Category: opinion/hopewell_valley_news

   The following letter was written to Hopewell Town ship Mayor Vanessa Sandom and submitted to the HVN for publication:     I have been a proud resident of Hopewell Township for 14 years, but this is the first time I feel compelled to register my opinion on the proposed water tower in Brandon Farms.    Please stop…

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Maybe we should start pushing to make Route 31 a toll road around here, along with a few other local north-south arteries, like Main Street in Pennington and Bear Tavern Road (or Route 579) in Hopewell Township.    The governor’s budget-balancing plan includes raising tolls on the New Jersey…

EDITORIAL By Ruth Luse, Managing Editor    We promised it and now we can deliver: the schedule for TV broadcasts of Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education meetings.    We suspect watching school board meeting replays is not a habit for most Valley residents, but perhaps these shows are something citizens should consider checking out, because of…

    Our firemen were called to action recently for a very large house fire. They fought the fire valiantly and as usual we must commend the volunteers who gave up their personal time to help others in our community.    It is with this fire fresh in our minds that I appeal to the women of…

    I am a parent living in the Brandon Farms neighborhood in Hopewell Township. As many may know, T-Mobile is planning on putting a cell tower on the water tower approximately 150 feet away from homes, not to mention its close proximity to Stony Brook Elementary School. I know our government has decided to take…

    Cellular telephone companies use the Federal Communications Act of 1996 to steamroll townships into approving new wireless transmitter locations. Most local governments seem to feel they are powerless to fight installation of these transmitters because of the FCA, which was written and passed by politicians who, according to www.commoncause.org, received over $400 million in…

    The Jan. 10 letter to the editor — “Take my bus, please” — speaks to the good old days when school bus drivers were beloved employees and next door neighbors who often parked their buses in their driveway when not in use. They knew our children by name and often drove them and their…

    The school board has started (Jan. 14) the annual school district budget process and this year promises to be a very interesting year. This is the second year we are under orders from the state to keep our annual budget increase to 4 percent, and while certain line items may have gone up less…

    I am writing in response to the letter to the editor written by Wesley R. Van Pelt (printed on Jan. 8). While I respect his credentials and am grateful for his attempt to put our fears associated with the water tower becoming a cell tower to rest, I just can’t do that. For every…