Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • 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…

  • Borough man booked after road rage incident

    Blackwell Avenue resident was released after posting 10 percent of his $20,000 bail By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 24-year-old Hopewell Borough man was charged with aggravated assault, reckless driving, failure to give way to a passing vehicle, and driving while suspended following a road rage incident on April 18, police said.    William R. Voorhees,…

  • Neighbors, SB-MWA oppose Berwind plan for Carter Road

    ‘Permitted use’ will be on May 5 Planning Board agenda By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    About 15 Hopewell Township residents and the executive director of the Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association (SB-MWA) attended the April 24 meeting of the Hopewell Township Planning Board to express their opposition to Berwind Property Group’s (BPG) application for preliminary site…

  • Bomb threat suspect charged

    18-year-old now faces three charges Buy John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Stephen Oberkofler, 18, of Tanglewood Drive, has been charged with making a false public alarm on Dec. 14, 2007 — the day of the bomb threat at Hopewell Valley Central High School.    He was released without bail on this latest charge. He faces two other…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal, school board and other meetings    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: special meeting, May 5, 7:30 p.m., continuation from April 24, BPG Development (Carter Road); May 8, regular, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL BOROUGH COUNCIL: May 5, 7 p.m., Borough Hall.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: May 5 agenda meeting canceled.     PENNINGTON BOROUGH COUNCIL: May…

  • Township, state about to preserve farms

    $1,957,080 bond ordinance OK’d By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A $1,957,080 Hopewell Township bond ordinance that will help preserve three farms totaling 211 acres was OK’d in a 4-0 Township Committee vote Monday.    There was no public comment on the measure, which was introduced April 14.    The total price of preserving the farms, all owned…

  • Aunt Molly Road pact sought

    To pave or not to pave? By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Residents of Aunt Molly Road — strongly at odds with one another over whether the unpaved portion of the road should be paved — will meet with Hopewell Township Committeeman Jim Burd soon in an attempt to work out a solution acceptable to everyone.…

  • Township postpones Mt. Laurel amendment vote

    COAH measure to be considered May 12 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    An adoption vote on proposed Mount Laurel affordable housing (COAH) amendment to Hopewell Township’s land use code has been postponed until the May 12 Hopewell Township Committee meeting.    Known as the “growth-share” amendment, the measure was introduced by a 4-0 vote March 24.…