Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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HVN SUNSHINE LIST
Municipal, school board and other meetings HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: July 17, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: July 21, 7:30 p.m., 425 S. Main St., Pennington. PENNINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION: July 21, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL BOROUGH FIRE COMMISSIONERS: July 23, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall.…
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Officials seek residents’ help with water sale fight
BPU meeting is at Hamilton Township Municipal Building, 2090 Greenwood Ave., at 7 p.m. July 23. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Hopewell Township users of the Trenton water system could see a big rate increase if a proposed sale of the portion of the system outside Trenton goes through, officials say. The City of Trenton…
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T-Mobile cell installation closer to reality
Construction should begin within the next two months By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer The Hopewell Township Committee awarded the bid for constructing the T-Mobile cell phone tower at Monday’s regular meeting. The tower will be constructed in the wooded portion of the former Twin Pines Airport tract. The bid was awarded to CWL Realty. Construction…
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Officials set trial construction schedule for new hospital
Times are: 6 a.m. Monday through Friday and 7 a.m. on Saturday for a 30-day trial period By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer Nobody likes waking up to the sounds of construction trucks backing up, jackhammers, or dirt moving. That’s what the debate during Monday evening’s Township Committee meeting was about: how early Capital Health System…
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Corzine set to sign housing bill as NJLM mounts challenge
Committeeman David Sandahl: ‘It (the law) undercuts all the work we have done over 15 years in Hopewell Township to develop a science-based Master Plan and zoning’ By Emily Laermer, Staff Writer The New Jersey League of Municipalities (NJLM) filed an appeal Tuesday with the Appellate Division of the Superior Court of New Jersey challenging…
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Hopewell budget OK brings hike in taxes
Municipal property tax rate will increase 4 cents By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer On July 10, Hopewell Borough Council voted 6-0 to adopt a $2.6 million budget for 2008, a 5 percent increase over last year’s $2.48 million budget. As a result, the municipal property tax rate will increase 4 cents per $100 of assessed…
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Pennington budget plan needs tax rate hike
Spending plan set for public hearing and adoption Aug. 4 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A proposed $3,333,941 municipal budget for 2008 was introduced by Pennington Borough Council on Monday night. The spending plan, set for a public hearing and adoption Aug. 4, is down nearly $10,000 from last year’s budget. Property tax bills will…
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LHT session slated July 17 in Lawrence
Becky Taylor: ‘We are on track to open over 50 percent of the trail to the public by the end of this year and complete the entire length by 2012’ The Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) will hold its 2008 Stakeholders Task Force meeting from 7-9 p.m. July 17 at the Bristol-Myers Squibb campus, Route 206…
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TITUSVILLE’S JULY 4
Titusville’s Miss 4th of July, Rosie Rarich (second from right), poses with her court, including (from left) Jessie Lindenberger, Kristen Birdsey, Victoria Potucek and Arielle Wolfe.
