To the Editor:
I am writing to express my strong support for the reelection of Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning and Deputy Mayor David Chait of Hopewell Township. Their leadership has made our community safer for everyone who lives, works, and travels through here.
Over the past few years, they have taken meaningful steps to improve safety for drivers, pedestrians, and cyclists. The new traffic light at Ingleside Avenue will make crossing a dangerous intersection safer while easing congestion along the heavily traveled stretch of Route 31, a major Township thoroughfare. In 2025 alone, two new four-way stops were installed – at Pennington-Titusville and Scotch Roads, and at Pennington-Harbourton and Burd Roads – as immediate, cost-effective crash-reduction measures that enhance safety without disrupting traffic flow.
These improvements are much more than just traffic calming measures, they represent thoughtful, responsive leadership that listens to residents’ concerns, studies the problem and the potential solutions and works with partners in the county and the state to make a difference in our safety.
Mayor Peters-Manning and Deputy Mayor Chait have earned our trust by continuing to make safety a top priority in Hopewell. I encourage my fellow residents to join me in supporting their reelection so they can continue building on this progress.
Sincerely,
Deborah Cook
Hopewell Township
