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INSIDE THIS ISSUECandidate profiles

Three candidates vie for twocommittee seats. PAGE 9

Courtesy Mike Schwartz Photography/www.mssphoto.com

Hopewell Valley Central High School senior Erin Amantia pushes past a West Windsor-Plainsboro High School North player at theirgame on Sept. 11, where Hopewell took the win, 3-2.

Hopewell takes win over West WindsorSchooldistrict

settlescontracts

By HEATHER FIOREThe Hopewell Sun

The Hopewell Valley RegionalSchool District’s Board of Educa-tion kicked off the new schoolyear on a positive note, approvingall collective bargaining agree-ments for the first time ever.

This is the first time the BOEhas had five contracts expire si-multaneously, said Bob Colavita,business administrator forHVRSD.

“All contracts were required toswitch,” he said. “We savedmoney as the premiums underthe new plan were less than thepremiums of the old.”

All five contracts expired at theend of the 2010-2011 school year,so the BOE has been workingover the last two years to ensurethey were settled before the be-ginning of this school year,Colavita said.

The following contracts wererenewed – the Hopewell ValleyEducation Association, which ex-

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The Delaware River GreenwayPartnership and D & R CanalState Park have partnered to com-plete two habitat restoration proj-ects along the Delaware River – inHopewell Township andDelaware Township – made possi-ble by grants awarded by the Na-

tional Park Service’s Wild andScenic Program and U.S. Fish andWildlife Service’s Delaware BayEstuary Project.

These projects have been in theworks for about three years, saidStephanie Fox, DRCSP naturalist.

In Hopewell Township, a 70-acre field, located between Route29 and the river across from theGolden Nugget flea market, is

being restored to native grass-lands for the benefit of groundnesting birds, such as mead-owlarks, grasshopper sparrows,killdeer and bobolinks.

Stands of invasive black locusttrees and autumn olive have al-ready been removed, and the fieldwas seeded with native warm sea-son grasses, Fox said.

“The grasses have been plant-

ed, so people can walk throughthe land now,” she said. “It takesabout three years for the grassesto reach maturity level, so in themeantime, the maintenance staff will occasionally be cutting andmaintaining the land as grass-lands, removing any unwantedshrubs and tree growth. Anyemerging invasive species will beextracted by hand.”

The project is nearing comple-tion, Fox said.

“We just need to do some moreremoval of black locust treesthere,” she said.

West Amwell Boy ScoutMichael Gambino of Troop No. 49is also working with the organiza-tions to build, install and monitorbluebird boxes along the field tomeet the requirements of his

Eagle Scout award.Gambino has worked with Fox

on other projects at the DRCSP toobtain nature badges in Scouting,and when she brought this idea tohim, he was excited to pursue itfor his Eagle Scout project.

“I love to camp, hike or justspend a day around a campfire

Habitat restoration underway70-acre field in Hopewell Township returning

to native grassland for ground nesting birds

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The annual Rummage Sale atHopewell Presbyterian Churchwill be held on Thursday, Oct. 3from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Fri-

day, Oct. 4 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.Large items will be sold outsidebeginning at 8:30 a.m. Thursday,weather permitting. On Saturday,Oct. 5 from 9 a.m. to noon, $4 willbuy a grocery bag full of goodused items. Use the LouellenStreet doorway.

Donations may be dropped off at the church beginning at 3 p.m.on Sunday, Sept. 29 through noonon Wednesday, Oct. 2. Bring clean

clothing in good condition, books, jewelry, toys, games, householditems and small appliances ingood working order. Large items,

such as furniture, will be collect-ed. Call (908) 788-8186 to schedule apick-up. Do not bring shoes, plas-tic cups or bottles with advertis-ing, magazines, textbooks, ency-clopedias, computers, typewriters,mattresses or large appliances.

Proceeds benefit mission proj-ects. The church is at the cornerof West Broad and LouellenStreets. Use 80 West Broad St. forGPS directions.

Rummage sale set for Oct. 3-5

On Sept. 17, Hopewell Town-ship Committee member JamesBurd submitted his letter of res-ignation.

On July 27, Burd sustainedexcessive injuries from an acci-dent.

Since then, he has been under-going intensive therapy to recov-er from the accident.

“Because of the time requiredto complete this therapy, I havedecided that it is necessary for meto step down from my position onthe Hopewell Township Commit-tee,” Burd stated in the letter. “Iwish to thank the residents of Hopewell Township for their sup-port. It has been a privilege toserve this community.”

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On Aug. 23 at 4:20 a.m., OfficerVincent Amabile stopped a motorvehicle on Pennington Road foran illegal left turn violation. Am-abile made contact with the driv-er, a 29-year-old female. Amabilelearned that the woman waswanted on a traffic warrant fromLawrence Township, as well as atraffic warrant from Trenton. Shewas placed under arrest andtransported to police headquar-ters for processing. At headquar-ters, the woman posted bail on the

two warrants. She was issuedsummonses for driving while sus-pended and making an illegal leftturn. She was then released. Hercase will be heard in municipalcourt.

On Aug. 30 at 9:25 a.m., OfficerLouis Vastola stopped a motor ve-hicle for a left turn violation onPennington Road. Vastola spoke

with the driver, a 38-year-oldmale. The man’s license was sus-pended and he was wanted on twooutstanding traffic warrants. Hewas placed under arrest andtransported to police headquar-ters. He was processed and issuedsummonses for making an illegalleft turn, driving while suspendedand being an unlicensed driver.He was later released after post-ing bail. His case will be heard inmunicipal court.

On Aug. 30 at 12:05 p.m., Det.Christopher Vaccarino stopped amotor vehicle on Route 31. Vac-carino spoke with the driver, a 32-

year-old female. Further investi-gation revealed that she was inpossession of a small quantity of marijuana, a small quantity of prescription pills, a glass pipecommonly used to smoke mari-

juana and an open container of alcohol in a motor vehicle. Shewas placed under arrest and

POLICE REPORT

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Fall is officially here, and that

can mean only one thing. No,

not football. Or pumpkin spice

lattes. Or back to school. Or Hal-

loween. Or Thanksgiving.

It’s election season!

OK, so maybe you’re not as excited

as we are, but you should be. You can’tvote on the next president of the Unit-

ed States this fall – that won’t come for

another three years – but the 2013 elec-

tion will probably have a greater im-

pact on your day-to-day life than that

anyway.

That’s because New Jersey’s guber-

natorial race will highlight the Nov. 5

General Election, with incumbent Re-publican Chris Christie taking on

state Senate Democrat Barbara

Buono.

Didn’t realize this was happening?

Then you probably haven’t watched

any television, listened to any radio,

read any newspapers or surfed the

web at all over the last few months.

That barrage of political advertising

is only going to increase as we creep

closer and closer to election day.

The governor in New Jersey has a

much bigger impact on your day-to-

day life than the president of our na-

tion. His or her administration’s deci-

sions affect you more immediately,

from the taxes you pay, to the cost of

your insurance, to the availability of

jobs, to how fast you’re allowed todrive on the highway, and so on.

Sure, the president gets more public-

ity for his actions, but what his admin-

istration does has more of a longer-

lasting impact on your life.

The point here is that, despite its

less attractive appeal – although this

Christie vs. Buono race certainly is at-

tractive –as a New Jersey resident,

you should be just as interested in this

election, and just as willing to vote, as

you are for the next president.

So go to the polls on Nov. 5 to cast

your vote.

In addition to the governor’s race,

you will have the chance, in many

towns and boroughs, to vote for schoolboard candidates and council/commit-

tee/mayoral candidates. When the

dust has settled, this could end up

being one of the more impactful elec-

tions on your daily life in recent mem-

ory.

Don’t be lazy. Don’t feel like Nov. 5,

2013, isn’t as special as Nov. 6, 2012,

was or as special as Nov. 8, 2016, willbe. That’s simply not true for New Jer-

seyans. And if you’re really in the vot-

ing spirit now, don’t forget you can

vote on Oct. 16 in a special election for

a U.S. Senate seat between Democrat

Cory Booker and Republican Steve

Lonegan.

This is going to be fun. Are you

ready to participate?

in our opinion

Get up off your couch and voteThis election is more impactf ul for N.J. residents than presidential race

Your thoughts

Do you plan on voting in the Nov. 5General Election? Why or why not? Doyou think it holds the same importanceas a presidential election? Let yourvoice be heard through a letter to theeditor.

Simple solution to Bear TavernRoad issue: Put up a sign

There is a simple and practical solutionto the Bear Tavern Road issue. Put up asign that says “25 MPH when lights areblinking,” just like near many schools.

This will be a one-time cost that the countymight be willing to pay or share.

The suggested solution of taking “con-trol” of the road comes at a huge price – aprice that will impact our taxes.

Is that cost to be absorbed by Bear Tav-ern Road residents or by the wholeHopewell and Pennington Township com-

munity? Let us not pamper somebody's egoto make it a 25 MPH zone, which is essen-tially necessary only when kids are pres-ent. Put up a sign and let a police car patrolthe area until folks get message to obey thespeed limit. It will work just the way folksobey the 25 MPH limit in Pennington.

Chandrakant Bhailalbhai Patel

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transported to police headquar-ters, where was processed and is-sued summonses for possessionof a controlled dangerous sub-stance, possession of drug para-phernalia, failing to maintainlane, driving while suspended,possession of a controlled dan-gerous substance in a motor vehi-cle and driving with an open con-tainer of alcohol in a vehicle. Shewas later released. Her case willbe forwarded to the Mercer Coun-

ty Prosecutors Office for review.

On Sept. 2 at 12:05 a.m., Det.Daniel McKeown stopped a motorvehicle on Route 29 for making anillegal turn. McKeown spoke withthe driver, a 63-year-old male, whohad an odor of alcohol on hisbreath. After performing field so-briety tests, the man was placedunder arrest and transported to

police headquarters. He wasprocessed and issued summonsesfor failing to observe signs, DWI,reckless driving and failure to in-spect his vehicle.

He was released to a friend. Hiscase will be heard in municipalcourt.

On Sept. 5 at 3:05 p.m., OfficerLouis Vastola stopped a motor ve-hicle for a cracked windshield vi-olation. Vastola spoke with thedriver, a 34-year-old female. Fur-ther investigation revealed thather license was suspended andshe was wanted on an outstand-ing warrant from Ewing Town-

ship. She was placed under arrestand transported to police head-quarters.

She was processed and issuedsummonses for driving with acracked windshield, drivingwhile suspended and drivingwithout insurance. The driverwas then released. Her case willbe heard in municipalcourt.

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WEDNESDAY SEPT. 25

Story Time with Ms. Cindy: 10:30a.m. at the Pennington PublicLibrary. Enjoy books, music and

crafts. The program is gearedtoward children ages 2 to 5, butthe entire family is welcome. Noregistration required.

THURSDAY SEPT. 26

Hopewell Township Planning Boardmeeting: 7:30 p.m. the fourthThursday of the month in theMunicipal Auditorium. For moreinformation visit hopewelltwp. org.

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SEPT. 27

Story Time: Ages 2 to 5. 10:30 a.m.to 11:15 a.m. at the HopewellLibrary. These story times intro-duce children to the best age-appropriate stories in children’sliterature. Action rhymes, songsand felt board activities are partof the program. The content ofeach story time centers on a dif-ferent theme. An age-appropriatecraft follows story time. Siblings

welcome. No registrationrequired.

SATURDAY SEPT. 28

Kids Yoga: Ages 2 to 4. 10 a.m. to10:45 a.m. at the HopewellLibrary. Join C. Louise Profit forthis new class. Using simple ani-mal poses and creative stories,your child will discover greaterbody awareness and developtechniques for self-control andcalming. The class will include funyoga poses, a story, group activi-ty and singing. No previous expe-rience is required. Adult supervi-sion and registration required. Goto mcl.org to register.

MONDAY SEPT. 30Kids’ Open Craft: Ages 3 to 8. 4

p.m. to 5:30 p.m. at the HopewellLibrary. Children may stop at thechildren’s activity room at anypoint to construct the craft of theweek. A staff member will bepresent to aid with the craft. Theprojects can usually be easilyadapted to meet a variety of age

and skill levels. No registrationrequired.

Story time: 10:30 a.m. at HopewellPublic Library. For toddlers andpre-schoolers. Stories, songs and

fingerplays. Registration is notrequired.

TUESDAY OCT. 1

English Language Conversations: 1p.m. at the Pennington PublicLibrary. Bambi Hegedus will leada relaxed and informal Englishconversation session. Partici-pants should have some knowl-edge of English.

Story time with Miss Cindy: Ages 2to 5. 10:30 a.m. at the Pennington

Public Library. Enjoy books,music and a craft. No registrationrequired.

Hopewell Township AgriculturalAdvisory Committee meeting:7:30 p.m. at the Township Build-ing first Tuesday of the month.Public is invited. For more infor-mation contact: Lucia Huebner at466-0277 or [email protected]; or John Hart at 737-2008 [email protected].

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Three vie for two committee

seats in Hopewell TownshipIn Hopewell Township, threecandidates are running for twothree-year terms on Committeein the Tuesday, Nov. 5 election.

Candidates include Republi-cans Todd Brant and John Hart,and Democrat Raymond Disch.

Following are profiles on eachcandidate. Check back in withThe Sun over the next month forour Meet the Candidates series,

featuring more detailed informa-tion about each candidate.

Todd BrantAge: 45Occupation: Director of Glob-

al Analytics & Market Sciencesfor Wyeth Nutrition, a NestleBusiness

Volunteer Work: HopewellTownship Planning Board, Boardof Directors and treasurer – Pen-nington Presbyterian NurserySchool, member of Pennington

Presbyterian Church and SundaySchool Sheppard, HopewellTownship member of RepublicanCounty Committee, HVRA Schol-arship Committee, served on Par-ent Advisory Council – HopewellElementary School, youth sportsCoach – T-ball and soccer

Why are you running?The issues that face Hopewell

Township are complex. Inessence, we need to create a sus-tainable business model that con-

tinues to deliver the high qualityservices our residents expect, in amanner that does not further bur-den the taxpayer, nor further con-gest the township, especially thesouthern tier. I strongly believe,through my 20-plus years work-ing with Fortune 100 companiesdeveloping and implementingstrategies to grow and be compet-itive in the marketplace longterm, I have the strategic acumenand collaborative approach to cre-atively solve these problems.

If elected, what is your toppriority?

My top priority is to increasecommunication and collabora-tion across the governing bodies(e.g. Township Committee, Board

of Ed, Plan-ning Board,etc.) and resi-dents, to devel-op and ad-vance a com-mon visionand sustain-able businessmodel forHopewell’s fu-

ture. Thetenets of the vision will seek topreserve our agricultural andopen space heritage, nurture asafe and enriching environmentfor our children, and strengthencommunity spirit.

Raymond E. Disch, Jr.Age: 58Occupation: Co-founder and

managing partner of Total HomeManger, as well as a real estatebroker with Callaway Henderson

Sotheby's International RealityVolunteer Work: Hopewell

Valley YMCA,Hopewell BoroEconomic De-velopmentCommittee,Arts Council,Save St.Michael'scoach, formerHopewell Bor-ough Council

(1988-1992),member of theHopewellTownship Council on AffordableHousing (2006-2011)

Why are you running?I was on the Hopewell Borough

Council back in 1988 through 1992and enjoyed it very much. I toldmy two boys that when they wereboth out of college I would runfor office again, and they bothgraduated in May. At the sametime, the Hopewell Democratic

Committee, which I have been amember of for many years, askedme if I would run and I said yes,now is the time. I am very inter-ested in all public affairs and poli-tics and have been since I was in

college myself. My BS is in indus-trial and labor relations from Cor-nell University, where I focusedon the dynamics and laws thatregulate the labor managementrelationship and that is politicalby definition; needless to say, poli-tics and everything it encompass-es is of interest to me. I hope to bemore and more involved in politi-cal and social discourse for the

rest of my life. My sons arelaunched and it is time to be evenmore involved than in my past.


If elected, I want to promotesmall businesses as jobs that areour most important economicchallenge at this time. And, asyou know, most new jobs are cre-ated by small business. As wegrow jobs, we also need to ensurethey are sustainable and protectour environment at the same

time. I am also interested in sup-porting healthy activities for ouryouth and at the same time pro-mote our artists and artisans inthe Hopewell Valley. I will alsobring to the Committee years andyears of small business experi-ence to help run our governmentboth more economically and effi-ciently.

John HartAge: 60

Occupation: Owner of JohnHart Farms, co-owner of Rosedale Mills

VolunteerWork: 15years on thePlanningBoard, mem-ber of HopewellTownship En-vironmentalCommissionand Agricul-

tural AdvisoryCommittee,former Town-ship Committee member (1994-

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talking with my friends,” Gambi-no said. “What intrigued me themost was that this Eagle Scoutproject was very unique andwould stand out from other proj-ects that I have heard about in thepast.”

Gambino will construct andmaintain 20 birdhouses at thefield in Hopewell Township,which will take approximatelynine months to complete, he said.

After the houses are built,Gambino will be collecting data – plant and bird populations – andentering it into a national data-base to compare with earlier cen-suses.

“I feel that this is the most im-portant part of the project,” hesaid.

The second project that theDRCSP and DRGP are working on

is an invasive species removalproject in the state-designatedBulls Island Natural Area in Hun-terdon County.

Repeated flooding along the

banks of the Delaware Riverwashed away many of the nativeshrub and wildflowers foundwithin the Bulls Island NaturalArea. As a result, a slew of Japan-ese knotweed, an unwanted inva-sive species, became prolific with-in this area, Fox said.

“We’re going through a longprocess to get rid of the Japaneseknotweed,” she said.

Funding was provided to re-move the knotweed and replant

with locally native plants.Wild Ridge Plants, a Hillsbor-ough-based native plant company,is assisting with the replanting,Fox said.

“Jared and his wife Rachel[owners] came and collected localseeds from the plants growing onand near the island, and havebeen propagating,” she said. “Wewant to replant heavily to take

over the areas with native plantsthat should be there before theknotweed has a chance to growover it.”

To get the replanting under-

way, Fox is seeking volunteers toassist with planting native plantsat Bull’s Island on Sunday, Oct. 6.

Volunteers should comedressed in long-sleeve pants,shirts and insect repellant. Volun-teers are also advised to bringwater.

Gambino is also contributingto this project by donating one of his birdhouses to the Bull’s Islandrecreational area, with instruc-tions for visitors to build them-

selves.Anyone interested in volun-teering must register with Fox bycalling (609) 924-5705 or [email protected].

The DRGP is a bi-state non-profit organization whose mis-sion is to promote cross-river co-operation and protection of themultiple resources of the LowerDelaware River watershed.

TWENTYContinued from page 2

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2000), former township mayor(1997-1998)

Why are you running?Because people asked me to

run. Lately, I’m a little disturbedabout how much money the town-ship spends on buying real estate.We’re not in the real estate busi-ness; I keep telling them that. Ba-sically, the arrogance of Town-ship Committee aggravates me.Maybe if I’m not in the audience,

they’ll listen to me if I’m sittingup there again.


To oversee the running of thetownship. I’m just going there tocontribute to running the town-ship. The way it’s run now, if itwere a business, they’d be out of business. We’ve got to be more af-fordable. We’re trying to keep itaffordable for young people, andright now, it’s not affordable at all.We should stay out of buying realestate altogether. We can’t affordto take care of the properties; thatshould be left for someone else.

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for two Committee seatsCANDIDATESContinued from page 9

pires in 2015; the Hopewell ValleyEducation Support ProfessionalsAssociation, which expires in2015; the Hopewell Valley Direc-tors & Supervisors Association,which expires in 2015; theHopewell Valley Administrators& Supervisors Association, whichexpires in 2014; and the HopewellValley Network AdministratorsAssociation, which expires in2014.

“The Board of Education want-ed to complete the teachers’ con-tract first, and that took untilJune, including impasse time,”Colavita said. “The others movedmore quickly, and the last,HVNAA, was approved at the lastmeeting in August.”

The average annual salary in-

crease for the HVEA, HVDSA,HVASA and HVNAA for the termof the contract is 2.2 percent.

The HVESPA – consisting of

secretaries, paraprofessionalsand custodial staff – took a salaryfreeze and received no increase in2010-2011. They received a $1,200payment in 2011-12, a 2.4 percentincrease in 2012-13, and 2.2 per-cent increase in 2013-14 and 2014-15, for an average increase of 2.7percent annually for the new con-tract term, not including the 2010-11 pay freeze, Colavita said.

“We gave the HVESPA slightlymore to reward their demonstrat-

ed loyalty for taking a freeze in2010-11,” said Lisa Wolff, BOEpresident. “Plus, support staff isour lowest paid unit, so it will bemore difficult for them to absorbtheir increasing health benefitpremiums.”

The organizations’ averagesalaries before the contract re-

newals were $70,303 for theHVEA, $69,252 for the HVNAA,$126,100 for the HVASA, $85,347for the HVDSA and $55,864 for the

HVESPA.The district also standardized

some language across all con-tracts, which should simplify theprocess in the future. On the lastthree contracts (HVDSA, HVASAand HVNAA), the BOE changedhow pay is structured from a diffi-cult to understand factor systemto a more commonly used systemof pay grade ranges.

“That should provide moreflexibility,” Colavita said.

All five units also switched tothe state health insurance plan,saving the district $1 million inthe first year. In addition to

changing plans, because of statelegislation, all participants haveincreased their contributions to-ward health benefits.

“For some employees, in-creased benefit contributions willexceed the pay raise and result ina net decrease in pay,” Colavitasaid.

According to the HVRSD busi-ness office, state health benefitpremiums increased 17 percentfor the 2013 calendar year.

“I’m glad that we started thisschool year with no compensa-tion matters outstanding,” Wolff said. “It was challenging since all

collective bargaining agreementscame due at once. We have stag-gered the terms, so hopefully thatwill not happen again.”

Wolff credits Leigh Ann Peter-son, chair of the negotiation com-mittee, for expediting the processand ensuring the job got done.

“Overall, I believe that this out-come was the most fair for every-one,” she said. “The board agreedto reasonable salaries to benefitthose teaching and supportingour students, while being mindfulthat personnel costs represent thelion's share of our taxpayer-sup-ported budget.”

“Hopewell Valley is a very spe-cial community, and that was re-flected in this process, whereeveryone from our support staff

and teachers through our admin-istrators collaborated with ourboard to find the most equitablesolution,” Wolff said.

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