Tag: Hopewell Township
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Township committee members elect Julie Blake as mayor
Hopewell Township has a new mayor and deputy mayor at the helm of the township committee for 2021. During the township committee’s reorganization meeting on Jan. 4, Julie Blake was nominated and elected by fellow members of the committee to become Hopewell Township’s next mayor. Courtney Peters-Manning is now Hopewell Township’s deputy mayor after her…
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HVRSD Board of Education officially swears in new members; re-elects school board president
Andrea Driver, Anita Williams Galiano, and Adam Sawicki were officially sworn in to start their three-year terms on the Hopewell Valley Regional Board of Education during the board’s annual reorganization meeting. School Board Business Administrator and Board Secretary Robert Colavita administered the oath of office on Jan. 4 to the three board members. Driver, Galiano,…
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Mercer County moves away from title of freeholder
The Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders will now go by the term county commissioners, since the members of the board officially adopted the title change in its last meeting of 2020. Through an ordinance adopted on Dec. 17, the county’s governing body amended the administrative code changing all references of freeholder to the new…
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Hopewell Township appoints chief financial officer, seeks administrator
Julie Troutman will become Hopewell Township’s new chief financial officer (CFO) with her recent promotion approved by the Hopewell Township Committee. Mayor Kristin McLaughlin, Deputy Mayor Michael Ruger, Township Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski, Township Committeewoman Julie Blake and Township Committeewoman Courtney Peters-Manning made her promotion official after an unanimous vote approving a resolution promoting Troutman during…
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Jacobs Creek Trail to be extended with newly preserved land
Partnering together, D&R Greenway Land Trust and Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space have helped preserve 50 acres of rolling farm fields and woodlands along Jacobs Creek. The two organizations announced the newly permanently protected and preserved land located south of Woosamonsa Road, extending to Pennington-Harbourton Road, on Dec. 16. Jacob’s Creek begins to the…
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Hopewell Township green lights appointment of medical director
The Hopewell Township Committee has approved the appointment of a medical director to potentially oversee public COVID-19 vaccinations if the township were to become a local provider. Committee members appointed Dr. Stephen Vetrano of Physicians Practice Enhancement LLC at a township committee meeting on Dec. 14. “Basically we need someone willing to sign all the…
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PennEast Pipeline Update: U.S. Solicitor General files brief to U.S. Supreme Court; New Jersey Resources still supports project
The U.S. Supreme Court has not made a decision yet on whether to hear an appeal from the PennEast Pipeline Company to overturn a 2019 Third Circuit Court of Appeals decision, denying the condemning of 42 parcels of New Jersey state-owned land for the company’s $1 billion pipeline project. However, the court recently received the…
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School district will return to fully remote instruction on Dec. 21
The Hopewell Valley Regional School District will return to fully remote learning districtwide with all hybrid students making that transition come Dec. 21. For students and parents who chose the option of in-person instruction the temporary transition to full remote learning will go through Jan. 15. The schools are currently scheduled to reopen for in-person…