Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • PENNINGTON: Toll Gators to prepare 1,000 dinners for the needy

    Anyone with an available refrigerated truck should contact Bernadette Morten at 737-0747 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    There must be at least one of them somewhere out there in Hopewell Valley.    A refrigerated truck, that is. If you have one you’re willing to lend out for a day, you can help make a big difference…

  • HOPEWELL: HVN is moving to Princeton on Dec. 4

    A message to our readers Packet Publications    On Dec. 4, the staff of the Hopewell Valley News will relocate to the main offices of The Princeton Packet Inc. in Princeton.    ”We will continue to have our reporters and editors in the communities they cover as often as possible,” said Aubrey Huston, editor of the Packet…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Hopewell joins others in seeking COAH extension

    Want deadline for submitting 10-year affordable housing plan moved to April 2009 By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    Hopewell Borough Council and Mayor Paul Anzano have decided to join other municipalities and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association in a letter seeking an extension of the Council on Affordable Housing (COAH) deadline for submitting a 10-year affordable…

  • PENNINGTON: School board honors top senior scholars

    Students honored Nov. 17 at reception at Central High School By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Seventeen Hopewell Valley Central High School seniors, including four who finished in the top 1 percent nationwide, have been recognized for outstanding academic success by the prestigious National Merit Scholarship Corporation, school distinct official JoAnn Meyer said.    Selected for their…

  • PENNINGTON: Central High principal proposes new schedule

    Current schedule has eight 42-minute periods; Daher’s would feature six 58-minute periods By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Central High School Principal Michael Daher wants to change his school’s schedule from an eight-period day to a rotating six-period day.    He said the change would eliminate widespread schedule conflicts between wellness (physical education) and science lab and…

  • PENNINGTON: School board’s standing committee procedure is restored

    Policy revision outlines jobs of the four groups By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education has officially returned to the standing committee system — the method of operation that was suspended in mid-December 2007.    On Monday, the board adopted a revision to its policy on its basic method of operation.…

  • PENNINGTON: District reports progress in study of world cultures, religion

    HoVal schools update    Monthly displays of cultural celebrations, more culture-specific books and activities for classrooms and a new high school course on world religion are among the things happening or being developed in Hopewell Valley schools, according to district spokeswoman JoAnn Meyer.    That was part of the message given to the district’s ad hoc committee…

  • PENNINGTON: Scout helps make popcorn gifts possible

    Eric’s Web site is www.SupportOurTroopsWithPopcorn.com By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Under these circumstances, it may seem like an odd gift, or a somewhat unimportant one. But think again.    This is a gift that, in your mind anyway, can bring you home, or bring home to you. And that’s the beauty of it: home. Under these…

  • PENNINGTON: School board changes hearings process

    Both public hearings are open to any topic now By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Any topic may be addressed during both public hearings held during Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education meetings, the board decided Monday night.    The board’s vote in favor of the change was unanimous.    For many years, two public hearings have been…