Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Township adopts housing amendment

    Measure requires that one new unit of affordable housing be provided whenever four new market unit houses are built or whenever nonresidential development brings 16 jobs to the township By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    An affordable housing amendment to Hopewell Township’s land use code was adopted by the Township Committee Monday night.    The measure requires…

  • Bids sought for Twin Pines cell tower

    If built, this tower could snuff out T-Mobile’s already-approved plan to put nine cellular antennas on a water tower across Pennington-Lawrenceville Road from Twin Pines By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Township Committee voted unanimously Monday night to advertise for bids for construction of a cell phone tower on the wooded portion of the…

  • Berwind’s Carter Road plan talks continue tonight

    Plan opposed by neighbors and the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Berwind Property Group’s (BPG) application for preliminary site plan approval for 800,000 square feet of office space off the eastern side of Carter Road will be discussed again tonight (Thursday) at a meeting of the Hopewell Township Planning Board.    This…

  • Education foundation honors Weeks, HVCBank

    Education foundation honors Weeks, HVCBank

    Shown are Melissa Weeks (right) and Hopewell Valley Community Bank Chairman of the Board Patrick Ryan (left) and bank President James Hyman (center).

  • Education foundation honors Weeks, HVCBank

    Education foundation honors Weeks, HVCBank

    At Washington Crossing Inn event    The Hopewell Valley Education Foundation paid tribute to supporters of local schools at its annual E-Squared Dinner May 2 at the Washington Crossing Inn.    Honored were Melissa Weeks for her years of dedicated volunteerism at all school levels, and the Hopewell Valley Community Bank, which has a long record of…

  • Local hot-air balloonists land safely in Amwell

    ”Every flight is an adventure,” Neal Blackwell said By Linda Seida, The Packet Group    Two balloonists and their passengers got more than the traditional champagne toast they expected at the end of their flight through a balmy spring night.    Police and rescue personnel greeted the hot-air balloons Monday at their landing site on Route 29…

  • Township Committee eyes budget adoption on Monday

    A 2-cent municipal tax rate increase would result from adoption of the $19,644,978 spending plan By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A proposed 2008 Hopewell Township budget that would hike municipal taxes $109 for the average homeowner is due for an adoption vote Monday night.    A 2-cent municipal tax rate increase would result from adoption of…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: May 8 and 22, regular, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: May 8 and 22, 7 p.m., Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION: May 12, 7:30 p.m., 12 N. Main St.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: May 12, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.    …

  • Flemington woman hospitalized after car crash

    Police say Anetta Locker underwent surgery for broken ankles By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 57-year-old Flemington woman was seriously hurt late Monday morning when her southbound car went off Route 31 for an unknown reason and crashed into a tree in northern Hopewell Township.    Anetta Locker was flown to the trauma center at Capital…