Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Petition aims at keeping Aunt Molly Road as is

    Objectives are to protect the rural, historic character of the area By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A petition requesting that through traffic be banned from Aunt Molly Road has been signed by 461 residents and was presented to the Hopewell Township Committee Monday night.    Joanne Lockwood, who lives on Aunt Molly Road and gave the…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Sept. 11 meeting canceled; Sept. 18, 7:30 p.m., special meeting, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Sept. 11, 7:30 p.m., 13 E. Broad St., Hopewell.     HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: Sept. 15, 6 p.m., regular meeting, 425 S. Main St., Pennington.…

  • Officials recall 9/11 by lauding first responders

    Hopewell Township Committee and Pennington Borough Council adopt resolution stating that Sept. 11 (today) is to be known as “Recognition Day” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    About 35 uniformed police, fire-fighting and emergency medical service personnel who work throughout Hopewell Valley attended Monday night’s Hopewell Township Committee meeting, where officials adopted a resolution stating that…

  • Hopewell seeks ways to cut Masonic project costs

    Bids received exceeded amount Borough Council planned to spend on the new Borough Hall conversion By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Hopewell Borough officials are going back to the drawing board on the plan to convert the Masonic Hall into the new Borough Hall because six bids they received last month exceeded the…

  • Pennington officials offer incentives to fix sidewalks

    Borough will waive for a one-year period, beginning Sept. 19, permit fees for sidewalk repairs. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    PENNINGTON — Pennington Borough Council has adopted an ordinance giving a direct financial incentive to property owners who get their sidewalks fixed.    The borough also is working on a companion program aimed at helping those…

  • Soil gifts make Pop Warner practice field possible

    Beazer Homes and Capital Health System make donations By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    For years, officials of Hopewell Township and the Pop Warner football league have wanted a practice field adjacent to the Pop Warner playing field.    But the land contiguous to the playing field is too steeply sloped to be used that way. The…

  • Speed humps sought by Dublin Road residents

    Petition was presented to the Township Committee Monday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — More than 30 residents of Dublin Road have signed a petition requesting that speed humps be installed on the road.    The petition was presented to the Township Committee at its Monday night meeting by Louise Aucott, one of the…

  • FLOW mulls lawsuit as city hikes water rates

    Help needed for petition drive By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A grass-roots organization opposed to water rate increases is considering a lawsuit against Trenton as a possible response to a 40 percent rate increase approved by the Trenton City Council last week.    The increase effects customers of Trenton water who live in several developments in…

  • Proposed right-to-farm ordinance generates controversy

    Measure involves ducks, turkeys, chickens, etc. on lots of various sizes By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A controversial right-to-farm ordinance that would allow up to six chickens on a ½-acre lot was introduced by the Hopewell Township Committee Monday night.    Before the measure will come up for an adoption vote, it will…