Tag: Hopewell Township
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Annual Butterfly Festival draws thousands of visitors
About 2,000 people visited The Watershed Institute on Aug. 5 for the 23rd Annual Butterfly Festival. People were able to go on tours of the Kate Gorrie Butterfly House, which features native butterflies including the endangered monarch butterfly and black swallowtail, New Jersey’s state butterfly. In addition to learning about the life cycle of these…
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Annual Watershed Butterfly Festival returns Aug. 5
The beauty of nature and butterflies will be on full display when people of all ages enjoy the Watershed Insitute’s annual Butterfly Festival. The annual festival returns for its 23rd consecutive year this weekend at the Watershed Reserve in Hopewell Township from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Aug. 5 The event is free for…
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Hopewell Township requests traffic calming measures for county’s Ingleside Avenue
Mayor Michael Ruger has requested the county look into traffic calming measures and warning signs for Ingleside Avenue in efforts to address resident concerns about traffic safety on the roadway. The Township Committee approved the resolution authorizing the mayor to sign a letter addressed to Mercer County Executive Brian Hughes requesting driver feedback signs and…
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Pennington recommends extended sharrows for Great Western Bikeway
In an effort to preserve on-street parking, Pennington has recommended to extend sharrows in a redesign to Mercer County for the borough’s segment of the Great Western Bikeway project. The Pennington Council approved the recommended request in writing to extend sharrows – a shared lane road markings for bicycles and motor vehicles – from Curlis…
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‘A different way for people to unlock their own creativity’
Hopewell Valley Arts Council planning pop-up events, Explorer’s Guide with life-size sculptures throughout Hopewell Valley Months of work, planning, and fundraising have culminated in 11 J. Seward Johnson II life-size sculptures throughout Hopewell Valley. The final two sculptures from the late artist, who passed away in 2020, were installed at Brick Farm Market and Washington…
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‘They are wonderful men’
The Hopewell Township Police Department’s new hires will attend Mercer County Police Academy in the fall Four new officers have joined the ranks of the Hopewell Township Police Department. Robert Halmi, Ryan Finnegan, Michael Enriquez, and James Stanton were each sworn in as the department’s newest officers surrounded by family and friends in person and…
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‘Encourage opportunities in the life sciences’
Planning Board will hear general development plan for Princeton West Innovation Campus A new general development plan for the life sciences campus now known as Princeton West Innovation Campus is set for a public hearing before the Hopewell Township Planning Board later this month. The Planning Board will hear the general development plan during a…
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‘A new connection to Mercer Meadows’
County to purchase 50 acres of land, which was slated for PennEast’s pipeline project Mercer County is proceeding with a plan to purchase about 50 acres of land in Hopewell Township previously owned by PennEast Pipeline Company. The land was purchased by PennEast for its canceled pipeline project on Blackwell Road. The acres would provide…
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‘Make no mistake the need is great’
Hopewell Parc residential development will provide 216 affordable housing units A partnership between HomeFront, Homes by TLC, and Lennar celebrated the groundbreaking of a building complex that will house 26 affordable housing units for low-income and working families. Construction for Lennar’s Hopewell Parc residential development on Scotch Road has been well underway for the first…