Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • State’s high school reform session held here

    American Diploma Project was topic By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District hosted a Tuesday night forum on state plans for high school reform. School board members from Mercer and Hunterdon counties attended.    The forum was held at Timberlane Middle School, which was offered as a meeting site by Hopewell Valley…

  • 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…

  • The Ballad of Finbar and icy Baldwin Lake

    The Ballad of Finbar and icy Baldwin Lake

    Anne Higgins poses with Finbar a day after their eventful visit to Baldwin Lake. Photo by Sarah Siddall.

  • Township urges state to OK early retirement

    Program could allow municipalities to “achieve cost savings that can better allow” them “to provide required services in an affordable way” By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Hopewell Township has asked state government to adopt an early retirement program that would allow municipal governments to provide incentives, including health care coverage, to employees to retire early.…

  • Feb. 5 presidential primary list shrinks

    On Tuesday, polls will be open from 6 a.m.-8 p.m. Those who have questions about polling places can visit www.njvoterinfo.org The Packet Group    New Jersey voters preparing to play their part in the Super Tuesday round of presidential primaries next week are being presented with less candidates and some last minute script changes in both…

  • The Ballad of Finbar and icy Baldwin Lake

    The Ballad of Finbar and icy Baldwin Lake

    Labrador retriever has ‘Luck of the Irish’ By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    He bolted and ran like mad. It was the first time he’d ever done it. His owner called frantically, but he wouldn’t come back. It was as if he didn’t even hear.    Then again, he is a Labrador retriever. Maybe he was just…

  • School district envisions future phone bill savings

    District comptroller Laura Archer projects annual savings to reach $56,000 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley Regional School District expects to cut its annual phone bill by about $56,000 a year by joining a telecommunications purchasing cooperative based in Tinton Falls.    The school board voted Jan. 14 to have the district become a…

  • The reincarnation of Pennington’s Cup of Joe

    The reincarnation of Pennington’s Cup of Joe

    Dayna Unfried (left) and her mother, Diane, are partners as the new owner-operators of Cup of Joe. The duo bought the North Main Street shop late last year and closed it for extensive renovations. It opened again Monday morning.