• HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Officials move ahead with redevelopment process

    By Frank Mustac, Special Writer HOPEWELL BOROUGH — Officials voted to continue the process of classifying some of the commercial and residential properties near the borough’s historic old railroad station as areas in need of redevelopment. The Borough Council on Monday amended a resolution originally passed in early August authorizing and directing the Planning Board…

  • HOPEWELL SCHOOL DISTRICT: Spanish exchange students coming to Hopewell for Halloween and more

    By Frank Mustac Special Writer A Spanish-language student exchange program at Hopewell Valley Central High School will be celebrating a 10th anniversary when 20 students and three teachers from Murcia, Spain, will arrive in the United States on Saturday, Oct. 24. This will be the sixth exchange in the last 10 years between Hopewell Valley…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Sourland preserve holdings now over 6,000 acres

    A Sept. 23 closing was held on 74 acres of Hillsborough land being deeded to the Somerset County Open Space program by landowner John Higgins. The acquisition was completed through a partnership with the county, New Jersey Conservation Foundation and Hillsborough Township. The Conservation Foundation secured an option agreement to buy a total of 78…

  • HILLSBOROUGH: Improving Bruno assists HHS volleyball

    By Justin Feil, Packet Media Group Lianna Bruno is in her first year of playing varsity volleyball for the Hillsborough High School girls volleyball team. The junior setter has only been playing since freshman year, when she made a big switch in her athletic focus to a sport that she had never played. “Frist time…

  • HOPEWELL POLICE BLOTTER: Oct. 8, 2015

    Lt. Christopher H. Kascik, of the Hopewell Township Police Department, reported: Sept. 29 at 5:19 p.m., Officer Vincent Amabile went to Route 29 near Route 546 on the report of a suspicious male. Ryan K. Trimmer, 39, of Kingwood-Locktown Road, Flemington, had a warrant for his arrest from Flemington Borough. He was turned over to…

  • LAWRENCE: LHT to have Trail and Treat Ride

    LAWRENCE — The Lawrence Hopewell Trail will bring new meaning to Halloween for local families Sunday, Oct. 25, when the Trail and Treat Ride takes place from 4 to 6 p.m. at Village Park in Lawrence. Geared for families with children ages 3 to 12, the fall celebration will include separate activities on and off…

  • GUEST OPINION: Global warming: Everyone is waking up

    Mike Aucott, of Pennington With little fanfare in the press, a potentially momentous event took place last month: A Republican representative introduced a resolution in Congress calling for action to address the causes and effects of climate change. That representative is Congressman Chris Gibson, of New York. Ten other Republicans joined as co-sponsors, including Frank…

  • Service dogs go to college

    Stanley J. Vitello, of Hopewell Recently, I wrote about the use of service dogs in our public schools. The New York Times in a recent front page article wrote about “Four-Legged Roommates Help With the Stresses of Campus Life (Hoffman, Oct. 5.) At St. Mary’s College of Maryland, two female students share a four-bedroom apartment…

  • Candidate would preserve township’s charm

    Julie Blake, Hopewell Township I am proud to introduce myself as the Democratic candidate for the Hopewell Township Committee. My husband and I moved here with our two young children in 1999, and we found in Hopewell Township an affordable house in an excellent school district. Growing up in the West, I moved around a…

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