Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Stolen sculpture recovered

    Found at consignment auction house in South Jersey By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A piece of artwork reported stolen on May 21-22 from the yard of a River Road, Hopewell Township, home was recovered on June 3.        According to Chief George Meyer, the bronze sculpture, which is abstract art in the shape of a…

  • Health officials urge residents to prepare for extreme heat

    National Weather Service is predicting prolonged hot and humid weather on the East Coast that will begin Saturday and last through midweek    With the season’s first heat wave expected to arrive this weekend, the New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services urges residents to take steps to avoid heat exhaustion and heat stroke.    ”Heat…

  • Pennington plans to regulate outdoor dining areas

    The proposed ordinance focuses on practice that already exists By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    All restaurants in central Pennington — including non-full service restaurants —would be allowed to have tables for outdoor dining under a proposed ordinance introduced by a unanimous Pennington Borough Council vote Monday night.    Full-service restaurants, which employ waiters and waitresses, already…

  • O’Connor reception June 11

    He is Pennington Borough’s new school board member By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Daniel O’Connor, Pennington Borough’s new school board member, will meet with residents at an informal reception at Toll Gate Grammar School on June 11 from 7-8:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria.    Toll Gate is on South Main Street at East Curlis Avenue…

  • Planners give OK to BPG’s proposal

    Thirty-two conditions were attached to the approval By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Berwind Property Group (BPG) got preliminary site plan approval to build 800,000 square feet of office space off Carter Road from the Hopewell Township Planning Board just before 2 a.m. Friday.    The 8-1 board vote, with Mayor Vanessa Sandom dissenting, came at the…

  • SB-MWA offers planning aid to Pennington

    The program is called “The Next Step” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) has offered Pennington Borough a program of assistance in developing goals and local ordinances that the association says would protect the environment and historic character of the borough.    The program is called “The Next Step,” and it…

  • Township man faces assault, other charges

    Paul Chalupa charged with aggravated assault, resisting arrest, possessing a weapon for an unlawful purpose and disorderly conduct By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 70-year-old resident of Aunt Molly Road, who was upset about the way his section of the road was being graded, allegedly threatened a road worker with a knife and then threatened…

  • Lots of Valley voters stayed home Tuesday

    There were no contested primary races for municipal governing body posts Tuesday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    In Hopewell Valley, there were no contested primary races for municipal governing body posts on Tuesday.    As a possible result, voter turnout in the Valley was not impressive, particularly in Hopewell Township, where 1,195 out of 11,771 registered…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: June 5, 7 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP AFFORDABLE HOUSING COMMITTEE: Minnietown Lane Neighborhood Meeting, June 5, 7 p.m., (proposal for use of property at 197 Hopewell-Wertsville Road), Municipal Building. HOPEWELL VALLEY REGIONAL BOARD OF EDUCATION: June 9, 7:30 p.m., agenda meeting, 425 S. Main St.,…