Category: opinion/hopewell_valley_news

EDITORIAL The Packet Group    Over the years, the complexion of the New Jersey Legislature has occasionally undergone some sudden and dramatic changes.    In 1967, for example, after the Supreme Court’s historic “one-man, one-vote” ruling expanded the state Senate from 21 to 40 members and the Assembly from 60 to 80, Republicans won 31 seats in…

    Wanted: Bus drivers for the Hopewell Valley Regional School District. No experience? No problem! Can’t read a map, avoid obstacles or understand road signs? Please apply! Jan. 2. The first day back to school and the news predicts a frigid morning. I am worried, and rightfully so, for 40 minutes later, we are frozen…

REPORTER’S NOTEBOOK By John Tredrea, Staff Writer    Wit can mean wisdom or it can mean humor. On the other hand, wisdom and humor can seem synonymous. At times they can even seem identical.    I remember very clearly the first time I spoke with David Nettles. It was during the mid-1990s. I phoned him with a…

    As a longtime resident of the Hopewell Valley (three in Hopewell Borough, seven in the township, and the last eight in Pennington Borough) I’m probably as close as one gets to being “local” without having been born here.    After moving to Pennington, I decided I wanted to give back to the community by helping…

    Residents of Hopewell Township and adjacent communities should not assume that a water rate hike is inevitable (“Water rate hike coming,” Dec. 27). The way to prevent a rate hike and guard against a water monopoly’s unreasonable rate hikes in future years is to form a Mercer Water Authority (MWA).    Several possibilities are open…

THE STATE WE’RE IN By Michele Byers    New Jerseyans know all too well how fast forests can be converted to asphalt. But a study completed last August by the U.S. Forest Service sounds the alarm far beyond the borders of the Garden State.    ”Forests on the Edge: Development Pressures on America’s National Forests and Grasslands”…

    There is an epidemic of tiny lies in this newspaper, and it’s time for it to stop.    Ruth Luse’s patronizing editorial (Jan. 3) willfully repeats the falsehood that the board cut the primary strings program because of budgetary concerns. The undisputed facts are these: (1) a fourth/fifth grade band teacher retired last spring, and…

    Some residents of Brandon Farms community in Hopewell Township are concerned about T-Mobile’s plans to place cell phone antennas on the existing water tower on Lawrenceville-Pennington Road.    The term “radiation” technically refers to electromagnetic radiation that includes radio and TV waves, microwaves (including your kitchen microwave oven), visible light, ultraviolet light, x-rays and gamma…

    The Princeton Elks #2129, located on Route 518 in Blawenburg, would like to thank everyone who has supported our efforts to make this a better place to live. We have taken your donations, gifts, the moneys earned by your participation at our events, your eating our wonderful lunches, and great Friday night dinners and…