Hopewell Valley News

09/11/2026

Twenty-six years ago, September 11 meant back-to-school spirits; hazy, end-of-summer weather; the beginning of a season with rowdy fans, dressed in green, piling into Veterans Stadium to cheer on their favorite football team. When American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. in 2001, though, everything changed. The crashes that subsequently hit the South Tower at 9:03, the Pentagon at 9:37, and an empty field in Shanksville, PA, alerted the country that this was an attack, unlike anything we had seen on U.S. soil since Pearl Harbor.

Twenty-six years ago, September 11 meant back-to-school spirits; hazy, end-of-summer weather; the beginning of a season with rowdy fans, dressed in green, piling into Veterans Stadium to cheer on their favorite football team. When American Airlines Flight 11 hit the North Tower at 8:46 a.m. in 2001,...

09/07/2026

Hopewell Valley is set to remember those lives of regular Americans and first responders when 2,977 American flags are placed at Woolsey Park in Hopewell Township on Sept. 10 at 6:30 p.m. to represent and honor each of the lives lost that day on Sept.11, 2001.

All across America communities will commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Sept.11 terrorist attacks by honoring those who lost their lives, the families impacted, and heroic acts that took place. Hopewell Valley is set to remember those lives of regular Americans and first responders when 2,977 Am...

09/06/2026

Wings Over Mercer, hosted by Pennington-based Wild Bird Research Group (WBRG), returns for a second year on Saturday, October 3! This single-day birding competition and fundraiser, open to birders of all levels, is designed to celebrate the spectacle of fall migration while raising awareness for local bird conservation.

Wings Over Mercer, hosted by Pennington-based Wild Bird Research Group (WBRG), returns for a second year on Saturday, October 3! This single-day birding competition and fundraiser, open to birders of all levels, is designed to celebrate the spectacle of fall migration while raising awareness for loc...

09/05/2026

The Board of Trustees of the Hopewell Harvest Fair announced the winner of the annual Cover Art Contest on Aug. 26. Laura Warne, winner of this year's Cover Art Contest and recipient of the $250 prize, entered her quilted depiction of Hopewell Elementary School in autumn!

The Board of Trustees of the Hopewell Harvest Fair announced the winner of the annual Cover Art Contest on Aug. 26. Laura Warne, winner of this year’s Cover Art Contest and recipient of the $250 prize, entered her quilted depiction of Hopewell Elementary School in autumn! A Titusville-based painte...

09/05/2026

Northern diamondback terrapins are the only turtles in the world that spend their entire lives in brackish coastal environments, where freshwater and saltwater meet. Naturally, they love our state!

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation Northern diamondback terrapins are the only turtles in the world that spend their entire lives in brackish coastal environments, where freshwater and saltwater meet. Naturally, they love our state!  Like many wild residents of this state we’re...

09/02/2026

Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS), a nonprofit with a mission to preserve land and protect natural resources, is leading the project which will create new native wildflower meadows, help improve stormwater absorption within the Raritan River watershed, help local wildlife, and provide educational opportunities.

A habitat restoration project is coming to Hopewell Borough Park. Friends of Hopewell Valley Open Space (FoHVOS), a nonprofit with a mission to preserve land and protect natural resources, is leading the project which will create new native wildflower meadows, help improve stormwater absorption with...

09/01/2026

U.S. Sen. Andy Kim recently visited The Watershed Institute to learn more about the organization’s science, policy, conservation, and education work protecting clean water and healthy ecosystems throughout New Jersey.

U.S. Sen. Andy Kim recently visited The Watershed Institute to learn more about the organization’s science, policy, conservation, and education work protecting clean water and healthy ecosystems throughout New Jersey. During the visit, Kim met with Watershed staff and learned about efforts to addr...

08/31/2026

Capital Health has announced four winners of full-tuition scholarships to Rider University beginning in Fall 2026 as part of an employee education benefits partnership with the university.

08/30/2026

On any summer morning along New Jersey’s coast, you’ll find people casting lines from the surf, dropping bait from small boats, or simply standing at the water’s edge, waiting. Fishing here is a tradition, a livelihood, and can be a way for people to learn about and come to care for the environment.

BY ALISON MITCHELL New Jersey Conservation Foundation On any summer morning along New Jersey’s coast, you’ll find people casting lines from the surf, dropping bait from small boats, or simply standing at the water’s edge, waiting. Fishing here is a tradition, a livelihood, and can be a way for...