Tag: Hopewell Borough Council
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Hopewell Borough Council will hold public hearing on $3.54M municipal budget in early May
A scheduled public hearing is set to take place for the Hopewell Borough 2021 municipal budget on May 6. Borough Council members introduced the $3.54 million budget earlier this month on April 8. Council President Charles Schuyler Morehouse, Councilman Chris Fossel, Councilman Ryan Kennedy, Councilman David Mackie, Councilwoman Samara McAuliffe and Councilwoman Debra Stuhler voted…
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Hopewell Borough to hold public hearing on opt-out ordinance prohibiting cannabis businesses in May
Members of the Hopewell Borough Council have introduced an opt-out ordinance to prohibit all classes of the cannabis businesses in the borough. A public hearing is scheduled for May 6, after the ordinance was introduced on April 8 at a virtual Borough Council meeting. “This is what we are commonly calling the opt-out ordinance as…
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Hopewell Borough to receive five slots a week from MCCC to vaccinate seniors
Montgomery Township Health Officer Stephanie Carey briefed the Hopewell Borough Council on the latest COVID-19 efforts to get homebound senior residents in the borough vaccinated. In her presentation on March 5, Carey informed the community about how the health department, which oversees Hopewell Borough, is currently maintaining a list of residents to get vaccinated who…
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Pennington and Hopewell Borough councils re-elect council presidents
Council members in Pennington Borough and Hopewell Borough have re-elected each of their council presidents from 2020. During reorganization meetings on Jan. 4, Catherine Chandler was elected council president for the Pennington Borough Council and Charles Schuyler Morehouse was also elected to serve as council president for the Hopewell Borough Council. Pennington: After Chandler and…
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Hopewell For All seeks to promote equity and inclusion throughout Hopewell Borough
Even though it is in its early stages, a formal working group has formed in Hopewell Borough to improve equity and inclusion within the community. The group, which currently consists of 10 borough residents, is called Hopewell For All and has already been meeting twice a month. The group is looking to create and give…
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71 E. Broad St. project to go before Hopewell Borough Planning Board in 2021
Hopewell Borough’s Planning Board did not have a public hearing during December for a proposed commercial retail and restaurant project at 71 E. Broad St. According to the planning board, the applicant requested that the application be deferred to the board’s next meeting in early January. “They will have to re-notice, because they neglected to…
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Hopewell Borough recommended for state funding to repair train station
Hopewell Borough is on its way to receiving close to $250,000 in state grant funding to repair the Hopewell Borough Railroad Station. The grant would be part of the recommended appropriation awards from the New Jersey Historic Trust (NJHT) for Level II Capital Preservation Grants ranging from $150,000-$750,000. The Historic Trust was created by state…
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71 East Broad, LLC to re-notice again to continue Hopewell Borough public hearing
Representatives for a proposed commercial retail and restaurant project at 71 E. Broad St. are re-noticing, after a noticing deficiency was discovered by Hopewell Borough Planning Board officials, prior to the carried application’s public hearing on Nov. 4. The planning board was unable to hear additional testimony for the application for the proposed project at…
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Election Update: Hopewell Valley committee and council seats
There were uncontested elections for seats on the Hopewell Township Committee, Pennington Council, and Hopewell Borough Council in Hopewell Valley on Nov. 3. The results listed reflect what has been posted online by the Mercer County Clerk’s Office as of 1:55 p.m. Nov. 7. Mail-in ballots can be received through Nov. 10, and provisional ballots…
