Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • 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…

  • PENNINGTON: High school faculty opposed to schedule change

    Only 9 percent back principal’s proposal By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Only 9 percent of Hopewell Valley Central High School’s faculty supports the high school schedule change recently recommended to the school board by Principal Michael Daher, an official of the local teachers union said.    ”With the inadequate planning and funding available, 91 percent of…

  • Early deadlines for Jan. 1 edition

    Please try to comply    Because of the New Year’s Day holiday, Jan. 1, the deadline for submission of news copy, letters to the editor, etc., for that edition is Dec. 26 at 2 p.m.    All photos with complete caption information should be in this office or e-mailed as JPG attachments by 2 p.m., Dec. 26.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Police slate sobriety checkpoint

    From 8 p.m. Dec. 27 to 2 a.m. Dec. 28 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Police Department will conduct a sobriety checkpoint from 8 p.m. Dec. 27 to 2 a.m. Dec. 28.    The checkpoint will be conducted on Route 31 South at Ingleside Avenue.    Police have experienced a disproportionately high number of…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: West Amwell woman killed in Hopewell Township accident

    Crash still under investigation By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 47-year-old West Amwell woman, Michele Hart of Rock Road West, was killed in a one-car accident in Hopewell Township Saturday night.    Hopewell Township police Lt. Lance Maloney said that, at 11:26 p.m. Saturday, Hopewell Township police along with the Hopewell Fire Department and Emergency Medical…

  • MERCER COUNTY NOTES

    Audit, The Runway and Legal Services for the Elderly are topics    Mercer County has earned its second consecutive “clean” audit after the independent audit group that reported on county finances found only minor issues, illustrating the county continues to improve its financial standing despite difficulties caused by the recession.    The audit was performed by The…

  • HOPEWELL VALLEY: Three towns complete their COAH plans

    Deadline for filing is Dec. 31 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The housing plan Hopewell Township has filed with the state Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) calls for 472 units in the township by 2018. That’s 53 more than COAH requires of the township, according to the plan.    The locations of the township units are…

  • SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Dec. 29, 8:30 a.m., end-of-year business — ordinance hearing, payment of bills, Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: Dec. 29, 7 p.m.; Jan. 5, 7 p.m., reorganization, Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Dec. 30, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL BOROUGH FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Jan.…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Capital Health System gets loan backing from feds

    The $777 million loan is made possible through the Federal Housing Administration’s Section 242 Hospital Mortgage Insurance Program By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Capital Health System (CHS), which is building a 223-bed hospital in Hopewell Township, has gotten key backing from the federal government in increasingly perilous financial times.    The U.S. Department of Housing and…