At the Pennington Borough Council meeting June 5, Mayor James Davy and Council members addressed several projects affecting Pennington residents, some offering promise and others creating challenges. The Council discussed…
historic preservation
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The Hopewell Township Zoning Board of Appeals continues to hear expert testimony about the controversial application for a variance to build a boutique hotel amid protected conservation lands on Fiddlers…
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News
Hopewell Borough Planning Board plans for Runyon Farmstead conversion
by Bruce Downieby Bruce DownieThe October 6 Hopewell Borough Planning Board meeting kicked off with Maggie Schmitt leading the roll call. Planning Board member Bob Donaldson took on the role of board chair for…
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Mount Zion African Methodist Episcopal Church, the home of the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum (SSAAM), at 189 Hollow Road in the village of Skillman, Montgomery Township, Somerset County, was…
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Continuing with its historic preservation month at the Hopewell Valley Historical Society, here is the Hart’s Corner Schoolhouse – the interesting brick building standing at the intersection next to the…
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Events & Features
Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission Hosts Event Mt. Rose Distillery
The Hopewell Township Historic Preservation Commission invites the public to join them on Saturday, April 27, 2019 from 1to 3pm for an open house at the Mount Rose Distillery (“Whiskey…
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NJDOT receives Historic Preservation Award for RT 206 Bridges over Stony Brook Rehabilitation Project
New Jersey Department of Transportation (NJDOT) officials were awarded two 2018 New Jersey Historic Preservation Awards from the State Department of Environmental Protection, Historic Preservation Office, for the successful completion of the Route 206 Bridges over Stony Brook historic projects.
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Since 1995, the William Gulick House, located at 3641 Lawrenceville Road in Lawrence Township, has been vacant and the subject of lengthy court battles and neglect. The Gulick house, now…
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Featured
D&R Greenway Preserves Historic Hopewell Farm, Seeks Conservation Buyer
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoThe 51-acre Muscente farm on Route 518 in Hopewell Township was preserved by D&R Greenway Land Trust in January 2016. When the farm was offered on the retail market, D&R…
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Pennington Economic Development and Historic Preservation Commissions Present 6th Annual Awards
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoLast week, at a buzzing Pennington Sun National Bank, the Pennington Economic Development and Historic Preservation Commissions hosted the 6th Annual Business of the Year Social. The Commissions honored Kim Waters of…