Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: March 5, 7-9 p.m., special meeting with township commission, committee and board members, Merrill Lynch Office Complex, Scotch Road; March 9, 7 p.m., regular, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: March 9, 7:30 p.m., agenda meeting, 425 S. Main St., Pennington.     PENNINGTON…

  • PENNINGTON: Thriving HVC Bank celebrates 10th birthday

    PENNINGTON: Thriving HVC Bank celebrates 10th birthday

    Bank recently reported that 2008 earnings were up 54 percent over 2007    Despite the troublesome ecomony, the Hopewell Valley Community (HVC) Bank is thriving.    The bank is celebrating its 10th anniversary, about a month after reporting that its 2008 earnings were up an impressive 54 percent over 2007.    At its headquarters in Pennington Feb. 19,…

  • EDITORIAL: Traffic signal needed at Route 31 and Ingleside

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Last week’s announcement that the Hopewell Township Committee is asking the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to make improvements to the Pennington Circle is good news.    Officials say the proposals — which include curb line modifications, lane restriping and traffic island reconstruction — would improve traffic flow significantly at relatively…

  • PENNINGTON: Thriving HVC Bank celebrates 10th birthday

    PENNINGTON: Thriving HVC Bank celebrates 10th birthday

    Shown celebrating HVC Bank’s first decade are (from left): Pat Ryan, Jim Hyman and the Hopewell Township Mayor Vanessa Sandom.

  • HOPEWELL: Mom shares concerns at state’s session on bullying

    New Jersey Commission on Bullying is expected to deliver its report in July By Lea Kahn, The Packet Group    Seeking to crack down on bullying in New Jersey’s public schools, Gov. Jon Corzine signed legislation last year that created the New Jersey Commission on Bullying in Schools.    Recently, a handful of commission members spent three…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    Those responsible for sending us meeting lists for 2009 should fax them to 609-924-3842 (attention: Ruth Luse) ASAP. Lists also may be e-mailed to [email protected].    PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Feb. 26, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Hear a winter tale tonight at Howell

    A story shared around a warm fire    Farm families of a century ago passed many a cold winter’s night with a good story shared around a warm fire.    Storyteller Kathy Pierce will recreate the experience tonight (Feb. 27), at Howell Living History Farm when she presents “A Winter’s Tale,” at 7:30 p.m. in the Charles…

  • PENNINGTON: Lawrence-Hopewell Trail extension may get federal funds

    If Rush Holt’s proposals are funded By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    WASHINGTON, D.C. — Creation of the Pennington extension of the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail (LHT) would be funded by $285,000 from the federal government, under legislation approved by the U.S. House of Representatives this week.    The legislation, the Fiscal Year 2009 Omnibus Appropriations Bill, includes Rush…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Report cards tell school officials how students are doing

    Assessment reports recently released by the New Jersey Department of Education By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    School “report cards” and statewide assessment reports of schools recently were released by the New Jersey Department of Education (DOE).    The report cards contain detailed statistical profiles of all public schools in the state in the areas of school…