Category: news/hopewell_valley_news

  • 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…

  • Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    In the beginning, Saums Paints & Wallpapers was located at 4 S. Greenwood Ave., Hopewell. Today, Saums Interiors is at 75 Princeton Ave. By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    At Saums Interiors, it’s all about family and that’s definitely part of the secret behind the venture’s 50 years of success.    Located on Princeton Avenue, Hopewell, it…

  • Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    RCS Wanda D. Saums (seated) poses with daughter Eileen Saums-McCandlish (left), granddaughter Jennifer Dragert (center), and daughter Sharon E. Saums (right).

  • Man faces 99-mph car chase charges

    Titusville resident’s case going to Mercer County prosecutor’s office By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    A 20-year-old Titusville man who ran a red light while refusing to pull over for police was drunk at the wheel while doing 99 miles an hour on Route 31 near Pennington early Sunday morning, police said.    The man, identified as…

  • Grandmom’s mural encourages children to read

    Grandmom’s mural encourages children to read

    Artist Tess Grapenthin with her painting at the entrance to the Pennington Library.

  • Utilities improvements needed in Pennington

    $1.2 bond ordinance introduced Monday By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Public water and sewer repairs are covered by a proposed $1.2 bond ordinance introduced by a 5-0 Pennington Council vote Monday night.    These repairs are “very critically needed,” according to Councilman Joseph Lawver.    The measure, which also would fund replacement of the borough’s older water…

  • Pennington scores highest marks on audit

    No recommendations this year! By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    The auditing firm that scrutinized Pennington’s finances for 2006 says “things are running very well. This was a very successful audit from the borough’s perspective.”    Auditor Robert Morrison reported to the Borough Council during its Monday night meeting on his Highland Park-based firm’s audit of Pennington.…

  • Grandmom’s mural encourages children to read

    Grandmom’s mural encourages children to read

    Find it at Pennington Library, 30 N. Main St. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Who could be more fun, or more cool, than the Cat in the Hat? Curious George, maybe? Silly Sally? Franklin the Frog?    They’re all in a strikingly clever and renewable mural on the wall of the foyer outside the Pennington Library,…

  • Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    Saums fetes 50th with focus on French artist’s works

    RCS Wanda D. Saums (seated) poses with daughter Eileen Saums-McCandlish (left), granddaughter Jennifer Dragert (center), and daughter Sharon E. Saums (right).