Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Hopewell Borough candidates look at library alternatives

    Responses to HVN question By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Three candidates are seeking offices in Hopewell Borough on Nov. 6. One is running unopposed for mayor (four-year term). Two are running unopposed for two seats (three-year terms) on Hopewell Borough Council.    Recently, the HVN asked these candidates the following question:    Now that plans to create…

  • B-MS provides funds for senior transport

    $23,000 grant goes to Hopewell Valley Senior Services By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A $23,000 grant from Bristol-Myers Squibb (B-MS) will be used to help provide low-cost transportation to Hopewell Valley seniors who are unable to drive.    The grant goes to Hopewell Valley Senior Services.    B-MS has a large office-research complex, off Pennington-Rocky Hill Road…

  • Route 654 section expected to reopen shortly

    Bayberry may follow sooon By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 10-month-old major detour is about to be lifted from the Hopewell Valley transit scene.    Closed since Jan. 10, the bridge over Stony Brook on Route 654 (Pennington-Hopewell Road) should reopen within a matter of days, a county government employee said Tuesday.    ”The bridge is expected…

  • Pennsylvania residents nabbed in heroin incident

    Police found them in Washington Crossing State Park By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Police said a man and woman who were acting in a disoriented manner were arrested on drug charges Sunday afternoon at Washington Crossing State Park in Hopewell Township.    Patrick K. Jolly, 24, of South 6th Street, Easton, Pa., was charged with possession…

  • Trenton man charged with leaving accident scene

    Police say he was drunk at the wheel By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 45-year-old Trenton man was drunk at the wheel and unlicensed to drive when he left an accident scene and failed to report it early Sunday morning, Hopewell Township police said.    Lt. Lance Maloney said Andrzej S. Sochal, 45, of South Broad…

  • Special counsel hired for Nemeth contract hearings

    Samuel Halpern of Westfield will be paid $247.50 per hour By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The Hopewell Valley school board voted unanimously Monday night to hire an attorney with expertise in state pension law to review a $72,000 consulting contract the board has with John Nemeth and to represent the school district in state pension…

  • Pennington School to get mini-arboretum on campus

    Borough Shade Tree Commission is involved    The Pennington Borough Shade Tree Commission has partnered with The Pennington School to create a mini-arboretum on the school campus along West Delaware Avenue.    Tree identification signs will be installed on specimen trees of 11 different species. Common and botanical names will be included.    ”The Pennington School campus has…

  • East Broad barn-razing plan vexes neighbors

    Barn at 35B E. Broad St., Hopewell, would be replaced with three new buildings By Aleen Crispino, Special Writer    Amid protests from several nearby residents, Hopewell Borough Planning Board heard a second presentation of plans by borough entrepreneur Clark Reed to demolish a barn at 35B E. Broad St. and replace it with three new…

  • HVN’s food drive for HomeFront under way

    Deadline is Nov. 15    The Hopewell Valley News (HVN), Lawrence Ledger and Packet Publications have teamed up again with HomeFront to provide Thanksgiving meals for needy families in Mercer County.    HomeFront, a nonprofit organization based in Lawrence, is offering its annual Thanksgiving basket drive. Each year, traditional holiday food is distributed to families in need…