Tag: Hopewell Township Health Department
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COVID-19 cases rise in Hopewell Township; health department adds new coordinator
Hopewell Township has been experiencing a continued increase in COVID-19 cases among residents. As of Jan. 25, the township has had 81 additional cases since an earlier township committee meeting on Jan. 11. Health Officer Dawn Marling recently reported the increase to township committee members and the community at a virtual meeting on Jan. 25.…
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Marling briefs Hopewell Township community on latest COVID-19 information
Hopewell Township Health Officer Dawn Marling covered the township’s latest COVID-19 cases and the current pandemic vaccination efforts in Mercer County in a recent presentation to township committee members. To start her presentation on Jan. 11, Marling spotlighted the increase in COVID-19 cases within township. “We are unfortunately seeing that post holiday surge of COVID-19…
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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…
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Hopewell Township names new full-time health officer
Hopewell Township’s health department will have a new leader when Dawn Marling starts her duties as the township’s full-time health officer. Committee members voted unanimously to approve Marling’s appointment through a resolution at a township committee meeting on Aug. 3. Mayor Kristin McLaughlin, Deputy Michael Ruger, Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski, Committeewoman Courtney Peters-Manning and Committeewoman Julie…
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Hopewell Township continues process of hiring a full-time health officer
Hopewell Township officials are still actively searching for a full-time health officer to lead the township’s health department. Montgomery Township Health Officer Stephanie Carey has been the interim health officer for the township since the resignation earlier this year of former health officer Robert English. She had been made interim health officer through a shared…