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Special to The Sun
On Tuesday, Feb. 7, Robin Preiss-Glasser, the illustrator of the Fancy Nancy books, visited
Stony Brook Elementary School. Shown here, from left, are kindergarten teacher Mrs. Calvo,
Preiss-Glasser, Debi Rudman and media specialist Mrs. Thomas. See the story on page 3.
Fancy visitor stops by Stonybrook Elementary
Group
supports
bridge
option
By MELISSA DIPENTO
The Hopewell Sun
The Coalition to Save the Victo-
ry Trail was formed in 2009 in re-
sponse to Mercer Countys plans
to replace the Bear Tavern Road
Bridge over Jacobs Creek. But
long before that, concerned resi-
dents have fought to preserve the
region recognized as part of
Washingtons Victory Trail, en
route to the Battle of Trenton.
The grassroots group includes
residents of Hopewell and other
nearby towns, as well as citizens
and historians from across the
country.
In 2010, two of the groups
founding members Roni Katz
and Beth Kerr partnered with
local historian David Blackwell to
ready an application to have the
site included on both the state
and National Register of Historic
Places listings.
With the assistance of a profes-
sional cultural consultant, the
Bear Tavern Road/Jacobs Creek
Crossing Historic District re-
ceived state designation in Octo-
ber 2011 and national designation
in December 2011.
But even with the new designa-
tions in place, coalition members
said the bridges fate still looms
large. Katz said the county has
Board
approves
proposed
budget
BY KEVIN CANESSA Jr.
The Hopewell Sun
The Hopewell Valley Board of
Education adopted a 2012-13
school budget on March 26 that
enacts the lowest increase in the
tax levy in more than 25 years, of-
ficials said.
By a vote of 7 to 2, the board ap-
proved a $75.9 million budget that
funds the districts improvement
initiatives, maintains small class
sizes, contains no staff cuts and
keeps all of the districts current
academic and extracurricular
programs intact. The budget
would require a 1.3 percent in-
crease in the tax levy.
What does this mean for tax-
payers?
In Hopewell Borough, the
school tax rate, if approved by
voters, will now be $1.29 per $100
of assessed value of a home, a 6-
cent increase over last years rate.
In Hopewell Township, the school
tax rate will now be $1.41 per $100
of assessed value of a home, also
a 6-cent increase. In Pennington,
the school tax rate will now be
$1.38 per $100 of assessed value of
a home, just a 2-cent increase over
the previous year.
The average assessed value of
homes in the three municipalities
was not immediately available.
Science unites students
By KRISTEN DOWD
The Hopewell Sun
At the end of this month,
middle school students from
around the county will come to-
gether to participate in a sci-
ence fair.
The event, Generating Inter-
est in Science: A County-Wide
Science Fair, is the brainchild
of Lawrenceville resident Jack-
ie Rapport, a 10th-grade student
at Mercer County Health Sci-
ence Academy in Pennington.
I became aware that U.S.
students are not being prepared
for careers in science, engineer-
ing and math, and that the pres-
ident has challenged us to in-
crease interest in science in
young people, Rapport said.
As a student at a Health Sci-
ence Academy, I wanted to
share my excitement about sci-
ence and science careers. Creat-
ing a science fair would be a
perfect opportunity to combine
all these goals.
As a Girl Scout, hosting this
expansive event will also help
Rapport fulfill the require-
ments for her Gold Award, the
highest honor attainable. After
a Scouting career of projects
and leadership experiences,
Scouts must complete a Take
Action project to make a dif-
ference in the community for
the Gold Award.
The types of projects are
limitless if they meet the crite-
ria, Rapport said. However, to
my knowledge, there has never
been anything like the develop-
ment of a science fair so were
breaking new ground with this
one.
Generating Interest in Sci-
ence: A County-Wide Science
Fair will be held on Saturday,
April 28, at the Health Science
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please see STUDENTS, page 10
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book release visit at Stony Brook
Elementary School.
Thanks to Debi Rudman, the
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Artists Choice group
meets on Tuesdays
The Artists Choice group will
meet every Tuesday in April from
1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Hopewell Town-
ship residents Bob Barish and
Sue Ewart co-facilitate the group.
Group members work independ-
ently on projects and can request
critiques from facilitators or
other group members.
The theme for April will be
skies. All levels welcome.
Pre-registration is encouraged,
but not required. Contact senior
services at 737-0605, ext. 692, or
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The Pennington Public Library
will host a screening and discus-
sion of Poet of Poverty on Sun-
day, April 15, at 3 p.m. in borough
hall. The public is invited to at-
tend this engaging community
event, which will explore impor-
tant policy issues with local im-
pact. Refreshments will be
served. Please call to reserve a
seat.
Poet of Poverty is a documen-
tary film narrated by Martin
Sheen that explores the experi-
ence of poverty in the City of
Camden through the writings of
the Rev. Michael Doyle.
Among other things, Doyle ar-
gues Camden has, over time, be-
come home to sewage, trash, and
scrap metal processing facilities,
and used as a dumping ground by
the surrounding suburban com-
munities.
A post-screening discussion
based on the historical, cultural,
and ethical themes and questions
raised by the film will follow, fa-
cilitated by Mark Krasovic, assis-
tant research professor of Ameri-
can studies at Rutgers-Newark.
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Face: Community Conversations,
a program of the New Jersey
Council for the Humanities
(NJCH), a state partner of the Na-
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manities, Pennington Library
will be able to offer this event at
no cost to participants.
For more information on this
program or NJCHs Face to Face
program, visit
Pennington Public Library at
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the NJ Council for the Humani-
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Poet of Poverty on April 15
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About MY DYSLEXIA
Despite winning the Pulitzer Prize in 2008 for his poetry collection Failure, Philip Schultz could never shake the feeling
of being exiled to the Dummy Class in school, where he was largely ignored by his teachers and peers and not ex-
pected to succeed. Not until many years later, when his oldest son was diagnosed with the same condition, did Schultz
realize that he was dyslexic. In this moving memoir, Schultz traces his difficult childhood and his new understanding
of his early years following his realization. In doing so, he shows how a boy who did not learn how to read until he was
eleven went on to become a prize winning poet by force of sheer determination. His balancing actlife as member of
a family with not one, but two dyslexics, countered by his intellectual and creative successes as a writerreveals an
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The following items were taken
from reports on file with the
Hopewell Police Department:
Officer Brian Dendis respond-
ed to a Bear Tavern Road address
for the report of open burning on
March 16. Dendis says he arrived
and found a large pile of wooden
fence posts burning on the prop-
erty. Hopewell Valley Emergency
Services personnel responded
and extinguished the fire. The
resident suspected of starting the
burn was issued a summons for
an ordinance violation of open
burning without a permit. This
case will be heard in municipal
court.
Officer Lincoln Karnoff re-
sponded to a Brinley Drive ad-
dress for a welfare check of mi-
nors on March 26. An investiga-
tion found several juveniles at the
residence without parental super-
vision and open containers of
beer and wine in the home in
violation of the township ordi-
nance.
Police say a 17-year-old boy was
found passed out in the residence.
He was transported to police
headquarters where he was
charged with the underage pos-
session/consumption of alcohol
on private property.
A 16-year-old boy was found in
possession of a glass bong con-
taining marijuana residue. He
was placed under arrest and
transported to police headquar-
ters for processing, where he was
charged with possession of mari-
juana (under 50 grams) and pos-
session of drug paraphernalia,
police said.
The resident of the home, a 16-
year-old boy, was charged with
the underage possession/con-
sumption of alcohol on private
property.
All of the juveniles were later
released into the custody of their
parents or guardians and their
cases will be heard in family
court.
Officer James Hoffman re-
sponded to the Golden Nugget
Flea Market on a report of a fire
on March 24. Police say West
Amwell Police Officer E.J. Skill-
man arrived at the scene and
used a fire extinguisher to extin-
guish a wooden table that was on
fire.
A further investigation re-
vealed someone had set a plastic
flowerpot on fire.
An estimate of the damage was
unavailable.
The West Amwell Fire Depart-
ment and the Union Fire Depart-
ment had also responded to the
scene.
Detective Kevin Zorn is assist-
ing with this investigation.
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letters to the editor
in our opinion
T
he governor was in Atlantic
City last week celebrating the
nearly completed Revel a
huge casino hotel set to stage a grand
opening in late May.
During his visit, Gov. Christie tout-
ed the 5,000 new permanent jobs the
Revel will create; the $153 million in
payroll it will provide; and the $155
million in state and local taxes it will
generate each year.
And that, of course, is good news for
the beleaguered city and the state as a
whole.
But theres so much more work for
Atlantic City. Primarily: Will it be-
come a destination point for not only
gamblers, but others as well? If it does
not, this big bet will turn out to be a
loser.
Recent reports out of Las Vegas in-
dicate that visitors there are spending
more money on dining, entertain-
ment, food, etc., than on gambling.
That shouldnt surprise anyone. There
are far more gambling outlets avail-
able to people these days than in years
past.
Atlantic City faces a nearly impossi-
ble task of becoming simply a gam-
bling hub. Casinos in surrounding
states are eating up gambling dollars
that historically have gone to AC. Peo-
ple who just want to play a slot ma-
chine or blackjack can find places
much closer to home to do so.
Atlantic Citys challenge is to create
something other than a string of casi-
no hotels. It has to create an experi-
ence. It has to attract people who will
stay in the city for more than a day to
gamble. Relying on busloads of people
from out of state who cash their slot
voucher and then play for a few hours
before re-boarding the bus to go home
just isnt a long-term plan for success.
Atlantic City can reinvent itself.
After all, Time Square reinvented it-
self. The Revel could be a key step in
that renovation, so long as other key
elements safety, shopping, cleanli-
ness, entertainment, etc. follow close
behind.
A bet on Atlantic City
A new casino hotel is great news, but far from a permanent solution
A step toward revitalization?
The Revel will bring jobs and tax dol-
lars. But it isnt enough, by itself, to
stop Atlantic Citys decline. Boosting
non-gambling attractions shopping,
entertainment, dining, etc. is critical
to the citys long-term success.
Why does Hopewell have high
affordable housing vacancy?
As a longtime resident of Brandon
Farms, and having had the privilege of
representing the folks in my condo associa-
tion on various governing bodies for
decades, I know the people who live in the
townships largest collection of affordable
housing. Theyre lawyers, policemen, fire-
men, small business owners, often single
parents, retired people on fixed incomes,
township workers. Theyre the same peo-
ple who service our community every day.
And theyre also people who, as they grow
professionally and financially, often re-
main contributors to the tax base in town,
upsizing from condo to condo within our
community.
One of the main purposes of affordable
housing is to provide a passport into the
world of home ownership so these individ-
uals can find a place in our community,
and a real chance to migrate up the ladder
of success.
Unfortunately, the affordable-housing
system is in serious trouble today. Con-
trary to what you may have been told,
Hopewell Township has the largest num-
ber of unoccupied affordable housing
homes in Mercer County at 12. Indeed,
there are more than 30 vacant AH units in
Mercer County.
The result: I also pay the fees for the 10
unoccupied AH units in my association be-
cause those costs are fixed, and have to be
paid regardless of whether the units are
occupied.
Why do we have such high AH vacancy
rates?
Talk to any realtor and theyll tell you
that even if people qualify for an AH home
in terms of income, the banks wont loan
them the money because of the current
high rate of foreclosures among these
units.
Why is the foreclosure rate so high?
Because even if folks qualify for AH
housing due to their moderate incomes,
given the current economy, theyre having
a hard time keeping up with the townships
already sky-high property taxes, all those
association fees, plus the ever-increasing
cost of utilities, etc.
Thats why we have an overabundance of
AH housing in town.
When I stepped down as president of my
condo association some time ago, AH units
had a 0 percent rate of arrears. Today, they
account for 50 percent of the total, which
means around 25 percent of the homes ac-
count for 50 percent of the arrearages.
How did this happen? Well, 2008 hap-
pened, and those who were hit hardest by
the economic downturn were, of course,
those with the greatest financial exposure.
In light of these facts, when we already
have many AH units vacant, and when the
township has already committed to build-
ing 150 additional units over the next few
years, does it really make sense to rush out
to secure sewerage for 480 more?
There is only one way to stop this run-
away train, and thats by voting NO on May
8.
What we need is to develop a cogent plan
based on the states real AH requirements,
once finally defined, and not based on
soft-headed fantasies and fears.
This extra sewerage capacity should be
paid for by those wholl use it, wherever
possible, and not lashed to the back of
every taxpayer in town.
And, finally, it should be defined in tan-
dem with the realities of the marketplace
the existing over-abundance of AH units
so what we build, we can actually occupy,
thereby avoiding what we all wish to avoid:
uncontrolled development.
Vote no on May 8. Defeat the ELSA ordi-
nance. And, together, lets come up with a
sensible, long-term and considered solu-
tion that wont result in unchecked over-de-
velopment.
- Bruce Gunther
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Students at Stony Brook Ele-
mentary recently had the privi-
lege of experiencing an astound-
ing musical performance by one
of their own.
Eunsook Choi is a professional
flutist and has two children that
attend Stony Brook David who
is in fifth-grade and Angela who
is in first-grade.
Mrs. Chois assembly was
school wide, and her sister,
Eunkyung Kany, accompanied
her by playing the piano.
Mrs. Choi told the students she
started playing the flute at the age
of 10. One year later, she went on
to win all the major prestigious
flute competitions in South Korea
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She sharpened her skills by
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Musical treat for students
WEDNESDAY APRIL 4
Wednesday Night Out: 7 p.m. at
Hopewell Train Station. An
evening with photographer
Richard Sherman. His photogra-
phy is about beauty and tranquili-
ty. For more information, visit
www.TousJour.com.
Body, Mind and Spirit Part 3: 7 to
8 p.m. at Hopewell Branch of the
Mercer County Library System. In
this program, Sara Holcombe of
Your Journey Center discusses
how the body, mind and spirit are
all connected. This is a non-reli-
gious and non-denominational
presentation.
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.
THURSDAY APRIL 5
Hopewell Valley Green Team meet-
ing: 7:30 p.m. For more informa-
tion visit www.hopewelltwp.org.
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.
Toddler Rock: Ages 18 months to 3.
10 to 10:30 a.m. at Hopewell
Branch of the Mercer County
Library System. Singing, dancing
ad rhymes. Play with musical
instruments, puppets, parachutes
and more.
MONDAY APRIL 9
Hopewell Township Committee
meeting: 7 p.m. at the Municipal
Building. For more information
visit www.hopewelltwp.org.
Hopewell Township Affordable
Housing Committee meeting: 7
p.m. For more information visit
www.hopewelltwp.org.
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.
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 10
Tuesday Night Knitters: 7:30 to 9
p.m. at Hopewell Public Library.
This group welcomes knitters of
all levels. Join for a cozy evening
of stitching and conversation.
Yoga: 5 to 6 p.m. at Hopewell Branch
of the Mercer County Library Sys-
tem. Bring yoga mat or large tow-
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activities. Age-appropriate craft
follows story time. Parental
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Mercer County Clerk Paula
Sollami Covello announced that
the county clerks office has in-
stalled a new cutting-edge com-
puter system for the recording of
land and property records.
The new Windows-based sys-
tem, used in four other New Jer-
sey counties, was planned and in-
stalled over the past year and was
implemented recently.
The new system adds a host of
features to improve the speed and
efficiency of record searching.
Records Next Generation
(Records NG) presents the coun-
tys land records in a simple, user-
friendly format.
The hallmarks of the new sys-
tem are that it automatically
links together and interconnects
information on deeds, titles,
mortgage and lien documents
and much more. The new system
brings together Mercer County
land records dating back to 1997.
Within two years, it is expected
deed and mortgage records dat-
ing as far back as 1957 would be
incorporated as well.
The new $700,000 system was
funded entirely through the coun-
ty clerks special trust fund,
which is dedicated to improve-
ments in the clerks office, de-
rived from recorders user fees
and not county tax dollars.
To research land records, pub-
lic and professional record
searchers can utilize public ac-
cess workstations at the Mercer
County Clerks Office located at
209 S. Broad St., in Trenton, or via
the internet by becoming a free
registered user at records.mercer-
county.org/recordsNG_search/.
Records-NG can also be ac-
cessed at www.MercerCounty.org
by following the links to county
clerk.
Mercer County clerks office installs cutting-edge computer system
However, officials suggested that
residents who know their homes
assessed value take that number,
divide it by 100 and multiply
that number by the tax rate per
$100.
After a lot of hard work, weve
put together a reasonable budget
that we feel the community can
support, said Superintendent of
Schools Dr. Thomas Smith. It is
important to note that the majori-
ty of our budget more than 70
percent contains fixed costs that
go to pay for instruction, includ-
ing salaries and benefits for
teachers and other staff, and sup-
plies.
Eight percent will pay for oper-
ations and maintenance of build-
ings; 6 percent for debt service; 5
percent for transportation; 3 per-
cent for administration across the
district and 1 percent for capital
outlays.
Capital outlays or, building
improvements planned for next
year include: the first phase of a
new roof on Central High School
(CHS); Bear Tavern HVAC up-
grades with the costs being offset
by Board of Public Utilities (BPU)
and state grants; CHS bathroom
renovations; new locks for class-
room doors throughout the dis-
trict that allow teachers the secu-
rity measure of being able to lock
them from within without keys; a
security system at the high school
that allows people to enter by
swiping an I.D. card; the ongoing
replacement of blackboards with
multi-media whiteboards; and en-
ergy-efficiency projects.
Voters in Hopewell Township,
and Hopewell and Pennington
boroughs, will vote on the budget
on April 17. Earlier this year, the
school board opted not to take ad-
vantage of the new state law that
would allow boards to move their
elections to November and elimi-
nate the vote on a school budget
unless it was over the state-man-
dated 2 percent increase cap.
Hovals budget includes state
funding of $2.6 million, which
was nearly doubled from this
years total of $1.4 million.
However, the figure remained
well below the more than $4 mil-
lion in state funds that the district
got for the 2009-10 budget.
Smith said additional reduc-
tions to the budget, should it fail
with voters, would result in cuts
to educational programs.
Over the past three years,
weve pared the budget down to
essentials, weve made absolute
reductions, he said. Further
cuts will affect our programs and
result in larger class sizes, and de-
lays in much needed capital proj-
ects.
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nical School, Pennington. It is de-
signed for students in the sixth-
through eighth-grade, at a time
when they are considering their
careers and high school options,
said Rapport.
Each student will be honored
for participating, and Rapport
plans to award about 40 percent of
the children.
While the two fairs are sup-
porting and publicizing one an-
other, there is a difference be-
tween the regions ISEF-affiliated
science fair and Rapports event.
The new venture, said Rapport, is
a fair by and for students.
Judging will be done by a pro-
fessional panel that includes
health, medical, science and edu-
cation experts, Rapport ex-
plained. But each panel will also
include a 10th-grade student from
my school, so that the fair will be
a learning experience for them as
well.
Taking on such a huge feat as
the upcoming science fair may be
intimidating to most high school
students, but being organized
from the beginning has helped
Rapport move the process along
smoothly.
She first researched what to ex-
pect on the website Science Bud-
dies.
Next, she outlined the entire
project including plans, budget
and more for her Gold Award
approval. At this stage, Rapport
said she is still in the process of
contacting all Mercer County
middle schools and working to
fundraise for the fair.
All of the support Rapport has
received has been great, she said.
My principal, Ms. Lucille
Jones, has been instrumental in
my initial plans, Rapport said.
My adviser for the project, Mr.
Ron Tarchichi, is my microbiolo-
gy teacher and the schools vice
principal. He gave me insights in
developing my proposal Im
grateful for all my teachers and to
the schools staff for their in-
volvement.
Rapport is part of Girl Scout
Troop No. 71452, and she noted
her leader and project mentor,
Cathi Macheda, as being a huge
support, too.
Creating this county-wide sci-
ence fair is a learning experience
for Rapport, and it will be a learn-
ing experience for the middle
school participants, too.
It gives students the opportu-
nity to become more immersed in
science and realize the different
aspects that it takes to create a
project, said Rapport. It helps
students learn the scientific
method, but also helps students
develop communication skills,
math skills, reading comprehen-
sion, time management and
ethics.
For more information about
Generating Interest in Science:
A County-Wide Science Fair,
visit www.sciencefair4all.webs.
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other plans for the Jacobs Creek
Bridge.
Due to the state and National
Register of Historic Places list-
ings, Mercer County was re-
quired to undergo another level of
scrutiny at the state Department
of Environmental Protection
when applying for project author-
ization and permits for their new
bridge design, Katz said.
Katz said the state Historic
Preservation Office deemed the
countys plan to be an encroach-
ment on the new historic district.
The county, she said, was tasked
with presenting their plan to
prove no other alternative is vi-
able for the bridge.
The Historic Sites Council
tabled its recommendations at a
meeting earlier this year, await-
ing more information from the
county at a Feb. 16 meeting.
Katz said the coalition was
alarmed by the countys plan and
hired a professional engineer to
review it.
The professional engineer
spoke at the Feb. 16 meeting, and
his letter recommending a T-in-
tersection was submitted for the
record to the state Historic
Preservation office, Katz said.
At the Feb. 16 meeting, Katz
said the Historic Sites Council
recommended preservation of
the 1882 Bear Tavern Road Bridge
over Jacobs Creek at the Howell
Living Farm. She said the council
also made another recommenda-
tion that the county build a new
bridge at the site, which retained
the historic T-intersection.
The council specifically asked
for a bridge that would sit lightly
on the landscape, as the 1882
bridge had done, Katz said.
Ultimately, Katz said, residents
wish to have a bridge designed to
fit the historic setting, maintain-
ing the T-intersection, with the
ability to accommodate residents,
buses and emergency vehicles, as
recommended by the Historic
Sites Council.
She said residents are hopeful
to have a bridge constructed and
opened as soon as possible.
Although ideally, the coalition
and residents would have liked
the 1882 bridge rehabilitated in
places, as early as 2004, during the
Bear Tavern Road Bridge Task
Force, one of the top three alter-
natives for the bridge had been
3B, an option which was basically
a new bridge, widened, height-
ened, and had the ability to carry
emergency vehicles and school
buses, Katz said.
The coalition, Katz said, re-
quested the Hopewell Township
Committee endorse the plan. The
county, she added, said it would
not sign off on plans for this op-
tion.
The Historic Sites Council,
taking into consideration the 1882
bridges own eligibility, preferred
Mercer Countys option of restor-
ing the bridge and placing it at
the Howell Living Farm, Katz
said. However, the Historic Sites
Council recommendation for a
new bridge is extremely compati-
ble with the area and the historic
district, and one which residents
feel provides a safer environment
for travelers.
Moving forward, Katz said the
coalition and residents have ex-
pressed concerns about the coun-
tys plan.
The existing impediment is
Mercer Countys desire to elimi-
nate the stop sign and the T-inter-
section, increase the speed limit
and re-create the through road.
This plan is not compatible with
the historic district, nor the
rural nature of the area, Katz
said.
She added the final decision
rests in the hands of the Depart-
ment of Environmental Protec-
tion. Mercer County, Katz said,
was given 60 days to respond to
the Historic Sites Council recom-
mendations.
The DEP will give a final an-
swer within 60 days after the
county has responded.
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