Hopewell Opinion

‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’

In calling for the "preservation" of "half" of New Jersey's land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they're including as "preserved land"...

An ‘ode’ to New Jersey’s dragonflies and damselflies

by Alison Mitchell, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation If you're near a pond, stream, or marsh on a...

Depression and suicide risk can intensify in spring and summer

May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Intense symptoms for individuals with depression are commonly associated with the winter...

Hopewell Borough Water – To Sell or Not to Sell?

I read with interest the recent discussions on possibly selling the Hopewell Borough water system to the private sector. There is no doubt that the cost of...

An urgent call to preserve half of New Jersey’s land

by Jay Watson, Co-Executive Director, New Jersey Conservation Foundation New Jersey is not only the nation's most densely populated...

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Letter to the Editor: How to stay informed in Hopewell Township

To the Editor: Hopewell Township has made some minor changes to its website to make it even easier for everyone to stay informed about township...

Solutions 5/10: Secondary repercussions and individual responses to global warming

By Huck Fairman It has been widely reported that a majority of Americans now acknowledge that global warming is real, and is caused by humans....

The State We’re In 5/10: Microplastics: invisible threat

By Michele S. Byers The South Branch of the Raritan River is one of central New Jersey’s prettiest waterways. It winds through mostly rural and...

The State We’re In 5/3: Pine Barrens ‘mudders’ focus of new documentary

By Michele S. Byers It was a warm, rainy May night in 2016 and filmmaker Jared Flesher was searching for threatened and rare Pine Barrens...

Solutions 5/3: Spring is breaking out all over

By Huck Fairman With the warming weather and ample rain, things are blooming - even bursting - in Princeton. First, the town’s draft of its Climate...

Letter to the Editor: Just because you can (raise taxes) doesn’t mean you should

To the Editor: I’ve been pretty quiet since retiring from the school board, but I feel I have to speak out in opposition to the...

Letter to the Editor: Helping small businesses succeed

To the Editor: Small-business owners are the backbone of Mercer County’s economy. In fact, Mercer County is home to more than 15,000 small-business firms, according...

Letter to the Editor: My objections to the excessive tax increase

To the Editor: Several times in the last month HVRSD Board of Education staff have publicly stated that the School Board’s 5.27% budgeted tax levy...

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