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INSIDE THIS ISSUEBOE budget

Board approves $76.8 millionbudget. 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 placeon March 16 and March 17 at The College of New Jersey.

Robotics team places first in district competitionPennytownjoint projectnot moving

forward

BY HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun

Since Hopewell Township andKooltronic have not been able toreach an agreement, theHopewell Township Committeeofficially decided that it wasntgoing to move forward with a

joint development plan for theMarshalls Corner/PennytownRedevelopment project.

Township Attorney StevenGoodell informed the committeeat its March 27 meeting that thetownship and Kooltronic havenot been able to come to an agree-

ment over the last severalmonths of discussions and nego-tiations.

I think its clear at this point,from the way those discussionshave gone, that we have not beenable to reach a meeting of theminds; I think that the interestthat the township has and the in-terest that Kooltronic has in the

please see TOWNSHIP, page 11

Township to lookat alternatives

for redevelopment

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BOE approves $76.8 million budgetBY HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun

The Hopewell Valley RegionalBoard of Education approved its$76.8 million budget for the 2013-14 school year, eliminating 17 staffmembers and posing a 7-cent taxrate increase for Hopewell Bor-ough, a 3-cent tax rate increasefor Pennington Borough and a 4-cent tax rate increase forHopewell 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 includefive teachers because of decliningenrollment, two administratorsbecause of restructuring and 10paraprofessionals, according toLisa Wolff, board president.

All class sizes will remain thesame 21 students per class inkindergarten through thirdgrade, 23 students per class in

grades four through eight, and 24students per class in grades ninethrough 12 and no programswere cut, Wolff said.

Technology expenditures, facil-ities expenditures and school se-curity increased in this year'sbudget.

Technology expenditures in-creased to provide for replace-ment computers (older than sixyears), additional Epson projec-tors at each school in kinder-garten through fifth grade, twoadditional building-based sup-port techs, improved Wifi cover-age and infrastructure upgrades,

including power, servers andswitches.

Facilities expenditures includeyear three work of heating, venti-lation and air conditioning atHopewell Elementary; phase twoof the roof work at Hopewell Val-ley Central High School; and AFTirrigation, the baseball field wa-tering system.

The original base budget in-creased by $231,803 for school se-

curity upgrades, in response tothe Sandy Hook ElementarySchool shootings.

"The Sandy Hook shootingsmade us more sensitive aboutschool security," Wolff said. "Theadditional monies are for aplanned project to secure allschool entrances by adding visi-tor ID check-in kiosks, interiorand exterior cameras at eachschool, access controls at eachschool and reconfiguring the useof vestibules and stairways."

Also included in the budget arenew programs, such as a newsixth-grade Honors Language

Arts class; Columbia Readers andWriters Project K-2 ProfessionalDevelopment and Materials; addi-tional extracurricular athletic op-portunities for sixth graders; andthe introduction of a JV volley-ball team at CHS.

Wolff also detailed how the dis-tricts state aid did not increasethis year as promised and how

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file with the Hopewell TownshipPolice Department:

On March 7 at 8:45 p.m., OfficerMichael Toth responded to Route29 just north of Upper RiverDrive for a report of single vehi-cle motor vehicle crash. Tothmade contact with the driver, a 22-year-old female, who was not act-ing appropriately. The passengerof the vehicle, a 27-year-old male,was also not acting appropriately.Investigation revealed that thewoman was suspected to be underthe influence of a controlled dan-

gerous substance and placedunder arrest. She was also to befound in possession of 54 packetsof suspected heroin and a usedhypodermic needle. Investigationalso revealed that the woman andthe man were in possession ofseveral counterfeit $20 bills. Theman was placed under arrest forforgery. Both were transported topolice headquarters for process-ing. The woman was charged

with Possession of a controlleddangerous substance, possessionof a hypodermic needle, forgery,DWI, reckless driving, failure toreport a crash, careless driving,and possession of CDS in a motorvehicle. She was later released toa relative; her case will be for-warded to the Mercer CountyProsecutors Office for review. Theman was charged with forgeryand released. His case will be for-warded to the Mercer CountyProsecutors Office for review.

On March 8 at 5:05 p.m., OfficerFrank Tulko responded to a local

towing company for a report ofan individual trying to pick up avehicle 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 wasattempting to conceal hypoder-mic needles and suspected hero-in. The man was placed under ar-rest and transported to police

headquarters. He was processedand charged with possession of acontrolled dangerous substanceand possession of a hypodermicneedle and released. His case willbe forwarded to the Mercer Coun-ty Prosecutors Office for review.

On March 9 at 12:15 p.m., Offi-cer Kevin Koveloski responded toa Hopewell Amwell Road addressfor 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 inmunicipal court.

On March 13 at 6:58 p.m., a 32-year-old female was operating a2006 Audi northbound on Route31. A 49-year-old female was oper-ating a 1998 Mercedes, pulling outof the driveway of 2480 Penning-ton Road. An investigation re-

please see POLICE, page 7

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Freedom isnt free, especially in N.J.Study ranks New Jersey 48th on freedom list

Off-Broadstreet Theatreto present Peg O My HeartOff-Broadstreet Theatres new series of

plays is about to begin. Known by many assimply the Dessert Theatre, audiencesenjoy fresh fruit, dessert, coffee or tea andan entertaining performance during theirexcursion to Off-Broadstreet. This serieswill usher spring in with the romantic com-edy Peg O My Heart, which opens April12 and runs weekends through May 11.

Series subscriptions are available nowthrough May 11. Friday and Saturdayevenings doors open at 7 p.m. for dessertwith 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 asenior discount for Sunday matinees.

For reservations of more information,contact the theater at (609) 466-2766 or off-broadstreet.com.

Naturalist hike plannedfor April 7 in Sourlands

Join a Stony Brook Millstone Water As-sociation naturalist on Sunday, April 7 at 10a.m. for an exploratory hike of vernalpools in the Sourland Mountains, learning

about life cycles and the food web. We willsearch for amphibians, reptiles, insectsand other native creatures. This programmeets at the North Stony Brook Greenwayon Mountain Road in Hopewell. Adults andfamilies 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 meetingset for April 9

Please join us on Tuesday, April 9 for ourB.I.G. (Believe, Inspire, Grow) meeting atthe Weidel Real Estate building, which islocated at Route 31 N in Pennington, at 7p.m. Meet Speaker Diana Polack, owner ofArtware, who will lead us in a Q-Storming

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BRIEFS

Heres 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 NewJersey more free? Does it even matterthat we are considered free for our resi-dents? Let us know your thoughtsthrough a letter to the editor.

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vealed that the 32-year-old femalewas proceeding northbound onPennington Road when the 49-year-old female made an illegalleft turn from a driveway on Pen-nington Road causing the crash.Both parties sustained minor in-

juries and were taken to a localhospital. The 49-year-old femalewas issued a summons for care-

less driving. Her case will beheard in municipal court.

On March 14 at 2:20 p.m., Offi-cer James Hoffman responded tothe Hopewell Valley Golf Club fora reported theft. Sometime be-tween Feb. 28 and March 14, some-one removed three batteries froma 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 theparking lot of an East BroadStreet business. He was in a stateof extreme intoxication and wasnot acting appropriately. He wastransported to a local hospital fortreatment. He was later chargedwith disorderly conduct. His casewill be heard in municipal court.

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WEDNESDAYAPRIL 3Wednesday Night Out: Rachel

Mackow: 7 p.m. at Hopewell TrainStation. Local naturalist Rachel

Mackow will speak on In theDooryard: Essential Weeds at OurFeet. Hosted by Hopewell PublicLibrary. All are welcome.

Robo Willie: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.at Hopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. The MCIAmascot will visit the library topromote Reduce, Reuse, Recy-cle. Residents can ask questionspertaining to recycling andreceive tip sheets and otheritems.

Manga Club: Grades sixth and

above. 6 to 7 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Join for discus-sions, snacks, movies and otheractivities about anime, manga,graphic novels and superheroes.

Chess Club: Grades one to eight. 7to 8 p.m. at Hopewell Branch ofthe Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Play chess and develop skillsin an informal setting. JonEdwards will be on hand to

answer questions and offerinstruction.

Hopewell Township Zoning Boardmeeting: 7:30 p.m. the firstWednesday of the month in the

Municipal Auditorium. For moreinformation visit hopewelltwp.org.

THURSDAYAPRIL 4Toddler Rock with Miss Kelley:

Ages 2 to 3 with an adult. 10 to10:30 a.m. at Hopewell Branch ofthe Mercer County Library Sys-tem. Join Miss Kelley for a fun-filled program designed for veryyoung children. Music and move-ment.

Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblings

welcome. 11 to 11:45 a.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt boardactivities. Age-appropriate craftfollows story time. Parentalsupervision required.

SATURDAYAPRIL 6SAT Hour of Power: Big Strategies:

11 a.m. to noon at Hopewell

Branch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Dr. Brad Walfieldwill hold a powerful SAT teachingsession. Learn rules to raisescores.

MONDAYAPRIL 8Classical Indian Dance: 10 to 11 a.m.

at Hopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. CeciliaJackson 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 HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Bring yoga mat

or large towel. Registrationrequired; call (609) 737-2610.

Tai Chi: 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Learnthis ancient art to promote goodhealth and relaxation. No regis-tration required.

Hopewell Township Committeeregular meeting: 7 p.m. at the

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Hopewell Municipal Building,201 Washington Crossing-Pen-nington Road. Open to the pub-lic. Visit www.hopewelltwp.orgto confirm time, for agenda orfor more information.

Story time: 10:30 a.m. at HopewellPublic Library. For toddlers andpre-schoolers. Stories, songsand fingerplays. Registration isnot required.

TUESDAYAPRIL 9Meet the Geeks: 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

at Hopewell Branch of the Mer-cer County Library System.Bring computers and high-techdevices with manuals to theMercr County Librarys IT staffto 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 withyour child. Enjoy music andmovement. Adult supervisionrequired.

Story Time: Ages 2 to 5; siblingswelcome. 2 to 2:45 a.m. atHopewell Branch of the MercerCounty Library System. Actionrhymes, songs and felt boardactivities. Age-appropriatecraft follows story time.Parental supervision required.

Yoga: 5 to 6 p.m. at HopewellBranch of the Mercer CountyLibrary System. Bring yoga mat

or large towel. Registrationrequired; call (609) 737-2610.

Hopewell Township AffordableHousing Committee meeting:7 p.m. at the Township Munici-pal Building, 201 WashingtonCrossing-Pennington Road. Vis-it www.hopewelltwp.org to con-firm time or for more informa-tion.

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All of the following events takeplace at the Pennington Public Li-

brary, which is located at 30 NorthMain St. in Pennington. For moreinformation on any of the eventslisted below, call (609) 737-0404.

On Saturday, April 13 at 11 a.m.,the Pennington Public Librarywill host an author talk with JackTatar. Tatars latest book is Hav-ing The Talk: The Four Keys toYour Parents Safe Retirement.No, this isnt the one you havewith your kids about sex, this talkis the one adult children have

with their parents about theirparents retirement and agingand such concerns as medicalproxies, health care, estate plan-ning, wills, trusts and more. Tatarregularly speaks about retire-ment and contributes to Market-watch.com and his own site atSafe4Retirement.com.

On Sunday, April 14 at 3 p.m.,the Pennington Public Librarywill show the film Under OurSkin: The Hidden Story of LymeDisease. This is a gripping tale of

microbes, medicine and money;this film exposes one of the mostcontroversial epidemics of ourtime. Each year, thousands go un-diagnosed or misdiagnosed. Fol-lowing stories of patients andphysicians fighting for their livesand livelihoods, this film portraysa haunting picture of a healthcare system all too willing to put

profits ahead of patients. Therewill be a post-film Q&A with

Lyme disease advocate and sur-vivor, Dorothy Aicher, and li-censed chiropractor andacupuncturist, Dr. John Hamada.

On Friday, April 19 at 7 p.m.,the Pennington Public Librarywill present the film PrinceAmong Slaves. This is the truestory of an African Muslimprince who was captured and soldinto slavery in the AmericanSouth. After 40 years of enslave-ment, he finally regained his free-

dom, became a national celebrityand 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 forfreedom.

On Wednesday, April 24 at 7p.m., the Pennington Public Li-brary will hold a Travel Photog-raphy Seminar led by MilesTruesdell. Please join us for a fas-cinating look at travel photogra-phy, from snapping to organizing,

editing and sharing images. Fol-lowing the presentation, therewill be a mini photo workshop.Feel free to bring your cameraequipment, be it point and shootor SLR, film or digital. Truesdellhas over 15 years of commercialphotography experience and is asenior adjunct photography in-structor at MCCC.

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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 alsoset to decrease by $170,000.

Wolff added how turf lights which the board voted to removefrom the budget at the March 4

meeting were reincorporated atthe public hearing on March 25."A crowd of people came and

asked the BOE to add lights forthe turf field, so we did, but re-duced the amount in the budgetto irrigate the TMS fields so thefinal budget number did notchange," she said. "The Financeand Facilities Committee recom-mended putting lights in thebudget but not approving the ac-

tual expenditure until we receivea plan from the superintendent

for offsetting a portion of thelighting 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 helppropose a plan to offload a signifi-cant portion of the cost of thelights through non-taxpayer gen-erated funds, which "can includebut are not limited to, gate re-ceipts from games, concession

stand and advertising revenue. Iam very proud of our BOE forproposing a truly win-win com-promise solution. While the com-munity and the district get turflights that will allow more fieldaccess time, the taxpayers gotconsideration as well."

To view the BOE's presentationthat was given at the March 25meeting, and the 2013-14 budget,go to hvrsd.org.

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Boards federal aidto decrease by $170K

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project differ and I dont see thembeing reconciled in the near fu-ture, he said. So, my advice atthis point is that we look at otheralternatives and not at this planas its being presented today.

Goodell explained how the twoparties are just too far apart interms of what they expect to getout of the project, which is why itdoesnt make sense to try to moveforward.

The project has to make sensefrom a lot of different perspec-tives, he said. It has to makesense from a housing perspective,from an environmental perspec-tive and from a business perspec-tive. I think that, based on the lastcouple of meetings in particular,were just too far apart in termsof what we would expect to getout of it from a business perspec-tive. Not to say anybody is rightor anybody is wrong, I just thinkwe dont have that meeting of the

minds that we have to have.Goodell described how certain

agreements would have to bereached between the two jointproperty owners to make thisproject feasible, including howthe sale would occur, how muchmoney the township would be ex-pecting to get out of that sale andwhat exactly would be going onwith those properties.

Without this kind of under-standing, Goodell stated that itdoesnt make sense to go forwardwith Kooltronic.

None of the committee mem-bers rejected the decision and allvoted in favor to move forwardwith the project on its own.

To move forward, TownshipAdministrator/Engineer PaulPogorzelski presented three dif-ferent alternatives and the prosand cons to each.

The first option was to use thePennytown site to just build the70 affordable housing units,

which would utilize the onsitewastewater and water.

The upside to this option isthat it limits the development to70 standalone affordable rentalunits; there is no cost to the town-

ship for construction, since it an-ticipates the use of a tax creditprogram, which would poseno cost to the taxpayers; and the

affordable unit distributionwouldnt be concentrated in thesouthern sector of the township,one of the townships goals to de-veloping on the Pennytown prop-erty.

The cons to this option arethat all affordable units wouldbe located on one site, which wassomething the township wastrying to avoid; and that itwould limit the townshipsability to acquire green technolo-

gies.The second option is to con-struct Pennytown redevelopmentthe way its shown on the illustra-tion, which would include the 70affordable housing units, 52 mar-ket-priced units, planned com-mercial units and a communitycenter.

The benefits of this option arethat the township would controlthe type of development thatwould occur on Pennytown, allaffordable units would be distrib-

uted throughout the Pennytownsite, all affordable units would beintegrated with market-rateunits, the township would receiveproperty tax revenue, and the af-fordable units wouldnt be locat-ed in the southern sector of thetownship.

However, Pogorzelski detailedthe challenges associated withthis option, which would involvewastewater because the townshipwouldnt have enough capacityonsite. As a result, the townshipwould have to either considerworking with the golf course fora spray irrigation method or con-sider a joint treatment and dis-posal plan with Kooltronic.

We have enough water onsiteto provide for the redevelopmentportion of our site [Pennytown],however, Kooltronic is also con-sidering bringing the water serv-ice, NJ American Water, in andwe could consider connecting tothat, or could consider a joint

water supply effort that would in-clude wells on the Penntytownsite as well as Kooltronic site,Pogorzelski said.

If the township and Kooltronicdont 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 thecommercial center as well as thecommunity center facilities,Pogorzelski said.

The third option is to sell Pen-nytown, which is what communi-ty members who attended themeeting were in favor of.

If the township were to choosethis option, it would auction theproperty off to be developed as isallowed by current zoning laws.Through that process, the town-

ship might recoup all or a portionof the land acquisition costs andwould 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 Shopritepays around $250,000 per year intaxes and how Stop and Shoppays about $500,000 per year in

taxes, something the townshipcould greatly benefit from on thePennytown site.

The cons to this option are thatthe township would have no con-trol over the type of development

the capacity of the Pennytownsite would allow for up to a140,000 square-foot retail center,which approaches the size of theshopping center located onDenow Road and that it wouldforce the relocation of affordable

housing to another township-owned parcel, which moves it tothe southern sector of the town-ship.

If we do that, then we need toadvance the detailed evaluationsfor wastewater suitability on thetownship-owned parcels,

Pogorzelski said.Planning consultant Phil

Caton from Clarke Caton Hintzsaid no development plan would

be needed for the first and thirdoptions. However, one would beneeded for the second option,since its a mixed use of housingunits, retail stores and a commu-nity center.

There will be a sufficientnumber of actors that it makessense in that instance to have aredevelopment plan, he said.The committee could either di-rect the preparation of that planitself, 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 withany of the alternatives presentedat the meeting, but will be contin-uing discussions in the next cou-ple of months.


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