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BOE budget
Board approves $76.8 million
budget. PAGE 2
Special to The Sun
The Hopewell Valley CHS robotics team won first place in the district competition, the FIRST Robotics Competition, which took place
on March 16 and March 17 at The College of New Jersey.
Robotics team places first in district competition Pennytown
joint project
not moving
forward
BY HEATHER FIORE
The Hopewell Sun
Since Hopewell Township and
Kooltronic have not been able to
reach an agreement, the
Hopewell Township Committee
officially decided that it wasnt
going to move forward with a
joint development plan for the
Marshalls Corner/Pennytown
Redevelopment project.
Township Attorney Steven
Goodell informed the committee
at its March 27 meeting that the
township and Kooltronic have
not been able to come to an agree-
ment over the last several
months of discussions and nego-
tiations.
I think its clear at this point,
from the way those discussions
have gone, that we have not been
able to reach a meeting of the
minds; I think that the interest
that the township has and the in-
terest that Kooltronic has in the
please see TOWNSHIP, page 11
Township to look
at alternatives
for redevelopment
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BOE approves $76.8 million budget
BY HEATHER FIORE
The Hopewell Sun
The Hopewell Valley Regional
Board of Education approved its
$76.8 million budget for the 2013-
14 school year, eliminating 17 staff
members and posing a 7-cent tax
rate increase for Hopewell Bor-
ough, a 3-cent tax rate increase
for Pennington Borough and a 4-
cent tax rate increase for
Hopewell Township.
This translates to an annual in-
crease of $280 for Hopewell Bor-
ough residents, $199.32 for Pen-
nington Borough residents and
$188 for Hopewell Township resi-
dents.
The 17 staff reductions include
five teachers because of declining
enrollment, two administrators
because of restructuring and 10
paraprofessionals, according to
Lisa Wolff, board president.
All class sizes will remain the
same 21 students per class in
kindergarten through third
grade, 23 students per class in
grades four through eight, and 24
students per class in grades nine
through 12 and no programs
were cut, Wolff said.
Technology expenditures, facil-
ities expenditures and school se-
curity increased in this year's
budget.
Technology expenditures in-
creased to provide for replace-
ment computers (older than six
years), additional Epson projec-
tors at each school in kinder-
garten through fifth grade, two
additional building-based sup-
port techs, improved Wifi cover-
age and infrastructure upgrades,
including power, servers and
switches.
Facilities expenditures include
year three work of heating, venti-
lation and air conditioning at
Hopewell Elementary; phase two
of the roof work at Hopewell Val-
ley Central High School; and AFT
irrigation, the baseball field wa-
tering system.
The original base budget in-
creased by $231,803 for school se-
curity upgrades, in response to
the Sandy Hook Elementary
School shootings.
"The Sandy Hook shootings
made us more sensitive about
school security," Wolff said. "The
additional monies are for a
planned project to secure all
school entrances by adding visi-
tor ID check-in kiosks, interior
and exterior cameras at each
school, access controls at each
school and reconfiguring the use
of vestibules and stairways."
Also included in the budget are
new programs, such as a new
sixth-grade Honors Language
Arts class; Columbia Readers and
Writers Project K-2 Professional
Development and Materials; addi-
tional extracurricular athletic op-
portunities for sixth graders; and
the introduction of a JV volley-
ball team at CHS.
Wolff also detailed how the dis-
tricts state aid did not increase
this year as promised and how
please see BOARDS, page 10
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police report
The following reports are on
file with the Hopewell Township
Police Department:
On March 7 at 8:45 p.m., Officer
Michael Toth responded to Route
29 just north of Upper River
Drive for a report of single vehi-
cle motor vehicle crash. Toth
made contact with the driver, a 22-
year-old female, who was not act-
ing appropriately. The passenger
of the vehicle, a 27-year-old male,
was also not acting appropriately.
Investigation revealed that the
woman was suspected to be under
the influence of a controlled dan-
gerous substance and placed
under arrest. She was also to be
found in possession of 54 packets
of suspected heroin and a used
hypodermic needle. Investigation
also revealed that the woman and
the man were in possession of
several counterfeit $20 bills. The
man was placed under arrest for
forgery. Both were transported to
police headquarters for process-
ing. The woman was charged
with Possession of a controlled
dangerous substance, possession
of a hypodermic needle, forgery,
DWI, reckless driving, failure to
report a crash, careless driving,
and possession of CDS in a motor
vehicle. She was later released to
a relative; her case will be for-
warded to the Mercer County
Prosecutors Office for review. The
man was charged with forgery
and released. His case will be for-
warded to the Mercer County
Prosecutors Office for review.
On March 8 at 5:05 p.m., Officer
Frank Tulko responded to a local
towing company for a report of
an individual trying to pick up a
vehicle who may be under the in-
fluence of alcohol or drugs. Offi-
cer made contact with a 27-year-
old male, who was trying to con-
ceal several items in his pants.
Tulko learned that the man was
attempting to conceal hypoder-
mic needles and suspected hero-
in. The man was placed under ar-
rest and transported to police
headquarters. He was processed
and charged with possession of a
controlled dangerous substance
and possession of a hypodermic
needle and released. His case will
be forwarded to the Mercer Coun-
ty Prosecutors Office for review.
On March 9 at 12:15 p.m., Offi-
cer Kevin Koveloski responded to
a Hopewell Amwell Road address
for a soliciting complaint.
Koveloski encountered a 29-year-
old male, who was soliciting resi-
dents to seal coat their driveways.
Koveloski issued the man a sum-
mons for soliciting without a per-
mit. This case will be heard in
municipal court.
On March 13 at 6:58 p.m., a 32-
year-old female was operating a
2006 Audi northbound on Route
31. A 49-year-old female was oper-
ating a 1998 Mercedes, pulling out
of the driveway of 2480 Penning-
ton Road. An investigation re-
please see POLICE, page 7
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in our opinion
Freedom isnt free, especially in N.J.
Study ranks New Jersey 48th on freedom list
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plays is about to begin. Known by many as
simply the Dessert Theatre, audiences
enjoy fresh fruit, dessert, coffee or tea and
an entertaining performance during their
excursion to Off-Broadstreet. This series
will usher spring in with the romantic com-
edy Peg O My Heart, which opens April
12 and runs weekends through May 11.
Series subscriptions are available now
through May 11. Friday and Saturday
evenings doors open at 7 p.m. for dessert
with show at 8 p.m. Sunday matinees fea-
ture 1:30 p.m. for dessert with a 2:30 p.m.
show. Admission is $29.50 on Friday and
Sunday and $31.50 on Saturday. There is a
senior discount for Sunday matinees.
For reservations of more information,
contact the theater at (609) 466-2766 or off-
broadstreet.com.
Naturalist hike planned
for April 7 in Sourlands
Join a Stony Brook Millstone Water As-
sociation naturalist on Sunday, April 7 at 10
a.m. for an exploratory hike of vernal
pools in the Sourland Mountains, learning
about life cycles and the food web. We will
search for amphibians, reptiles, insects
and other native creatures. This program
meets at the North Stony Brook Greenway
on Mountain Road in Hopewell. Adults and
families with children 5 years old and older
are welcome.
Pre-registration is required; call (609)
737-7592. The fee is $5 per person.
Believe, Inspire, Grow meeting
set for April 9
Please join us on Tuesday, April 9 for our
B.I.G. (Believe, Inspire, Grow) meeting at
the Weidel Real Estate building, which is
located at Route 31 N in Pennington, at 7
p.m. Meet Speaker Diana Polack, owner of
Artware, who will lead us in a Q-Storming
session asking the right questions to pro-
pel your business further. B.I.G. is a
women's professional support group.
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BRIEFS
H
eres something that should
shock absolutely no one: New
Jersey is one of the most
taxed, restricted and regulated states
in the nation.
Stop the presses, as they say.
An annual study published by the
Mercatus Center at George Mason Uni-
versity ranked New Jersey 48th out of
50 in terms of freedoms for residents.
Dragging the Garden State down in the
rankings are its ultra-tight gun control
laws, its restrictive marijuana laws
and abysmal property rights protec-
tions, in addition to the obvious high
taxes, the report says.
Discouraging is the fact that the re-
port says that the states significant
debt, and not government spending, is
what fuels the high taxes.
New Jersey is average in govern-
ment spending, while it has among the
highest taxes in the country, said
Jason Sorens, a co-author of the re-
port.
The question, of course, is whether
any of this really matters. Certainly,
any person would want to reside in a
state that doesnt over-impose on his or
her basic freedoms, and only the in-
sane enjoy paying high taxes.
But while it might sound negative,
there are positives to ranking 48th on
this list.
Is it bad that New Jersey has tight
gun control laws?
Is it bad that New Jersey is conser-
vative when it comes to marijuana
laws?
Is it bad that New Jersey limits what
the report calls travel freedoms,
through restrictive seat belt laws, mo-
torcycle and bicycle helmet require-
ments, and sobriety checkpoints?
We dont think so.
The Mercatus Center report suggest-
ed that New Jersey could improve its
ranking by slashing property taxes,
ending rent control and cutting spend-
ing on libraries, santitation, sewage
and employee retirement benefits.
Some of those suggestions are well
worth following, especially the proper-
ty tax catastrophe.
But liberalizing seat belt and cell
phone-while-driving laws? We just
dont agree.
If we dont climb higher on this list,
and either lose current residents or
dont gain new ones because of it, so be
it. It isnt worth compromising safety
to look better to others.
Can anything be done?
Can anything be done to make New
Jersey more free? Does it even matter
that we are considered free for our resi-
dents? Let us know your thoughts
through a letter to the editor.
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vealed that the 32-year-old female
was proceeding northbound on
Pennington Road when the 49-
year-old female made an illegal
left turn from a driveway on Pen-
nington Road causing the crash.
Both parties sustained minor in-
juries and were taken to a local
hospital. The 49-year-old female
was issued a summons for care-
less driving. Her case will be
heard in municipal court.
On March 14 at 2:20 p.m., Offi-
cer James Hoffman responded to
the Hopewell Valley Golf Club for
a reported theft. Sometime be-
tween Feb. 28 and March 14, some-
one removed three batteries from
a truck belonging to the golf club.
The value of the loss is $450.
On March 14 at 4:30 p.m., Offi-
cer Joseph Maccaquano respond-
ed to East Broad Street for a sus-
picious person. Maccaquano lo-
cated a 25-year-old male in the
parking lot of an East Broad
Street business. He was in a state
of extreme intoxication and was
not acting appropriately. He was
transported to a local hospital for
treatment. He was later charged
with disorderly conduct. His case
will be heard in municipal court.
POLICE
Continued from page 5
police report
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WEDNESDAY APRIL 3
Wednesday Night Out: Rachel
Mackow: 7 p.m. at Hopewell Train
Station. Local naturalist Rachel
Mackow will speak on In the
Dooryard: Essential Weeds at Our
Feet. Hosted by Hopewell Public
Library. All are welcome.
Robo Willie: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.
at Hopewell Branch of the Mercer
County Library System. The MCIA
mascot will visit the library to
promote Reduce, Reuse, Recy-
cle. Residents can ask questions
pertaining to recycling and
receive tip sheets and other
items.
Manga Club: Grades sixth and
above. 6 to 7 p.m. at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer County
Library System. Join for discus-
sions, snacks, movies and other
activities about anime, manga,
graphic novels and superheroes.
Chess Club: Grades one to eight. 7
to 8 p.m. at Hopewell Branch of
the Mercer County Library Sys-
tem. Play chess and develop skills
in an informal setting. Jon
Edwards will be on hand to
answer questions and offer
instruction.
Hopewell Township Zoning Board
meeting: 7:30 p.m. the first
Wednesday of the month in the
Municipal Auditorium. For more
information visit hopewelltwp.org.
THURSDAY APRIL 4
Toddler Rock with Miss Kelley:
Ages 2 to 3 with an adult. 10 to
10:30 a.m. at Hopewell Branch of
the Mercer County Library Sys-
tem. Join Miss Kelley for a fun-
filled program designed for very
young children. Music and move-
ment.
Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblings
welcome. 11 to 11:45 a.m. at
Hopewell Branch of the Mercer
County Library System. Action
rhymes, songs and felt board
activities. Age-appropriate craft
follows story time. Parental
supervision required.
SATURDAY APRIL 6
SAT Hour of Power: Big Strategies:
11 a.m. to noon at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer County
Library System. Dr. Brad Walfield
will hold a powerful SAT teaching
session. Learn rules to raise
scores.
MONDAY APRIL 8
Classical Indian Dance: 10 to 11 a.m.
at Hopewell Branch of the Mercer
County Library System. Cecilia
Jackson whill teach Bharan-
tanatyam, one of the oldest clas-
sical dances of southern India.
Attending six sessions is recom-
mended.
Yoga: 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer County
Library System. Bring yoga mat
or large towel. Registration
required; call (609) 737-2610.
Tai Chi: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. at
Hopewell Branch of the Mercer
County Library System. Learn
this ancient art to promote good
health and relaxation. No regis-
tration required.
Hopewell Township Committee
regular meeting: 7 p.m. at the
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to confirm time, for agenda or
for more information.
Story time: 10:30 a.m. at Hopewell
Public Library. For toddlers and
pre-schoolers. Stories, songs
and fingerplays. Registration is
not required.
TUESDAY APRIL 9
Meet the Geeks: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
at Hopewell Branch of the Mer-
cer County Library System.
Bring computers and high-tech
devices with manuals to the
Mercr County Librarys IT staff
to help resolve glitches.
Baby Time: Ages newborn to 2;
siblings welcome. 11 to 11:30 a.m.
at Hopewell Branch of the Mer-
cer County Library System.
Learn new ways to interact with
your child. Enjoy music and
movement. Adult supervision
required.
Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblings
welcome. 2 to 2:45 a.m. at
Hopewell Branch of the Mercer
County Library System. Action
rhymes, songs and felt board
activities. Age-appropriate
craft follows story time.
Parental supervision required.
Yoga: 5 to 6 p.m. at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer County
Library System. Bring yoga mat
or large towel. Registration
required; call (609) 737-2610.
Hopewell Township Affordable
Housing Committee meeting:
7 p.m. at the Township Munici-
pal Building, 201 Washington
Crossing-Pennington Road. Vis-
it www.hopewelltwp.org to con-
firm time or for more informa-
tion.
CALENDAR
CALENDAR
Continued from page 8
All of the following events take
place at the Pennington Public Li-
brary, which is located at 30 North
Main St. in Pennington. For more
information on any of the events
listed below, call (609) 737-0404.
On Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m.,
the Pennington Public Library
will host an author talk with Jack
Tatar. Tatars latest book is Hav-
ing The Talk: The Four Keys to
Your Parents Safe Retirement.
No, this isnt the one you have
with your kids about sex, this talk
is the one adult children have
with their parents about their
parents retirement and aging
and such concerns as medical
proxies, health care, estate plan-
ning, wills, trusts and more. Tatar
regularly speaks about retire-
ment and contributes to Market-
watch.com and his own site at
Safe4Retirement.com.
On Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m.,
the Pennington Public Library
will show the film Under Our
Skin: The Hidden Story of Lyme
Disease. This is a gripping tale of
microbes, medicine and money;
this film exposes one of the most
controversial epidemics of our
time. Each year, thousands go un-
diagnosed or misdiagnosed. Fol-
lowing stories of patients and
physicians fighting for their lives
and livelihoods, this film portrays
a haunting picture of a health
care system all too willing to put
profits ahead of patients. There
will be a post-film Q&A with
Lyme disease advocate and sur-
vivor, Dorothy Aicher, and li-
censed chiropractor and
acupuncturist, Dr. John Hamada.
On Friday, April 19 at 7 p.m.,
the Pennington Public Library
will present the film Prince
Among Slaves. This is the true
story of an African Muslim
prince who was captured and sold
into slavery in the American
South. After 40 years of enslave-
ment, he finally regained his free-
dom, became a national celebrity
and dined in the White House.
This is a story about an incredi-
ble man who endured the humili-
ation of slavery without ever los-
ing his dignity or his hope for
freedom.
On Wednesday, April 24 at 7
p.m., the Pennington Public Li-
brary will hold a Travel Photog-
raphy Seminar led by Miles
Truesdell. Please join us for a fas-
cinating look at travel photogra-
phy, from snapping to organizing,
editing and sharing images. Fol-
lowing the presentation, there
will be a mini photo workshop.
Feel free to bring your camera
equipment, be it point and shoot
or SLR, film or digital. Truesdell
has over 15 years of commercial
photography experience and is a
senior adjunct photography in-
structor at MCCC.
Pennington Public Library
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the net state aid decreased by
$63,000 because of the "state-im-
posing new, unexpected assess-
ments."
The board's federal aid is also
set to decrease by $170,000.
Wolff added how turf lights
which the board voted to remove
from the budget at the March 4
meeting were reincorporated at
the public hearing on March 25.
"A crowd of people came and
asked the BOE to add lights for
the turf field, so we did, but re-
duced the amount in the budget
to irrigate the TMS fields so the
final budget number did not
change," she said. "The Finance
and Facilities Committee recom-
mended putting lights in the
budget but not approving the ac-
tual expenditure until we receive
a plan from the superintendent
for offsetting a portion of the
lighting costs through non-tax-
payer generated funds."
Wolff described how the super-
intendent will convene an Alter-
nate Resource Advisory Commit-
tee of stakeholders, who will help
propose a plan to offload a signifi-
cant portion of the cost of the
lights through non-taxpayer gen-
erated funds, which "can include
but are not limited to, gate re-
ceipts from games, concession
stand and advertising revenue. I
am very proud of our BOE for
proposing a truly win-win com-
promise solution. While the com-
munity and the district get turf
lights that will allow more field
access time, the taxpayers got
consideration as well."
To view the BOE's presentation
that was given at the March 25
meeting, and the 2013-14 budget,
go to hvrsd.org.
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project differ and I dont see them
being reconciled in the near fu-
ture, he said. So, my advice at
this point is that we look at other
alternatives and not at this plan
as its being presented today.
Goodell explained how the two
parties are just too far apart in
terms of what they expect to get
out of the project, which is why it
doesnt make sense to try to move
forward.
The project has to make sense
from a lot of different perspec-
tives, he said. It has to make
sense from a housing perspective,
from an environmental perspec-
tive and from a business perspec-
tive. I think that, based on the last
couple of meetings in particular,
were just too far apart in terms
of what we would expect to get
out of it from a business perspec-
tive. Not to say anybody is right
or anybody is wrong, I just think
we dont have that meeting of the
minds that we have to have.
Goodell described how certain
agreements would have to be
reached between the two joint
property owners to make this
project feasible, including how
the sale would occur, how much
money the township would be ex-
pecting to get out of that sale and
what exactly would be going on
with those properties.
Without this kind of under-
standing, Goodell stated that it
doesnt make sense to go forward
with Kooltronic.
None of the committee mem-
bers rejected the decision and all
voted in favor to move forward
with the project on its own.
To move forward, Township
Administrator/Engineer Paul
Pogorzelski presented three dif-
ferent alternatives and the pros
and cons to each.
The first option was to use the
Pennytown site to just build the
70 affordable housing units,
which would utilize the onsite
wastewater and water.
The upside to this option is
that it limits the development to
70 standalone affordable rental
units; there is no cost to the town-
ship for construction, since it an-
ticipates the use of a tax credit
program, which would pose
no cost to the taxpayers; and the
affordable unit distribution
wouldnt be concentrated in the
southern sector of the township,
one of the townships goals to de-
veloping on the Pennytown prop-
erty.
The cons to this option are
that all affordable units would
be located on one site, which was
something the township was
trying to avoid; and that it
would limit the townships
ability to acquire green technolo-
gies.
The second option is to con-
struct Pennytown redevelopment
the way its shown on the illustra-
tion, which would include the 70
affordable housing units, 52 mar-
ket-priced units, planned com-
mercial units and a community
center.
The benefits of this option are
that the township would control
the type of development that
would occur on Pennytown, all
affordable units would be distrib-
uted throughout the Pennytown
site, all affordable units would be
integrated with market-rate
units, the township would receive
property tax revenue, and the af-
fordable units wouldnt be locat-
ed in the southern sector of the
township.
However, Pogorzelski detailed
the challenges associated with
this option, which would involve
wastewater because the township
wouldnt have enough capacity
onsite. As a result, the township
would have to either consider
working with the golf course for
a spray irrigation method or con-
sider a joint treatment and dis-
posal plan with Kooltronic.
We have enough water onsite
to provide for the redevelopment
portion of our site [Pennytown],
however, Kooltronic is also con-
sidering bringing the water serv-
ice, NJ American Water, in and
we could consider connecting to
that, or could consider a joint
water supply effort that would in-
clude wells on the Penntytown
site as well as Kooltronic site,
Pogorzelski said.
If the township and Kooltronic
dont consider a joint water ef-
fort, one of the cons of both par-
ties having their own water treat-
ment plant is that it would dupli-
cate infrastructure, which would
cause increased traffic from the
commercial center as well as the
community center facilities,
Pogorzelski said.
The third option is to sell Pen-
nytown, which is what communi-
ty members who attended the
meeting were in favor of.
If the township were to choose
this option, it would auction the
property off to be developed as is
allowed by current zoning laws.
Through that process, the town-
ship might recoup all or a portion
of the land acquisition costs and
would see some tax revenue.
In regard to tax revenues,
Pogorzelski used two large gro-
cery stores as examples
Shoprite and Stop and Shop,
which are both located on Route
31 explaining how Shoprite
pays around $250,000 per year in
taxes and how Stop and Shop
pays about $500,000 per year in
taxes, something the township
could greatly benefit from on the
Pennytown site.
The cons to this option are that
the township would have no con-
trol over the type of development
the capacity of the Pennytown
site would allow for up to a
140,000 square-foot retail center,
which approaches the size of the
shopping center located on
Denow Road and that it would
force the relocation of affordable
housing to another township-
owned parcel, which moves it to
the southern sector of the town-
ship.
If we do that, then we need to
advance the detailed evaluations
for wastewater suitability on the
township-owned parcels,
Pogorzelski said.
Planning consultant Phil
Caton from Clarke Caton Hintz
said no development plan would
be needed for the first and third
options. However, one would be
needed for the second option,
since its a mixed use of housing
units, retail stores and a commu-
nity center.
There will be a sufficient
number of actors that it makes
sense in that instance to have a
redevelopment plan, he said.
The committee could either di-
rect the preparation of that plan
itself, or as it has done in the
past, delegate that to the Plan-
ning Board.
The committee made no for-
mal action to move forward with
any of the alternatives presented
at the meeting, but will be contin-
uing discussions in the next cou-
ple of months.
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