Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Democrats seek Sandahl’s replacement

    Letters of interest and brief resumes from township residents, who must be registered voters, should be submitted to Carol Kleis at: [email protected] by close of day March 15. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Now that Hopewell Township Committeemen David Sandahl has announced his intention to resign in order to accept an appointment by Gov. Jon…

  • PENNINGTON: Council and township officials agree on circle improvements

    Proposed improvements to Pennington Circle were endorsed by Borough Council Monday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A package of proposed improvements to the Pennington Circle was endorsed unanimously by Pennington Borough Council on Monday night.    A similar measure was OK’d by the Hopewell Township Committee two weeks ago.    The Pennington Circle actually is in Hopewell…

  • PENNINGTON: Council may grant first liquor license

    Pennington has been a dry town since the mid-1800s, according to Councilman E. Weed Tucker By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Pennington Borough Council is considering issuing a liquor license in town.    To get public input on the issue, the council is planning to schedule a special meeting sometime in May.    There are no liquor licenses…

  • EDITORIAL: Election coverage guidelines place reader needs first

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    The 2009 school board election campaign season officially began last week with the filing of nominating petitions.    It will end on election day, April 21.    This year it involves two open Hopewell Township seats (three-year terms) and one Pennington Borough seat (three-year term) on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: League’s school board forum set March 31

    Four Hopewell Township residents and one Pennington resident are seeking three seats on the nine-member board    The Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters will hold its annual School Board Candidates’ Forum on March 31.    The 90-minute debate will begin at 7:30 p.m. in the TV studio at Hopewell Valley Central High School, Pennington-Titusville Road, Pennington.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Lawrence man indicted in Brandon circle hit-and-run

    Brower’s vehicle struck 70-year-old Yuanheng Zhong and his granddaughter By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 44-year-old Lawrenceville man was indicted by a Mercer County grand jury recently for driving into a grandfather pushing his 9-month-old granddaughter in a stroller on Denow Road in Hopewell Township last October.    Lloyd Brower III, 44, of Denow Road, Lawrenceville,…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Aunt Molly residents win case to keep road unpaved

    Hopewell Residents for Rural Preservation wore yellow ribbons to Monday meeting By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    After three hours of discussion Monday, the Hopewell Township Committee voted 3-2 that the central portion of Aunt Molly Road will remain unpaved.    The question of whether to pave or not to pave the half-mile segment running between Cherry…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Sandahl to help state spend federal funds

    Plans to resign from Hopewell Township Committee this week By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    David Sandahl said Monday he intends to resign from the Hopewell Township Committee this week.    Mr. Sandahl, a Dublin Road resident and a former deputy mayor who has been on the committee for five years, has been appointed by Gov. Jon…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials OK county’s bridge plan

    Jacobs Creek Bridge to go to Alliger Park By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    On Monday, the Hopewell Township Committee endorsed, but with reluctance, Mercer County’s plan to replace the Jacobs Creek Bridge with a modern structure.    The county plan calls for moving the existing bridge, well over 100 years old, to the Alliger tract, a…