Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Historic bridge might move to Alliger tract

    Plan is to place bridge, now over Jacob’s Creek, over Woolsey Creek as part of a trail running between the Delaware River and Pennington Borough By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 125-year-old steel truss bridge over Jacob’s Creek in southwestern Hopewell Township would be moved a few miles to a tract of open space and…

  • EDITORIAL: Just days left to file petitions for school board candidacy

    By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Only three seats (all three-year terms) on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be filled April 21.    Those elected that day will make up 33 percent of the nine-member board. No matter how one looks at that percentage, the seats are important to the future operation of our…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Township fire budget OK’d by three votes

    Pennington and Hopewell Borough budgets passed easily By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Voters approved fire district budgets in all three of the Valley’s districts Saturday, when fire district elections were held statewide.    Hopewell Township’s budget passed by a three-vote margin out of nearly 200 votes cast, while both the Pennington and Hopewell Borough budgets passed…

  • PENNINGTON: School budget cuts are proposed by committee

    The $740,000 package of cuts was developed by school administrators and the Facilities and Finance Committee By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education is considering cutting $740,000 from its draft budget for 2009-2010.    If enacted, the cuts could lower the budget’s property tax rate increase over last year’s spending plan…

  • 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…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: SAB unveils its ideas for new senior center

    Seniors constitute 21.5 percent of the population of Hopewell Valley, according to the 2000 U.S. Census By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    About 100 senior citizens from Hopewell Township, Pennington and Hopewell Borough attended Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting to show support for a proposed full-service senior center that would serve all three communities.    Leaders…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Committee seeks COAH amendment

    Would allow up to 25 percent of a municipality’s affordable housing units to be made available to local residents, employees and emergency service volunteers By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-0 Monday night to request the state Legislature to amend New Jersey’s Fair Housing Act to provide municipalities with the authority…

  • MERCER COUNTY: Executive Hughes eyes saving money as shortfall looms

    Annual budget address now March 12    Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes announced Tuesday that the county is facing a $43 million shortfall in the next two years, and as a result, he will push back his annual budget address to March 12 in order to explore and impose various measures to reduce costs.    Mr.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials seek improvements to Pennington Circle

    Proposed improvements include curb line modifications, lane restriping and traffic island reconstruction By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee voted 4-0 Monday night to ask the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to make improvements to the Pennington Circle.    Officials claim the proposals would improve traffic flow significantly at relatively little cost and with…