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  • 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

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Student art show coming to library April 5

    Diane Miller: “We’ve had a nice number of submissions and Linda Osborne, past director of the Mercer County Cultural and Heritage Commission, has judged them and decided on the prize winnersâ By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    An opening reception for a student spring art show is set for 7 p.m. April 5 at the Hopewell…

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

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: New schools chief to begin work in June

    Thomas A. Smith will replace Thomas Butler By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Thomas A. Smith will become superintendent of the Hopewell Valley school district June 1.    The full school board voted unanimously Monday night in favor of Dr. Smith’s appointment. He will replace Thomas Butler, who has been at the district’s helm on an interim…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police ask help with theft case

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police ask help with theft case

    Resident lost about $4,000 on March 4 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Police are looking for a man resembling the person in the composite sketch below in connection with a March 4 burglary on Pennington Road in Hopewell Township.    The sketch was prepared by the New Jersey State Police. Anyone with information regarding this investigation…

  • HOPEWELL: Special needs event set Saturday

    HOPEWELL: Special needs event set Saturday

    Shown above planning Saturday’s open house at the Hopewell Firehouse are (from left) Glenn Gabai (Hopewell Fire Department EMT), Tyler Bell, of Pennington, and township police Officer Brian Dendis.

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Watershed offers lots of outdoor programs

    Jeff Hoagland: ”Research shows that spending time outdoors is critical to the growth, development and well-being of our children” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The longtime education director of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) says parents would be well-advised to help their children spend as much time outdoors, and in various nature-based activities, as…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: High Bridge man shoots himself

    The man, whose name was not released, killed himself in an area just south of the HI Rib & Company restaurant parking lot in the Pennytown Shopping Village complex By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A 51-year-old High Bridge man committed suicide in Hopewell Township early Wednesday evening by shooting himself in the…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: March 23, 7 p.m., Municipal building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP RECREATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE: March 23, 6 p.m., Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION: March 23, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.     STONY BROOK REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY: March 23, 8 p.m., SBRSA offices, River Road, Princeton.     HOPEWELL…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police ask help with theft case

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police ask help with theft case

    Composite sketch, courtesy of N.J. State Police