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  • Hopewell Township administrator to retire in January

    Hopewell Township administrator to retire in January

    Hopewell Township municipal government officials will say farewell to Township Administrator Elaine Cruickshank-Borges come the new year, when Borges’s retirement goes into effect on Jan. 1. The Hopewell Township Committee accepted her retirement during their meeting on Dec. 7. Borges has served in the township Finance Department and Administration for 25 years. She first was…

  • Mercer County completes acquisition of Hopewell Valley Golf and Country Club

    Mercer County completes acquisition of Hopewell Valley Golf and Country Club

    Mercer County officials have completed the acquisition of the Hopewell Valley Golf Club. County officials and the Mercer County Park Commission announced the completion of the acquisition on Dec. 2. The Hopewell Valley Golf Club in Hopewell Township, which is currently closed to the public, sits on 186 acres and contains an 18-hole golf course.…

  • Hopewell Township to hire a full-time public health nurse

    Hopewell Township to hire a full-time public health nurse

    Hopewell Township municipal officials are searching for a full-time public health nurse as the township grapples with a rise in COVID-19 cases. The township committee introduced an ordinance amending the comprehensive salary and wage plan to include the title of public health nurse at a meeting on Nov. 30. The public hearing to adopt the…

  • Retired U.S. Army major general to lead Hopewell Township Police Department

    Retired U.S. Army major general to lead Hopewell Township Police Department

    Retired U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Robert Karmazin has been appointed as the new police director of the Hopewell Township Police Department. He recently retired in October having served as deputy commander, mobilization and reserve affairs in the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at MacDill Air Force Base in Florida. Karmazin was also the USSOCOM senior…

  • Hopewell Township’s new police director is a retired U.S. Army major general

    Hopewell Township’s new police director is a retired U.S. Army major general

    The Hopewell Township Committee’s search for a police director to head the Hopewell Township Police Department has come to an end with the appointment of Maj. Gen. Robert Karmazin. Karmazin retired as a U.S. Army major general in October and is also a former New Jersey State Trooper. A resolution approving the appointment came before…

  • Election Update: Hopewell Valley committee and council seats

    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…

  • Election results: Hopewell Valley committee and council seats

    Election results: 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 Nov. 3. Mail-in ballots can be received through Nov. 10, and provisional ballots will be…

  • Republican candidates withdraw; incumbents run uncontested for Hopewell Township Committee

    Republican candidates withdraw; incumbents run uncontested for Hopewell Township Committee

    Incumbent Democratic candidates, Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski and Deputy Mayor Michael Ruger, are the only candidates vying for two open seats on the Hopewell Township Committee in the upcoming general election. The seats are for two three-year terms on the committee. Republican candidates Edward Jackowski and Kevin Johnson have withdrawn from the Nov. 3 general election…

  • Opinion: Ruger, Kuchinski share reader’s concern for health and welfare

    Opinion: Ruger, Kuchinski share reader’s concern for health and welfare

    I am a chemist and STEM (science, technology, engineering, technology) educator who has lived in Hopewell Township for nearly 22 years. I am writing this letter in support of Michael Ruger and Kevin Kuchinski who are running as candidates for the Hopewell Township Committee. I am deeply concerned about the health and welfare of our…