Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Anyone missing two parakeets?

    Found in market parking lot    On, July 30, a kind-hearted woman happened to spot two parakeets flying around outside the Pennington Quality Market.     She managed to catch them, and then called Belinda Ogitis, the Valley’s animal control officer.    The two little birds are now safe and sound in their temporary residence at the Hopewell…

  • Merrill Lynch swaps hut for 3 acres of land

    Emergency Services personnel will benefit By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    Merrill Lynch Hopewell LLC has agreed to trade Hopewell Township a $1.8 million hut on its property to be used for emergency services in exchange for 3 acres of land.    Merrill Lynch originally gave the township this plot of land in 1998. It was to…

  • Township group to fight Trenton water plan

    FLOW is forming and will meet at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 in the auditorium of the Stony Brook Elementary School, 20 Stephenson Road By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    FLOW, a new citizens action group in Hopewell Township, is forming and will hold its first public meeting at 7 p.m. Aug. 19 in the auditorium of…

  • Township adopts bond, BPG and Rosedale measures

    TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE UPDATE By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee passed a bond ordinance Monday that will enable the township to purchase a 22-acre vacant lot behind the Hopewell Crossing Shopping Center, Denow Road and Route 31.    The committee also adopted two other measures introduced July 14. One authorizes Berwind Property Group (BPG)…

  • Township open space tax hike set for November vote

    If OK’d by voters, the levy would be increased by 1 cent to 3 cents per $100 of assessed valuation of real property By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee has decided to put an open space tax question on the November general election ballot.    The proposal, OK’d by a committee vote Monday,…

  • Animal density proposal aired at township session

    Information about the proposal will be posted on the township’s Web site: www.hopewelltwp.org. By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    Hopewell Township officials may, in the future, adopt an ordinance that would spell out which and how many animals would be permitted on small plots of land in the municipality.    The measure was unveiled by the Residential…

  • Local drunken driving crackdown begins on Friday

    As of Aug. 7, the Hopewell Township Police Department had made 41 arrests for driving while intoxicated for 2008    Law enforcement officers from the Hopewell Township Police Department will be cracking down on drunk drivers as part of the “Over the Limit Under Arrest 2008 Statewide Crackdown.”    Beginning Aug. 15 and running through Sept. 1,…

  • Skate park vandalism exasperates local police

    Chief George Meyer: ”We want to let people know about it. They need to police their own, and if they don’t take care of the park, we will shut it down permanently.” By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer    Hopewell Township’s skate park, which was closed for a week because of vandalism, reopened Tuesday morning.    On Aug.…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Aug. 14 and 28, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Aug. 14, 7:30 p.m., 13 E. Broad St., Hopewell.     HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: Aug. 18, 7:30 p.m.,…