The area commonly known as “Alliger Park,” in Hopewell Township, has actually never officially been named until last night when Hopewell Township passed an ordinance naming the 167.3 acre tract “Woolsey Park” at 203…
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Legislation sponsored by Assembly Democrats Reed Gusciora and Tim Eustace to allow municipalities to issue retail liquor licenses to qualified buyers looking to redevelop historic taverns into 21st-century drinking and…
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Joseph R. Klett, executive director of the New Jersey State Archives in Trenton and resident of Hopewell Borough, will present a lecture focusing on “New Jersey’s Colonial Landscape” at the…
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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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As part of the Hopewell Borough’s 125th celebration, the Hopewell Public Library is hosting a presentation about historic Hopewell Borough by local historian Jack Koeppel. This presentation, on Wednesday April 13th at 7pm at the Hopewell…
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Toll Gate Grammar School in Pennington celebrated its 90th birthday this week. To prepare for the milestone, Toll Gate first and second grade students researched the differences between life in the…
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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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Historic Hopewell Borough and Lindbergh Photographs to be Shown at Morpeth Gallery as Part of 125th Anniversary
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoOne of the highlights of Hopewell Borough’s 125th Anniversary starts tomorrow night. Morpeth Gallery will be hosting a joint show of seldom-seen photographs presented by local historical David Blackwell, of the…
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The Story Behind Enigma: Presentation on Cracking WWII Tech Communications
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoHopewell resident, David Saltman, will be presenting the story of the Enigma machine as part of the Hopewell Public Library Wednesday Night Out series, on March 2nd, 7:00pm at the…
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New Hopewell Distillery To Continue Tradition in Mount Rose
by Mary Galiotoby Mary GaliotoAs if one local distillery was not exciting enough, Hopewell Township may be getting another. Chad Goerner, former mayor of Princeton Township, who now lives in Hopewell Township, appeared before the…