To the Editor: Hopewell Township needs Deputy Mayor Julie Blake, who is up for re-election to the Hopewell Township Committee on November 6. You might not know Julie personally, but…
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Letters To the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Local Resident Disch Supports Blake for Township Committee
To the Editor: I have been a local realtor, a small business owner, and a member of the Hopewell Valley Economic Development commission for ten years and a resident here…
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Letters To the Editor
Letter to the Editor: American Roots, A Celebration of Music and the American Chestnut Tree!
To the Editor: On behalf of the Sourland Conservancy, I would like to thank our American Chestnut Restoration Project partners, D&R Greenway Land Trust, Mercer County Park Commission and The American Chestnut…
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To the Editor: For months, I have explained the case against Hopewell Township’s stand on affordable housing. I maintain that the township’s misguided approach on Pennytown stripped our affordable housing…
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To the Editor: We are in a watershed moment in our state’s history. Governor Murphy has set an ambitious goal that can put New Jersey on a path to 100…
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At their August 27 meeting, facing concern from residents, the Hopewell Township Committee sought to justify the $100 million PILOT agreement they had passed in late July.
The main concern, expressed by several members of the public, has to do with the inherent nature of these PILOT (Payment in lieu of taxes) agreements. In 2010, the NJ State Controller found that for school districts, the impact of such agreements is direct.
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Letter to the Editor: PILOTS, A powerful tool for keeping taxes low – Drive southwest on Federal City Road just past the 1-295 North on ramp and you’ll see a vacant property that used to be a landscaping business. It’s been empty for a couple of years now and has since become somewhat of an eyesore. According to stateinfoservices.com, 87 Federal City Road generated $30,302 in property taxes in 2016.
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To the Editor:
Did you hear the one about the Deputy Mayor who denied taking much- needed funding from the schools, even though she previously voted to shift school-entitled revenue from our schools to the township? This occurred when she voted in favor of the Zaitz Tract property tax reduction to multi-billion (that’s with a “B”) dollar corporate real estate developer U.S. Homes.
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“Taxes. Do something about taxes.”
Ask a New Jersey resident for an issue facing the state, and that’s the response you’ll most often get.
But, ever since four members of our Hopewell Township Committee decided to do something to give our stretched tax dollars much-needed flexibility at the HTC’s July 30 meeting, the opinion page has seen much disapproval from some former HTC members or those close to former members.
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Events & FeaturesFeatured
Lifelong Area Resident to Compete in Retired Racehorse Project Thoroughbred Makeover Competition
Karin Hagios Belgrave is gearing up to ride in Kentucky for a second time. The first was at the Rolex Kentucky Three-Day Event in 1994, and now she is getting ready for something “just as exciting, but considerably less stressful.”