Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP UPDATE

    Jan. 26 committee session By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Hopewell Township will accept a $3,000 grant from the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) for preparation of a community forestry plan. The Township Committee voted unanimously Jan. 26 to accept the grant.    • Hopewell Township, Hopewell Borough and Pennington will each appoint two alternate members to…

  • PENNINGTON: Balloon creations benefit American Cancer Society

    Folks help others at Pennington Quality Market By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The space ship was coming in for a landing right in front of him.    He stood transfixed. He even started to laugh. What was going to happen?    It was a close encounter of the third kind. Would he be taken to another galaxy,…

  • PENNINGTON: Schluters thank town for house fire response

    Jan. 24 blaze caused serious damage to residence By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Bill and Nancy Schluter, both former Borough Council members and longtime Pennington residents, attended Monday night’s meeting to thank the Pennington Fire Company, police and residents for their help during a Jan, 24 blaze that caused serious damage to their 205 S.…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Coat collection

    HOPEWELL VALLEY: Coat collection

    Scout helps the cause Emmet Hassett joined sisters-in-law Ann Johnson and Julie Aberger  in collecting winter coats to help him earn his Citizenship Merit Badge for Boy Scout Troop 44. Seventh-grader Emmet collected dozens of coats at Timberlane Middle School. He also helped deliver the coats to the Trenton Area Soup Kitchen (TASK), where they…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Tractor-trailer, van collide on Route 31

    Preliminary investigation revealed that a driver disregarded a red light By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A tractor-trailer was hit by a van whose driver apparently ran a red light Monday morning at the intersection of Tree Farm Road and state Route 31 in Hopewell Township, police said.    The driver of the van was sent to…

  • PENNINGTON: A snowy spot

    PENNINGTON: A snowy spot

    A spot near Pennington Borough Hall.

  • PENNINGTON: COAH — Four offer views on state mandate

    Morality, money, protecting water among forum topics By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Morality, money, protecting our water and how strong a grip the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) has on reality were among the dominant issues discussed at the Jan. 29 Hopewell Valley League of Voters’ forum on COAH.    The event was held in…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Mercer sheriff outlines county services for officials

    Kevin Larkin: ”There are a lot of different programs that seem to fall through the cracks in Hopewell Borough, and I wanted to reach out to your community” By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    At the invitation of Hopewell Borough’s mayor and council, Mercer County Sheriff Kevin Larkin gave a presentation Monday explaining a few of…

  • PENNINGTON: HVCBank report has good news for shareholders

    Net income for 2008 advanced briskly    The Board of Directors of Hopewell Valley Community Bank (PinkSheets: HWDY) has announced that 2008 net earnings jumped nearly 54 percent. In the announcement, the board also declared a 10 percent stock dividend and a $.04 per share semi-annual cash dividend. Paying the cash dividend on the increased number…