Tag: Hopewell Township
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New year will bring change to Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education as board president resigns
The new year will bring change to the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education. Current President Deborah Linthorst, whose term runs through 2024, announced her decision to resign from the school board at the final school board meeting of the year on Dec. 12. “It is with regret that I announce my decision to resign…
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Sourland Mountain Region gains 10K trees in 2022
For Hillsborough Township resident Jennifer Bryson, the “tremendous loss of ash trees” in the area in and around her property has been “devastating.” That is why when the Sourland Conservancy (SC) expanded its efforts to include plantings directly on private land through a grant from the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) in partnership with the FoHVOS…
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Santa travels through Hopewell Township via Union Fire Company District
Santa visited residents in Hopewell Township thanks to the Union Fire Company & Rescue Squad. Santa and his helpers handed out candy canes to children on Dec. 17.
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Hopewell Township ordinance keeps cannabis retail applications before Planning Board
The Hopewell Township Committee has limited conditional use standards for cannabis retailers through an adoption of a new ordinance. The ordinance, which was first introduced on Nov. 14 and adopted on Dec. 19, moves multiple conditional use requirements to development standards for cannabis retailers, which will help keep the applicants before the Planning Board. “The…
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State, county, and municipal officials celebrate improvements to Hopewell’s 911 Dispatch Center
Hopewell Township officials and dignitaries came together to celebrate the grant the township received from the state to make improvements to the township’s 911 Dispatch Center. Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin (D-19), Assemblywoman Verlina Reynolds-Jackson (D-15), Assemblyman Anthony Verrelli (D-15), and County Commissioner Kristin McLaughlin visited the township on Nov. 29. Hopewell Township Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning, Township…
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Hopewell Township Police blotter
A Woolsey Court resident reported that the bank contacted them about a fraudulent charge of $1,800 from their bank account Nov. 21. The incident of fraud was reported Nov. 25. A 35-year-old Hopewell Borough man was charged with making terroristic threats and theft after police responded to a Princeton Avenue residence for a disorderly person…
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Murphy announces $25 million in funding for restoration of Revolutionary War sites across New Jersey
Four Revolutionary War sites in Mercer County will receive federal funding through the state’s budget for restoration and preservation efforts in preparation for America’s 250th anniversary on July 4, 2026. Gov. Phil Murphy joined by legislative, state, county and municipal officials at Washington Crossing State Park in Hopewell Township announced on Nov. 29 that $25…
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Hopewell Township’s public hearing on amended cannabis ordinance moved to December
Hopewell Township has delayed a public hearing to amend an ordinance that moves some conditional requirements to development standards for cannabis retailers. The Township Committee was set to hold the public hearing on Nov. 28, but the hearing was moved to Dec. 19, after the Planning Board cancelled its Nov. 17 meeting and could not…
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Hopewell Township man charged with murder after allegedly stabbing father to death
A 54-year-old Hopewell Township man has been charged with murder and weapons offenses after allegedly stabbing his father to death, according to the Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office and the Hopewell Township Police Department. The 82-year-old victim was found on the kitchen floor of his apartment on Denow Road by Hopewell Township police officers, who responded…
