not seek re-election.
Deborah Gnatt and Joseph Lawver were sworn in to complete one-year unexpired terms. Ms. Gnatt was appointed to council last year to replace Dina Dunn.
Mr. Lawver was appointed last year to replace Eileen Heinzel. Ms. Heinzel, now the borough administrator, and Ms. Dunn, citing professional obligations, resigned from the council.
In other business at the Pennington reorganization, Mr. Lawver was elected council president. Mr. Tucker held that post last year. The duties of the council president include presiding over council meetings when the mayor is absent.
