Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • TRENTON: COAH filing deadline extension denied

    Decision means municipalities must file revised third-round plans by Dec. 31 or face “builders’ remedy” lawsuits    ”We have just received word from Department of Community Affairs Commissioner Joseph Doria that our request for an emergency meeting of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) to consider an extension of the Dec. 31 filing deadline has been…

  • HOPEWELL: Housing plan OK’d; on its way to COAH

    After Dec. 31, COAH will have 45 days to respond, and the borough will have an additional 45 days to answer By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    Hopewell Borough Council met early Wednesday and voted to endorse an amended affordable housing plan.    Officials also authorized the plan’s submission to the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) by…

  • PENNINGTON: Central High composters land $10K Lexus grant 

    PENNINGTON: Central High composters land $10K Lexus grant 

    Lexus Group grant winners, shown standing above (from left), are seniors Brooke Shaffer, Shelby Veazey and Erin Henry. Freshman Julie Henry is in the foreground. Senior Matt Martin is missing from the photo.

  • HOPEWELL: Music Together donates $5,000 for playgrounds

    Hopewell Borough playgrounds are scheduled for construction in June By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Music Together LLC is donating $5,000 to the Hopewell Borough Playground Project (HBPP) to help build new playgrounds at Hopewell Park and at the Hopewell Railroad Station site.    Music Together also will hold a fundraising concert for the playground project in…

  • PENNINGTON: Central High composters land $10K Lexus grant 

    PENNINGTON: Central High composters land $10K Lexus grant 

    HoVal’s was the only high school group from New Jersey to win a grant By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Lexus Group has awarded a $10,000 grant to Hopewell Valley Central High School because of the work five students have done starting a composting program at the school.    The students were one of just 16…

  • PENNINGTON: CHS auto shop program looks to the future

    PENNINGTON: CHS auto shop program looks to the future

    Auto shop program is thriving . . . with a waiting list By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The school board’s decision to keep auto shop in the high school curriculum is looking like a very smart move.    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education opted to keep the program two years ago when Dick Estelow,…

  • PENNINGTON: CHS auto shop program looks to the future

    PENNINGTON: CHS auto shop program looks to the future

    This class of auto shop students at Hopewell Valley Central High is being joined by other classes in working on converting this 1978 Monza to a competitive dragster. Shown from left are: Tiffany Musial, Tim Roberto, Jack Wenner, Wade Hunt, Alex Petruccio, Eric Hewitt, Mike Robinson, Brandon McClintock, Evan Acuna, teacher Lou Carnation, Elisha Dale…

  • HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Tree-lighting slated

    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Tree-lighting slated

    Ceremony will be held Friday at 7 p.m. on the front lawn of the Hopewell Township Municipal Building    A tree-lighting ceremony will be held Friday at 7 p.m. on the front lawn of the Hopewell Township Municipal Building, Route 546 and Scotch Road.    Holiday songs will be performed. Refreshments will be served in the Municipal…

  • PENNINGTON: School officials mull $70M in building projects

    Roy Dollard and others agreed that much work remains to be done before board can make a final decision on referendum By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A report of an Advisory Committee on Referendum Planning has recommended school construction projects totaling an estimated $70,117,000.    The report was accepted by the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of…