Category: news/hopewell_valley_news
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: David Ackerman wins hall’s innovator award
David Ackerman, a Hopewell Borough resident, received a New Jersey Inventors Hall of Fame Innovators Award at a banquet Oct. 22 at Hotel W in Hoboken. The award recognized lifetime achievement and innovations in the fields of telecommunication, optics and imaging. After moving to New Jersey, Dr. Ackerman joined Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, where…
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HOPEWELL: Matthew Jackson is given award at Pentagon
Matthew Jackson, a senior at Hopewell Valley Central High School, was invited to the Pentagon in Arlington, Va., on Monday, Nov. 9, to receive the General Carl A. Spaatz Award, the highest rank in the Civil Air Patrol program. He was the 2,000 cadet to achieve this rank in the more than 50 years of…
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HOPEWELL TWP.: Officer Klesney commended for actions to save life
Members of the police department, fellow township employees and Mayor Harvey Lester were on hand as Officer James Klesney was presented the Hopewell Township Police Department’s “Life Saving Award” by Chief Lance Maloney on Friday, Nov. 13. On Nov. 8 at about 8:33 p.m., Officer Klesney was dispatched to a private residence on a report…
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HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP: Mini-van collides with passenger van carrying special needs adults
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — A mini-van driven by a 17-year-old boy collided with a passenger van carrying five special needs adults on Monday afternoon, police reported. Police said that the five special needs passengers and the driver of the Ford passenger van were taken to an area hospital and all were expected to be treated and…
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HOPEWELL: Business group hears speakers Thursday night
The Hopewell Business Association meeting Thursday, Nov. 19, at the Hopewell Bistro, 15 E. Broad St., will feature guest speakers Bradley Koltz and Mona Kay Gorman. Mr. Koltz is the co-founder and publisher of The Community Gazette, a group of six local weekly event magazines in the mid-Jersey region. He has been in the publishing…
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‘Mercer Magic’ sports car may stop Nov. 21 at auto dealer
The Roebling Museum has published the first complete history of the Mercer automobile, made a century ago. “Mercer Magic: Roeblings, Kusers, The Mercer Automobile Company” is the first complete history of the Mercer automobile, made a century ago by the bridge-building Roebling family, and the Mercer Raceabout, called “America’s first sports car,” now a million-dollar…
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HOPEWELLS: Prosecutor reviews use-of-force guidelines
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP — Mercer County Acting Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri gave local officials an update on procedures and practices used for investigating and reviewing police use-of-force incidents. Mr. Onofri used slides prepared by the office of acting Attorney General John Jay Hoffman during his presentation at the Hopewell Township Municipal…
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HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Borough opts out of affordable housing court process
By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Due to mounting court costs, Borough Council members voted to remove the municipality from the affordable housing litigation process that it and many other towns in New Jersey are currently enmeshed. As a result of the council’s decision on Nov. 5, Hopewell Borough is notifying the court…
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HOPEWELL: Veterans Day ceremony held in park
Hopewell Valley Veterans Association held a Veterans Day ceremony Saturday at Alliger Park.