Tag: Hopewell Borough

  • HOPEWELL: Democrats win unopposed primary race, Republican candidate receives write-ins

    HOPEWELL: Democrats win unopposed primary race, Republican candidate receives write-ins

    Hopewell Borough’s Democratic Party voters have spoken, and Samara McAuliffe and Debra Stuhler will be the two Democratic Party nominees for two open seats on Hopewell Borough Council. In the absence of Democratic Party candidates for the two seats, McAuliffe and Stuhler launched a write-in campaign for the June 5 primary election. Neither the Democratic…

  • HOPEWELL BORO: Two residents seek write-in votes for Borough Council

    HOPEWELL BORO: Two residents seek write-in votes for Borough Council

    Two Hopewell Borough residents have launched a write-in campaign for the two available seats on Hopewell Borough Council, after borough council members Debra Lehman and Shelby Tewell opted not to seek re-election. Lehman is a Democrat and Tewell is a Republican. Since there was not enough time to file to be listed on the June 5 primary…

  • HOPEWELL: Primary candidates to square off in the polls

    HOPEWELL: Primary candidates to square off in the polls

    Hopewell Valley voters will go to the polls next week to choose candidates for an assortment of elected offices – from the municipal level to the federal level – in the Democratic and Republican party primary elections. The polling places will be open from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 5. In Hopewell Borough, a write-in campaign…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council discusses potential dog park

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Council discusses potential dog park

    If Fido is looking forward to romping in a dog-dedicated park in Hopewell Borough any time soon, he’s out of luck. Hopewell Borough Council discussed the concept of a dog park at a meeting last year in response to a resident’s request for one, and it was on the agenda again at the council’s Feb.…

  • HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Hopewell Borough Council reorganizes for the new year

    HOPEWELL BOROUGH: Hopewell Borough Council reorganizes for the new year

    Two veteran Hopewell Borough Council members and a newcomer were sworn into office at the Hopewell Borough Council’s reorganization meeting last week. Veteran Borough Council members C. Schuyler Morehouse and Shelby Tewell were sworn into office – Morehouse for a three-year term, Tewell for an unexpired term that ends this year. Newcomer Ryan P. Kennedy was…

  • HOPEWELL: Area residents scramble to pre-pay taxes in wake of federal GOP tax bill

    HOPEWELL: Area residents scramble to pre-pay taxes in wake of federal GOP tax bill

    Reed Hunt waited patiently in line at the Hopewell Township Tax Collector’s Office last week, two days after Christmas. His mission – to find out how much money he would need in order to pre-pay at least some of his 2018 property taxes. Like many others waiting in line at the Tax Collector’s Office, Hunt…