Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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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: Council says no to grant for police merger study
Police Director William Meytrott will confer with Chief George Meyer, of Hopewell Township, about feasibility of combining departments By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Pennington Borough will not accept a $26,000 state grant to study the feasibility of merging the borough’s Police Department with the Hopewell Township Police Department. The township, which is 58 square miles…
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SUNSHINE LIST
Municipal, school board and other meetings HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: Jan. 5, 7 p.m., reorganization and regular, Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Jan 5, 7 p.m., reorganization, Municipal Building. PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Jan. 5, 7 p.m., reorganization and regular, Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Jan. 7, 7 p.m., reorganization/regular, Municipal Building…
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PENNINGTON: Colleen Bell: ‘Palliative care is a calling, not a job’
Nurse also is a speed walker and makes quilts By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Death is “the undiscovered country” from which “no traveler returns.” So said Hamlet in his most famous speech, and we all know he was correct. Right? Not so fast. Colleen Bell has accompanied many travelers to the boundary of the so-called…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Officials OK $1.3M bond to help buy St. Michael’s tract
Joining township in providing money for tract’s purchase from the Diocese of Trenton are the Delaware and Raritan (D&R) Greenway, Hopewell Borough, state government and other a By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A $1.3 million bond ordinance that enables Hopewell Township to provide its share toward the purchase of the 337-acre St. Michael’s tract was…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Woman trapped in vehicle for 45 minutes
Investigation revealed that driver had taken her eyes off the road while putting cell phone in the console By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A 19-year-old Hopewell Township woman suffered minor back, neck and leg injuries in a dramatic one-car accident that had her trapped in an SUV for 45 minutes Sunday night. Police identified the…
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TRENTON: COAH extension plea denied
Valley towns filed plans By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Hopewell Township and Pennington and Hopewell boroughs did well to get their affordable housing plans to the state before the Dec. 31 filing deadline. On Dec. 23, the state turned down a request from the New Jersey League of Municipalities for a meeting to consider extending…
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PENNINGTON: Central High is recognized as tops in music
Third time CHS has been accorded this honor By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Hopewell Valley Central High School (CHS) has again been recognized as one of the nation’s top 120 public high schools for music education by the GRAMMY Foundation and 7UP. This is the third time in that past six years CHS has been…
