Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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HOPEWELL: Harvest Fair gives community grants
On Dec. 2, the Hopewell Harvest Fair gave away $4,000 in grants to 22 local nonprofit organizations. The Harvest Fair grant program, which has now distributed more than $200,000 in funds in almost 30 years, is a result of the community coming out to support the Hopewell Harvest Fair. Representatives from many of organizations joined…
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HOPEWELL: Valley news briefs, issue of Dec. 4
Tea, library events happen on Dec. 6 The annual Christmas tea, featuring holiday music, trains, refreshments and vintage Christmas decorations, will be held from 1 to 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6, at the Hopewell Museum, 28 E. Broad St., Hopewell Borough. John Burkhalter and company will provide a musical background, and video images of…
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HOPEWELL: Brick Farm Tavern opens in renovated 1800s farmhouse
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A historic farmhouse built in the 1800s has taken on a new role for the 21st century as the Brick Farm Tavern, providing an elegant farm-to-table dining experience with a full bar. Located at 130 Hopewell-Rocky Hill Road on the grounds of Double Brook Farm, just east…
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HOPEWELL TWP.: Planners stymie convenience store training center
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — The applicant who wants to build a facility to train employees with special needs to work at convenience stores was told by the Planning Board to go back to the zoning board. Mark Iorio, president of The Mega Group business consulting company in Hamilton, has helped organize…
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HOPEWELL: Robots teach more than technology
Editor’s note: This piece was written by Infinity team’s coach, Sharon Kiefer. ‘Twas the night before the First Lego League competition and all through the Levines’ garage not a creature was stirring — except the Infinity robotics team from Hopewell. Dominic Guarino, Jimmy Kiefer, Henry Stanton, Jack Spagnoletti and Andrew Levine, a group of 7th…
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MERCER COUNTY: Culinary arts academy planned to open next fall
The Mercer County Technical School District intends to launch a full-time, four-year Academy of Culinary Arts in September 2016. The Academy of Culinary Arts, located at the Arthur R. Sypek Center on Bull Run Road in Hopewell Township, will provide Mercer County high school students with an academically challenging and rigorous curriculum. Students will work…
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SCUDDER FALLS: Open house will explain details of I-95 bridge replacement
The Delaware River Joint Toll Bridge Commission will host an open house from 4:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 3, on a series of construction activities to be conducted along I-95 in Lower Makefield Township, Pa., next year in advance of the Scudder Falls bridge replacement project. The event will be at the William Penn…
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HOPEWELL: Police report two incidents of alleged mid-week DWI
Hopewell Township Officer Nicholas Sparaco arrested Phillip J. Brock, 29, of Mountain Church Road, Hopewell, on Nov. 18 at 3 a.m. for allegedly driving while under the influence. Officer Sparaco had been dispatched to investigate a suspicious vehicle on Bayberry Road near Pennington-Rocky Hill Road. While speaking with Mr. Brock the officer said he smelled…
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PENNINGTON: Borough gets ready for 32nd Holiday Walk
Pennington’s 32nd Holiday Walk, sponsored by the Pennington Business and Professional Association, will once again take place in the center of town, on Friday, Dec. 4, from 6 to 9 p.m. The Holiday Walk is a Pennington tradition that signals the start of the holiday season and brings together the community for a night of…