Tag: Hopewell Township
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Local farmer pivots farm business to create firepit starters after economic toll from COVID-19
Local tenant farmer Tama Matsuoka Wong has partnered with the Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) to sell wild cedar firestarters in order to maintain her farm assessment, when her business of supply restaurants with speciality ingredients took a hit due to COVID-19. Prior to the pandemic, Wong farmed and foraged at the Marshall’s…
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Hopewell police encourage S.A.F.E. interactions with those with autism
The Hopewell Township Police Department announced the availability of the new S.A.F.E. (Secure Awareness for First Responders) program created for all residents of Hopewell Valley. The Hopewell Township Police Department has created a registry for community members who are autistic or have another communication disability in efforts to give police quick access to critical…
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Opinion: Save the Sourlands
I was having coffee with a friend once, and she said, “I’m not a birder. Why should I care about birds?” I said, “You love coffee, so you must love birds!” The brilliant scarlet tanager spends winter in Central and South America. Like lots of colorful songbirds, she spends her winter vacation in the dense…
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Science fair goes virtual again for 2021
Every spring for more than 50 years, the Mercer Science and Engineering Fair has exhibited students’ projects in a large hall where the public could visit and the judges would evaluate them for a range of awards. In recent decades, Rider University has hosted the event. This year, as in 2020, however, was a virtual…
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Declining birth rate is one reason for HVRSD’s decline in total student enrollment
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District (HVRSD) has experienced a decline in student enrollment since the 2009-10 school year. HVRSD’s total student enrollment has declined from 3,946 students (2009-10) to 3,364 students (2020-21) – a decrease of 582 students. Superintendent of Schools Thomas Smith said that there are two big reasons for the decline. “One…
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Hopewell Township Committee presented with breakdown of new marijuana laws; must decide whether to opt-in or opt-out
As communities continue to make sense of the new recreational and decriminalization marijuana laws, the Hopewell Township Committee received presentations from township attorneys and the police director on how the laws directly impact the township. During the Township Committee meeting on March 15, attorney Scott Miccio, of law firm Parker McCay, informed the committee on…
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Hopewell Township police blotter
A 21-year-old Glenside, Pennsylvania, man has been charged with theft for allegedly taking some items from outside of a house on Todd Ridge Road in December 2020. The man was charged on Feb. 19. The case will be heard in the Hopewell Township Municipal Court. A Harbourton-Rocktown Road resident reported the theft of cash from…
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Opinion: Future affordable housing residents are listening
“What is said at these meetings matters and I hope my neighbors and residents of this beautiful community we share will welcome new neighbors with open arms instead of putting up roadblocks.” This is what Deputy Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning said during the March 1 Hopewell Township Committee meeting. I love that she said this because…