-

Hopewell Township: Committee to vote on $4.1 million in bonds for road work, equipment
By John Tredrea, Special Writer Two proposed Hopewell Township bond ordinances, both scheduled for public hearings and adoption votes during the Township Committee’s June 8 meeting, will authorize spending $3,025,863 in equipment purchases and $1,120,803 for repairs and curbing work on township roads and streets and for work guide rails on those streets and roads…
-

Officials to celebrate Lawrence Hopewell trail on Friday
Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes, Mercer County Parks Commission Executive Director Kevin Bannon and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail board will celebrate a collaboration that has resulted in six miles of the LHT being built as the backbone to an extensive trail system at Mercer Meadows. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be held Friday at 11…
-

HOPEWELL: Group hires man to fight land threats
The New Jersey Conservation Foundation has announced that Tom Gilbert, who has led a myriad of statewide land preservation campaigns in New Jersey, will join its staff in the newly-created position of campaign director, climate, energy and natural resources. In this post, Mr. Gilbert will strengthen New Jersey Conservation Foundation’s work in defending preserved lands…
-

NATURE CENTER NOTES: June 4
The following is a list of activities being offered through the Nature Center at Washington Crossing State Park, Titusville. Some programs are offered without registration requirements; some will require advanced registration as indicated below. A fee of $5 per car will be charged to motor vehicles entering the park on weekends and holidays May…
-

POLICE BLOTTER: June 4
Lt. Christopher H. Kascik of the Hopewell Township Police Department reported: On May 25 at 11:10 a.m., Officer Lincoln Karnoff responded to the ShopRite on the Pennington Circle for a reported theft. The victim reported he placed two book bags on the ground outside of his vehicle in the parking lot. Sometime over the…
-

Volpe to be honored by YMCA
Friday, June 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. is a big day at TPC Jasna Polana for the Hopewell Valley YMCA’s Benefit Planning Committee. The group has been working on its annual recognition and benefit event for more than five months. The Spring Into Summer cocktail benefit will honor Phil Volpe, “The Cream King,”…
-

Recreation group announces grants
The Recreation Foundation of Hopewell Valley has announced a community grant program that began June 1. This program will allow recreational nonprofit organizations in Hopewell Valley to apply for a grant from $250 to $2,500. “The purpose of the grant program is to help fund recreational programs and projects in the Hopewell Valley that…
-

STUDENT AUTHOR: Falling in love in public places
By Saffy Winton His leg is touching mine. I’m sure it’s because the gray swarm of rundown rush hour adults clog the subway car, and he’s forced closer to me by the lady who doesn’t realize that keeping her shopping bag on the seat next to her is rude and a waste of precious space.…
-

IN THE SOURLANDS: Sourland Mountain geology
By Caroline Katmann Last Saturday, the Sourland Conservancy sponsored a geology walk in the Somerset County Sourland Mountain Preserve led by David P. Harper, former president of the New Jersey Geological Society and author of “Roadside Geology of New Jersey”(Mountain Press Publishing Company, Missoula, Montana, 2013). It was a hot and humid spring morning,…
View our current articles
Stay connected to your community
