The future of a 166-acre quarry adjacent to the Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain in Hopewell Township was discussed at the first of four Mercer County Parks Commission meetings,…
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Bipartisan Opposition Stands United Against PennEast Pipeline, FERC and NJDEP Urged to Deny Proposal
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoOverlooking scenic Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain in Hopewell Township today, U.S. Rep. Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-12th Dist.), Senator Kip Bateman (R-Somerset) and Assemblywoman Liz Muoio (D-Mercer) were joined…
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No Survey Access for PennEast on Hopewell Township Property
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoFollowing Mercer County’s permission and rescission to PennEast Pipeline Company to survey land on The Ted Stiles Preserve at Baldpate Mountain, Hopewell Township passed a resolution at last night’s committee meeting prohibiting survey…
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PennEast Proposes Changes Pipeline Route, Some in Hopewell Twp
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoPennEast has come out with a new map of the proposed location of the proposed 113.8 mile 36-inch pipe spanning from Luzerne County, PA to Mercer County, NJ. The Hopewell Township portion,…
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Mercer Blocks Access to County Land Eyed for Proposed Pipeline Project
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoIn a statement today, Mercer County Executive Brian M. Hughes today informed officials associated with the proposed PennEast Pipeline Project that the company would no longer have access to lands…
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While County Grants Access to Ted Stiles Preserve, Other Owners Disagree
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoConfirmed by the NJ Conservation Foundation and reported yesterday by MercerMe, it appears that Mercer County granted permission to PennEast pipeline to conduct test boring drilling (the testing of soil/rock composition)…