Tag: hopewell township committee
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Hopewell Township experiences increase in COVID-19 cases
Hopewell Township Health Officer Dawn Marling warned Hopewell Township Committee members and the public of a consistent high level of COVID-19 transmission currently in the township. At a Hopewell Township Committee meeting on Sept. 13, Marling reported that the township is experiencing 16 new confirmed cases of COVID-19 per week in the township. “For a…
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Hopewell Township will consider allowing the manufacturing and cultivation of recreational cannabis
An ordinance that would allow the manufacturing and cultivation of recreational cannabis within Hopewell Township will have a public hearing when the Hopewell Township Committee reconvenes on Sept. 13. Hopewell Township would allow two of the six business class licenses if the ordinance were to be adopted at the meeting. The ordinance was determined to…
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Hopewell Township appoints director of Public Works as new township administrator
The Hopewell Township Committee has officially appointed George Snyder as the township’s new administrator. Snyder, who has been serving as the acting administrator since January, replaces former administrator Elaine Cruickshank-Borges, whose retirement went into effect on Jan. 1. Snyder has also been the township’s director of Public Works. “I enthusiastically accept the role as township…
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Hopewell Township will temporarily prohibit recreational cannabis
Hopewell Township is prohibiting all six cannabis business class licenses – for now. Members of the Township Committee adopted an ordinance prohibiting any cannabis class business from operating in the township during a virtual meeting held Aug. 16. The ordinance’s adoption is before the state deadline for municipalities to opt in or opt out of…
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Township Committee to decide on cannabis ordinances pertaining to Hopewell Township during Aug. 16 meeting
The Hopewell Township Committee has tabled dual cannabis ordinances opting in to certain cannabis licenses and fully opting out of licenses. The Township Committee will hold the carried public hearings at a meeting on Aug. 16. Public hearings had been scheduled for the committee’s Aug. 2 meeting. “By Aug. 21 the township has to have…
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Township Committee accepts grant for police department’s body-worn cameras
Hopewell Township has been awarded a $69,292 grant from the state to acquire body-worn cameras for the police department. The grant will allow the police department to replace the 34 body-worn cameras that are currently used, ancillary equipment and technologies. The funds will allow the police department to start with cloud-based storage technology. Members of…
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Hopewell Township tables opt-out ordinance; introduces opt-in ordinance for cultivators and manufacturers of marijuana
The Hopewell Township Committee carried the public hearing for a cannabis opt-out ordinance prohibiting within the township all six of the cannabis class business licenses. Members of the Township Committee tabled the ordinance to the committee’s first meeting in August during a Township Committee meeting on July 20. The opt-out ordinance that is before the…
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Township Committee carries public hearing for opt-out cannabis ordinance
The Hopewell Township Committee has tabled a public hearing on a cannabis opt-out ordinance that would prohibit within the township all six of the cannabis class business licenses. The Township Committee decided to carry the public hearing from June 28 to July 19 after the ordinance was before the governing body for a second reading.…
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Hopewell Township amends police department command structure; promotes officers from within
The Hopewell Township Committee has updated its command structure of the Hopewell Township Police Department. The new command structure was created through an ordinance introduced at the June 14 Township Committee meeting. This change was followed by promotions in the department that would support the new structure. According to the township, the adopted ordinance includes…
