Hopewell Township adopts $24.7M municipal budget for 2021
Members of the Hopewell Township Committee have adopted a $24.78 million budget for municipal operations in 2021.
Mayor Julie Blake, Deputy Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning, Committeewoman Kristin McLaughlin, Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski and Committeeman Michael Ruger voted “yes” for the budget’s adoption on May 17. The budget’s introduction occurred on April 19.
Since introduction the budget has increased from by $121,298 from $24.6 million to $24.78 million, due to increased appropriations to legal services, streets and roads salary and wages and public health salary and wages.
“As I understand it under general appropriations we are putting aside additional monies to protect us from ongoing litigation as it relates to affordable housing and personnel,” Kuchinski said. “Then we are also conditionally having money on the public health line for a community outreach person and then for streets and roads we are wor
A second officer – Sgt. Mandy Gray – was suspended for commenting on Erwin’s post.
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“Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don’t think I’ve ever felt the way I did last night. And then I watched people I know and others I care about going into harms way. I love my police family like my own. So when you share posts and things on Facebook I’d really appreciate if you’d THINK before doing so. I’ve seen so many black lives matter [sic] hashtags in these posts. Just to let you know – they are terrorists. They hate me. They hate my uniform. They don’t care if I die.”
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A long-time New Jersey police woman has been fired for writing a Facebook post labelling Black Lives Matter protesters “terrorists” in June last year.
Sara Erwin had been with her department since 2001 but after a unanimous vote by the Hopewell Township Committee, she was terminated.
Two weeks after George Floyd was killed in Minneapolis, Sara Erwin took to her Facebook to vent her frustrations. Last night as I left for work I had my two kids crying for me not to go to work. I don t think I ve ever felt the way I did last night,” she said.
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. A Hopewell Township police officer has been fired after referring to Black Lives Matter rioters as "terrorists" in a now-deleted Facebook post, according to reports.Sara Erwin has been terminated as a police officer in Hopewell, New Jersey by the town council after she
Planning board asked to determine if Reed Road property is an area in need of redevelopment
The Hopewell Township Committee has approved a resolution directing the planning board to determine if the property site adjacent to the Zaitz Tract properties qualifies as an area in need redevelopment.
The property site location is at 1646 Reed Road and is near the intersection of Reed and Diverty Roads. The properties the make up the Zaitz Tract are next to the property off of Reed Road, which would be the new home to a Hopewell Valley Senior and Community Center.
The resolution was approved on May 3. Mayor Julie Blake, Deputy Mayor Courtney Peters-Manning, Committeewoman Kristin McLaughlin, Committeeman Kevin Kuchinski and Committeeman Michael Ruger voted “yes” on the measure.