Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Elizabeth Muoio to take new Mercer County position

    Former Pennington councilwoman starts work March 1 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Pennington resident Elizabeth Maher Muoio, a Mercer County freeholder and former Pennington Borough councilwoman, has been named Mercer County’s new director of Economic Development and Sustainability by County Executive Brian Hughes.    Mr. Hughes announced the appointment Monday.    Ms. Muoio, 45, of Voorhees Avenue,…

  • Twin Pines could get T-Mobile cell tower

    Trenton water tower site could be out of running By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Relief may be on the way for the many Brandon Farms residents opposed to the installation of nine T-Mobile cell phone antennas on a water tower near the northern edge of the Brandon Farms development.    Instead of the antennas, T-Mobile may…

  • McCain and Obama are winners in Valley’s primaries

    State Democrats went with Clinton By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Republican presidential candidate John McCain beat Mitt Romney by a better than 2-to-1 margin in all three Hopewell Valley towns Tuesday as Sen. McCain won the New Jersey GOP primary.    Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton won the Garden State on her side of the ballot,…

  • Pennington plans to OK hike in utilities rates Monday

    Meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Borough Hall By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A public hearing and adoption vote on a proposed Pennington ordinance that would raise water and sewer rates an average of 3 percent is scheduled for Monday night’s Borough Council meeting.    Under state law, the public hearing must precede the adoption vote.…

  • SCHOOL BOARD CALENDAR

    Candidate deadlines and budget session dates By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    This month and during March, the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education will be focusing on matters related to the framing of the 2008-2009 school budget.    In addition, by the end of the day on Feb. 25, Hopewell Township candidates for three open seats…

  • Valley teachers closer to contract accord

    School officials have received proposed salary guide and expect to review that at meeting on Monday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Education Association (HVEA) and the school board have reached tentative agreement on a new three-year teachers contract, officials said Friday.    No details of the tentative agreement, reached with the help of…

  • Hopewell Township police contract talks must be in closed session

    Judge said state regulations on arbitrated contract negotiations with a public employee group supercede regulations of Open Public Meetings Act By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    State Superior Court Judge Neil Shuster ruled Friday that arbitrated contract talks between the Hopewell Township Committee and the township police union must be held in closed session.    The Township…

  • Pennington takes step toward raising water, sewer rates

    An adoption vote is scheduled for council’s 7 p.m. Feb. 11 meeting By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Pennington Borough Council has proposed water and sewer rate increases that range from 2 percent for low-volume consumers to 3.8 percent for the highest volume consumers, borough Councilman Joseph Lawver said Friday.    The proposed overall average increase is…

  • B-MS donates $200K for LHT project

    The 20-mile trail for cyclists and walkers links the two townships By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) has awarded Hopewell and Lawrence townships $200,000 to help complete the Lawrence-Hopewell Trail.    The 20-mile trail for cyclists and walkers links the two townships. Partially complete, it has been a work-in-progress for several years.    B-MS is…