Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • Merrill Lynch answers PFAS’ call for help

    Merrill Lynch answers PFAS’ call for help

    Donation will buy three new stretchers and a stretcher securing system By John Tredream Staff Writer    Merrill Lynch has donated $15,335 to the Pennington First Aid Squad (PFAS) for new equipment.    The company’s Southfields office park, in southern Hopewell Township a few miles from Pennington, is the Valley’s largest corporate resident. PFAS answers an average…

  • HoVal grad helps get center built in Africa

    HoVal grad helps get center built in Africa

    Alhassan, Perry, CiCi and Dora with Amanda Blount. These children live near the community center Ms. Blount helped to build in Sierra Leone.

  • Forums slated for county and Hopewell Valley candidates

    Sessions Monday and Wednesday By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    Two forums designed to introduce voters to county and local candidates have been set for Monday (Oct. 22) and Wednesday (Oct. 24) respectively. In both cases, the public is invited to attend and ask the candidates questions.    • On Oct. 22, the Leagues of Women Voters of…

  • Merrill Lynch answers PFAS’ call for help

    Merrill Lynch answers PFAS’ call for help

    Shown at the Oct. 10 check presentation are (from left): Robert C. Krukowski, Merrill Lynch director of facilities at Southfields; Helene M. Garcia, Merrill Lynch director of community and strategic initiatives; Dan Boone, president, Pennington First Aid Squad (PFAS); Cindy Orlandi, captain, PFAS; and Kirk Schmitt, first assistant captain, PFAS.

  • HoVal grad helps get center built in Africa

    HoVal grad helps get center built in Africa

    Amanda Blount wanted to do something to help rebuild Sierra Leone after a 10-year civil war By Rosalie Ann LaGrutta, Staff Writer    Sierra Leone, Africa, isn’t a small resort where college students go for a vacation.    It has a history of unrest, violent military coups right up to January 2002, when the United Nations sent…

  • HVN SUNSHINE LIST

    Municipal and school board meeting dates    HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., special meeting; Oct. 25, 7 p.m., regular meeting — agenda items include Capital Health System GDP, Municipal Building.     HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP OPEN SPACE ADVISORY COMMITTEE: Oct. 18, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building.     PENNINGTON ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION: Oct. 18, 8 p.m., 12 N.…

  • Township aims to crack down on teen drinking

    Law would ban consumption on private property By John Tredrea    An ordinance prohibiting underage possession or consumption of alcohol on private property was introduced by a unanimous vote of the full Hopewell Township Committee on Tuesday night.    The proposed measure was backed by township Police Chief George Meyer, Municipal Alliance Chairwoman Heidi Kahme and all…

  • Volunteers honored for making a difference

    School board presents awards By John Tredrea    Lesa Aldridge, of Hopewell Township, and Ned Fletcher, of Pennington, were honored for volunteer work by the Hopewell Valley school board Monday night.    They each received You Make A Difference Awards. The awards were established to honor district residents who have contributed an unusually high degree of volunteer…

  • Prosecutor calls it a day

    Prosecutor calls it a day

    Hopewell Township resident Deputy First Assistant Prosecutor William Zarling retires as a Mercer County prosecutor after 36 years.