Category: archives

  • Now is the time to stop sprawl, preserve township’s rural character

    GUEST OPINION By Kathy Bird    Hopewell Township’s rural character is in jeopardy. While our community is in the bull’s eye of developers who would destroy this special place we cherish, there is something that we can do about it right now.    The Hopewell Township Committee is poised to adopt a rezoning proposal that will stop…

  • Hun wins Stuart Tip-Off title

    Experienced Raiders have high expectations By: Bob Nuse    Erin Sanderson can already sense that this could be a pretty good year for the Hun School girls’ basketball team.    "Last year we had a pretty young team and we were almost rebuilding because we had lost a lot from the year before," said Sanderson, one of…

  • Lions Club honors emergency service standouts

    Six emergency service mainstays lauded By John Tredrea    Six emergency service mainstays have been honored by the Lions Club of Hopewell Valley with the club’s annual Volunteer of the Year awards.    As in past years, the 2002 award winners had been nominated by the heads of their respective emergency service units. The awards dinner was…

  • Resident will not support referendum

    Letter to the editor To the editor:    I have been a resident of this community for 15 years, and three of my four children attend township schools. I have always supported schoolreferendums. No one is more aware than I of how desperately our schools needadditional funding for improvements. It is with great regret that I…

  • Pennington looks at crosswalk concerns

    Council focuses on South Main and Curlis By John Tredrea    At the suggestion of Pennington Borough Councilwoman Liz Muoio, Police Director William Meytrott and other Pennington officials will look into increasing the safety of the South Main Street crosswalk at the Curlis Avenue intersection.    Located at that intersection is Toll Gate Grammar School. Many students…

  • Council not happy with aquatic study

    By: Sharlee DiMenichi    Part of a payment for a township aquatic center feasibility study will be withheld, council members said Tuesday.    Plans for the center include an eight-lane indoor pool, a 15,000-square-foot outdoor pool, eight water slides and a river-like tube ride. The proposed project would take 26 months to build. Councilman Frank Gambatese said…

  • Letters to the Editor, Dec. 5, 2002

    Hurray for Lawrence Hopewell Trail! To the editor:     The creation of a 20-mile bicycling and walking trail to connect business, residential, and recreational areas is brilliant and all the participants should be congratulated.    I’d like to say a special thank you to the people at Bristol-Myers-Squibb who initiated this project. This trail will be…

  • Hopewell officials focus on truck issues

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL UPDATE By Sandra Phelps    Hopewell Borough Council adopted an ordinance on Monday restricting truck weight limits on certain streets.    The purpose of the ordinance is to stop trucks from using streets where truck traffic might pose a problem. For traffic safety purposes, changes in traffic patterns will be made to Lanning, Broad…

  • Area native brings youthful music to Lawrence

    Laurie Berkner performs at the Presbyterian Church of Lawrenceville on Wednesday By: Dave Hemmer    She has been called a "Sheryl Crow for kiddies" and "the Ani DiFranco of kids’ music," but attempting to compare the effect that singer-songwriter Laurie Berkner has on children is futile.    The wild-haired, nose-ringed, guitar-swinging songstress, is acclaimed for having the…