Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings     PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: March 26, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: March 26, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: March 26, 7 p.m., Union Fire Company.     PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: March 26, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL…

  • TITUSVILLE: Local man oversees county detectives

    Kenneth L. Beckman began his career with the Hopewell Township Police Department By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Kenneth L. Beckman, a 33-year law enforcement veteran who began his career with the Hopewell Township Police Department, was sworn in as chief of county detectives on March 19 as family and friends looked on.    Chief Beckman, 57,…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Sandahl’s committee seat filled by Dafilou

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Sandahl’s committee seat filled by Dafilou

    David Dafilou: “I’m looking forward to serving on the committee. I know I have some big shoes to fill, replacing Mr. Sandahl” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Democrat David Dafilou, the director of consulting services with Presscott Associates, a health-care management consulting firm, is now a member of the Hopewell Township Committee.    The committee voted…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School board hopefuls meet public Tuesday

    The 90-minute debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in TV studio at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington-Titusville Road By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters will hold its annual School Board Candidates’ Forum on Tuesday, March 31.    The 90-minute debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the TV studio…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Pennington-Titusville Road speed limit extended

    The 25-mph zone will be extended west to Timkak Lane, a distance of a few hundred yards. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Township Committee voted unanimously Monday night to extend, a short distance to the west, a 25-mph speed zone on Pennington-Titusville Road.    The 25-mph zone, which passes in front of Hopewell Valley Central…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Central High students learn about summer jobs

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Central High students learn about summer jobs

    Teen Job Fair held Friday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Three hundred students looking for summer jobs turned out for the third annual Teen Job Fair at Hopewell Valley Central High School on Friday.    The fair is held each year as a joint effort of the high school, Hopewell Valley YMCA and Hopewell Valley Municipal…

  • GUEST OPINION: Budget preserves and protects our high-quality schools

    By Roy Dollard    When we on the school board first talked about aiming for a zero-increase budget for next year, we had few illusions about what that would take. A flat budget would require a $4.4 million reduction in projected expenditures and everyone understood a reduction of this magnitude would require teacher layoffs.    With salaries…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: School board OKs tentative budget

    Robert Colavita: ”That(estimated 1.4 percent)would be our lowest tax levy increase in over 23 years” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A tentative $72,562,968 school district budget for 2009-2010 was OK’d by a unanimous vote of the school board Monday night.    If enacted in its current form, the Hopewell Valley Regional School District spending plan would…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: New schools chief to begin work in June

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: New schools chief to begin work in June

    Thomas A. Smith will be new superintendent