Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Hopewell officials OK 2008 appointments

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH UPDATE By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    On Jan 7, when Hopewell Borough Council met to reorganize, officials awarded the following contracts without competitive bidding for professional services for the year 2008.    The contracts and authorizing resolutions for the following professionals are available for public inspection in the office of the Borough Clerk:    • Mason,…

  • Hopewell Township supports rail line revival

    Stations in Hopewell Valley would be on Reed Road in Hopewell Township and at a Railroad Place/Somerset Street site. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    NJ Transit’s proposal to provide commuter service between Ewing and Newark, with stops along the way in Hopewell Township and Hopewell Borough, was backed unanimously by the Hopewell Township Committee on…

  • Former president is back on school board

    Hills will complete Carl Swanson’s unexpired term By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Former school board President Bill Hills took the oath of office Monday night as a member of the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education.    The board voted unanimously Dec. 17 to appoint Mr. Hills to replace Carl Swanson, who resigned from the…

  • Markulec joins Township Committee

    Markulec joins Township Committee

    The Markulec family and Annette Bielawski

  • Murphy is deputy mayor

    Murphy is deputy mayor

    Takes post at Jan. 2 Hopewell Township Committee meeting John Murphy (second from left) takes the oath of office as deputy mayor from Michael Kahme, the township’s Democratic organization chairman. Holding the Bible are (from left): his son Riley, 6; his mother Ann Murphy; his daughter Caelin, 9; and his wife Jennifer.

  • Hopewell Township Committee gets ready for 2008

    Hopewell Township Committee gets ready for 2008

    Sandom is mayor again; Murphy is deputy mayor By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    ”We’re still a rural community — a community of unbroken rural vistas,” Mayor Vanessa Sandom told her audience at the Jan. 2 Hopewell Township Committee reorganization meeting.    Despite the many changes the community has experienced in recent years, it has retained many…

  • Pennington reorganizes for 2008

    Pennington reorganizes for 2008

    Tony Persichilli takes the oath. His wife Judy holds the Bible. Attorney Walter Bliss officiate.

  • Hopewell Township Committee gets ready for 2008

    Hopewell Township Committee gets ready for 2008

    Vanessa Sandom (left) takes the oath of office as mayor from Michael Kahme, chairman of the township’s Democratic organization. Holding the Bible are Ms. Sandom’s sons, Ben (left) and Alex.

  • Burd joins Township Committee

    Burd joins Township Committee

    Annette Bielawski and the Burds