Category: archives

  • What you should know about radon in Hopewell Valley homes

    GUEST COLUMN By Francesca Calderone-Steichen    Do you know your IAQ? It’s easy. IAQ stands for Indoor Air Quality.    Here in Hopewell Valley, homeowners should know their IAQ because some parts of Hopewell Valley have high radon levels. Lowering radon to safe levels helps you stay healthy, protects your children, and even makes it possible for…

  • Springfield council considers conserving surplus

    Conservation of surplus funds could lead to increase in municipal tax rate for Springfield Township residents. By: Scott Morgan    SPRINGFIELD — A proposal to spend less of the budget surplus could mean a slight municipal tax increase for township residents this year.    On March 10, the Township Council held the public hearing for its $2.95…

  • Sergeant promoted to chief of police

    Sgt. Kyle Wilson is named chief of the Chesterfield Township Police Department. By: Scott Morgan    CHESTERFIELD — If you have ever held a shred of doubt about the old adage that hard work and patience pay rich dividends, please see the township’s new chief of police for proof that it works.    On March 11, at…

  • LETTER: Rt. 92 kill bill deserves hearing

    To the editor:     Assemblyman John S. Wisniewski is quite the hypocrite. He refuses to give the bill to eliminate Route 92 a hearing in the Assembly Transportation Committee because it "would be premature to review the bill given that the federal government is reviewing the project." Why would he then complain, in his Guest…

  • POLICE BLOTTER

       Police responded to Ferreira Construction Co. on Route 206 on a report of a stolen vehicle at 4:45 p.m., March 1.    The business owner told police a blue 1986 Ford F350 dump truck, estimated to be worth $3,000, was not in front of the trailer where it was left at 4 p.m., Feb. 27.    According…

  • Notre Dame High School to hold Hall of Fame event

    Father Dennis Apoldite of Hopewell and Edward J. McManimon III of Pennington are among honorees.    Notre Dame High School has announced the naming of the sixth annual Hall of Fame honorees. Two of them — Father Dennis Apoldite of Hopewell and Edward J. McManimon III of Pennington — have Hopewell Valley connections.    Those being honored…

  • March 18, 12:37 p.m.: Never mind the bollocks

    Sex Pistols deserve place in Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — even if they would have had no interest in being enshrined. By: Hank Kalet    Read my defense of the Sex Pistols and critique of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Dispatches.

  • Search startles sleeping neighbors

    Police call on helicopter, dog patrol in effort to locate man believed distraught By:Roger Alvarado    The drone of a state police helicopter hovering overhead startled sleeping residents along Bloomingdale Drive, Meadowbrook and Amwell roads around 4 a.m. Sunday as local officers conducted a "search and rescue" for a drunken neighbor, police said.    Township police say…

  • Governor touts NJ’s high-tech future

    McGreevey want to spur growth in technology sector. By: Gwen McNamara    WEST WINDSOR — Technology-based businesses will play a key role in New Jersey’s economic future, according to Gov. James E. McGreevey, who outlined a plan Wednesday to spur growth in the technology sector.    At a town hall meeting of the New Jersey Technology Council…