Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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Central High to get new vice principal in October
Davis will come on board Oct. 22 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer There will be a new vice principal at Hopewell Valley Central High School. He is Lyndell Davis, 31, a veteran educator in Pennsylvania public schools. The Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education voted unanimously Monday night to appoint Mr. Davis. His appointment is…
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Viva Gelato Café opens in Pennington
New eatery is at 12 S. Main St. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A simple, quite effective business philosophy is involved. ”It’s East meets West,” Charlie Yeh said Aug. 16. It is indeed. For four years, Mr. Yeh and his wife, Sharon, have run the Asian restaurant, Somo Sushi, on South Main Street in Pennington.…
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The new Vito’s Pizza is more spacious and snazzier
Gathering place now at 2 N. Main St. By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Downtown Pennington without the old Vito’s Pizza? For a long time, that’s been pretty hard to imagine. Vito’s set up shop at 4 N. Main St. in the late 1980s and literally since its first day of operation has been one of…
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Viva Gelato Café opens in Pennington
Shown at Viva Gelato Café’s Aug. 16 grand opening are: (from left) Ray Lin, manager of both Viva Gelato and Somo Sushi, which are owned by Charlie and Sharon Yeh; Sharon Yeh; her husband Charlie Yeh; Pennington Mayor Tony Persichilli; West Windsor Mayor Shing-Fu Hsueh, an old friend of the Yeh family; Jen Yeh, Charlie’s…
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Timberlane, Central High get ready for Sept. 6 opening
Principals discuss programs, list new staff members By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor When schools open Sept. 6, Timberlane Middle School, which serves grades six-eight, can expect about 970 students, about 20 more than in September 2006. Hopewell Valley Central High School, which serves students in grades nine-12, began last year with an enrollment of about…
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HVN SUNSHINE LIST
Municipal and other meeting dates PENNINGTON LIBRARY BOARD OF TRUSTEES: Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., Borough Hall. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP FIRE COMMISSIONERS: Aug. 23 and Sept. 6, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP PLANNING BOARD: Aug. 23, 7:30 p.m., Municipal Building. HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP COMMITTEE: Aug. 27, 7 p.m., Municipal Building. STONY BROOK REGIONAL SEWERAGE AUTHORITY: Aug. 27,…
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Hopewell Valley residents charged after drug raid
Township police executed search warrant at Ridgewood Avenue residence Saturday, following a six-month investigation By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A 16-year-old Hopewell Township boy has been charged with dealing cocaine and marijuana and an 18-year-old Hopewell Township woman has been charged with dealing marijuana following a police raid Saturday night at the township residence where…
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Valley school officials sanction night football game
For Homecoming on Sept. 28 By John Tredrea, Staff Writer Over the objections of several neighbors of Central High School’s football field, this year’s Homecoming football game will be played under the lights. The game is set for Friday night, Sept. 28. Hopewell Valley reinstituted its football program several years ago. Prior to that, there…
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School officials OK personnel recommendations
SCHOOL BOARD UPDATE By John Tredrea, Staff Writer A series of personnel actions approved unanimously by the school board Monday night include those listed below. The teacher salaries are pending ratification of a new teachers’ contract, on which negotiations currently are under way. • Appointment of Susan Corvo-Miller as a speech language therapist…
