Tag: Pennington Borough
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FoHVOS to host Virtually Together Gala on Sept. 26
Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS) annual fundraising gala will be virtual in 2020. The Virtually Together Gala, which begins at 7 p.m. on Sept. 26, will give back to local restaurants hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic. There will be two ways the gala gives back to local restaurants. The first was catering.…
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Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office to oversee internal affairs for Pennington police
The Mercer County Prosecutor’s Office will temporarily take over the Pennington Police Department’s Internal Affairs Unit, after Borough Council members approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding with the prosecutor’s office. Through a resolution on Sept. 8 in a council meeting, council members voted unanimously to approve the measure. “This is going to cover…
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Pennington Council approves two additional officers for police department
Pennington Council members unanimously voted to approve the addition of two police officers to the borough police department. The probationary police officers approved at the borough council meeting on Sept. 8 are Michael Crincoli and Eric Tomkins. The police department originally was looking to add just one additional officer, but with the potential loss of…
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Plans for new Hopewell Valley Community Center head into design phase
Hopewell Township’s plan for a new Hopewell Valley Senior and Community Center is taking its next step as officials move ahead with the design phase of the future project. Officials recently announced a request for proposal (RFP) soliciting initial bids and proposals from contractors for the new project. Those initial proposals are due to the…
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Pennington advertises search for additional officer to join police department
Pennington officials are looking to bolster the borough police department with an additional officer. The Pennington Police Department is currently made up of five full-time sworn police officers and a part-time civilian assistant to the chief of police. Through an approved resolution Pennington Council members authorized the advertisement for an additional police officer at an…
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Pennington seeks to finalize employment process of Chief Doug Pinelli
Pennington Council members are moving forward with an ordinance authorizing the employment contract of Chief of Police Doug Pinelli. The Pennington Council will vote to adopt an ordinance authorizing the agreement at a Sept. 8 council meeting. Pinelli has been serving as chief since his appointment to the position in May, following the retirement of…
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Hopewell Helpers connects local students and residents
In the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic, while volunteering to deliver groceries for vulnerable populations, Will Titus developed an idea to create an organization that provided different services for local residents. The organization called Hopewell Helpers would connect local residents in need of services and local students with a job. “After delivering groceries for a…
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Community celebrates virtual opening of Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge
Pennington residents and fans of Mercer Meadows and the Lawrence Hopewell Trail (LHT) celebrated the opening of the Stony Brook Pedestrian Bridge, which will provide safe access from Pennington Borough and Hopewell Township to the 1,600-acre county park, in a virtual “ribbon-cutting” released on July 8. The celebration commemorates the latest development in the long-standing…
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Pennington launches review committee to determine any systemic bias
Pennington officials are establishing a Police and Court Review Committee to identify any systemic bias in operations of the police department and municipal court. The five-member committee will conduct a through review of policies and procedures to determine if there are any issues of systemic bias and recommend ways to eliminate any found, according to…
