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  • Post Forum

    Should the township build a new skatepark for skateboarders and where should it be constructed? Should the township build a new skatepark for skateboarders and where should it be constructed?

  • Traffic signal awaits DEP’s OK

    Land trade under review By: Joseph Harvie    Work on a light at the intersection of Deans Rhode Hall Road and Fresh Ponds Road could begin in about six months, Township Attorney Don Sears said Tuesday.    Township officials met on Sept. 7 with state Department of Environmental Protection officials to discuss the acquisition of 3 acres…

  • HVCHS edges Spartans

    FIELD HOCKEY By: Mike Molaro    Opening the season with a win is always at the top of a team’s "to do" list.    To accomplish that in overtime can set the tone for what may be an exciting year.    The Hopewell Valley Central High School field hockey squad felt that exhilaration last Saturday when junior forward…

  • Parting is all about sorrow

    The first day! It was time to go inside for the first day of kindergarten at Hopewell Elementary School on Sept. 7, but Lindsey Anderson, clinging to her mother’s leg, did not want to go!

  • Old grant to fund Kendall Woods

    Mayor plans to purchase additional property By: Joseph Harvie    The township is going to use about $2 million of a five-year $3 million state Green Acres grant it received in 2003 to reimburse itself for last year’s purchase of the Stanton property, and to help replenish its Open Space Trust Fund.    The grant gives the…

  • Letters to the Editor, Sept. 14, 2006

    Not just about money To the editor:     It’s not just about the money. At least in Hopewell Borough it’s not just about the money.    There has been some discussion recently among the Hopewell Township Committee, and discussion in the Hopewell Valley News, about the three municipalities that coexist in Hopewell Valley investigating consolidation. The…

  • Township implements spending controls

    Intent of controls is to prevent situations such as the $403,000 emergency appropriation of Aug. 28 By John Tredrea    Two resolutions implementing new municipal spending controls on professional service agreements were adopted by the Hopewell Township Committee Monday night.    The intent of the controls is to prevent situations such as the one that led officials…

  • Greyhounds grind out 16-0 victory

    By: Sean Moylan    Last year the Northern Burlington County Regional High School varsity football team opened with a phenomenal win over Holy Cross, only to grow a bit overconfident and lose a couple of games it should have won.    This year the Greyhounds won their opener again as they beat the Pirates, 16-0, at Cinnaminson…

  • Boys Mancini’s OT goal lifts AHS to big win

    By: Kyle Moylan    It would probably take a poll of former players and a historical analysis to officially call Allentown’s 3-2 win over Steinert High last Friday the biggest one in the history of the boys’ soccer program at the school. The mere fact it’s even up for consideration, however, should let everyone know this…