Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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PENNINGTON: School board postpones referendum
$71 million plan will be re-evaluated in six months Buy John Tredrea, Staff Writer The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education decided Monday night to postpone indefinitely a referendum that would seek voter approval to fund major construction work on school buildings. The board cited the weak economy and a concern for a taxpayer base…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Proposed waterworks sale awaits approvals
Steve Goodell: Agreement among parties has been “reached in principle” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A proposed sale of the portion of the Trenton Waterworks that passes through Hopewell, Ewing, Hamilton and Lawrence townships must be approved by the state Board of Public Utilities, which has not made a decision on the matter yet, according…
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PENNINGTON: LWV offers resource tables for Jan. 29 COAH session
Table space, provided free of charge, must be reserved in advance by Jan. 23. Call 737-1106 or 737-0867 to make reservation Community groups — including churches, schools, government and environmental groups — are invited by the Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters to reserve resource tables at its upcoming educational forum on affordable housing…
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PENNINGTON: Environmental Commission launches ‘RETHINK WASTE’ program, sets recycling forum
New date: Dan Napoleon, chief of recycling at the Mercer County Improvement Authority, will speak Feb. 18 at 7:30 p.m. at Pennington Borough Hall Pennington’s Environmental Commission (EC) wants to talk trash with you. That’s the basic message received last month by Pennington’s five preschools and daycares. “There are simple steps every workplace can take…
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WASHINGTON, D.C.: Rep. Holt to host telephone listening session on Jan. 15
To participate, call 1-866-447-5149 and enter the pin number, 13372 WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Rush Holt (D-12) announced today (Friday) that he will host a telephone town hall meeting with Central New Jersey residents on Jan. 15 between 7 and 8 p.m. The one-hour meeting will take place five days before the inauguration of Barack…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Jengo-Dallessio flooding quarrel aired again Monday
Councilmen Robert Lewis and Schuyler Morehouse were sworn in for another three years By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer Hopewell Borough Councilman David Knights was unanimously re-elected president of Hopewell Borough Council Monday as incumbent Councilmen Robert Lewis and Schuyler Morehouse were sworn in for another three years, and the council heard presentations by both sides…
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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]. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Jan. 8, 7 p.m., public hearing and budget adoption, plus regular meeting, Municipal Building. HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF…
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PENNINGTON: League slates COAH impacts forum Jan. 29
Philip Caton, senior partner of Trenton’s Clarke Caton Hintz an architecture, planning and landscape architecture firm will offer an overview of COAH history and current regulations Jan. 29, the Hopewell Valley League of Women Voters (LWVHV) will hold an educational forum on the economic, social and environmental impacts of the Council of Affordable…
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PENNINGTON: Borough Council gets prepared for new year
Tucker and Griffiths take oaths By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Edwin Weed Tucker and Glen Griffiths took oaths of office for three-year terms on Pennington Borough Council at council’s reorganization meeting Monday night. Messrs. Tucker and Griffiths were re-elected by wide margins in November, keeping the six-member council all Democratic. Mayor Tony Persichilli is a…
