New Hope officials expect to reactivate historic review board in January
HARB meeting (file) New Hope Borough Council plans to appoint new members to its Historical Architectural Review Board (HARB) at its Dec. 17 meeting so that the group can begin functioning again. HARB hasn’t More...
Odettes Developers to Seek Permission at Tuesday Meeting to Demolish Sides of Building
The owners of the former Odette’s Restaurant and property on South Main Street will be seeking permission from New Hope’s Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) on Tuesday to demolish parts of the More...
Overhaul plan for Moo Hope Ice Cream building turned down by New Hope historic review board
Rendering of proposed Moo Hope building redesign from Oct. 2015. The application by the owners of Moo Hope Ice Cream to refurbish their structure at 22. S. Main St. was unanimously denied by New Hope’s Historic More...
New Hope Borough Council President Claire Shaw nixes talk about street closures at Tuesday meeting; discussion ensues anyway
Tuesday night’s meeting of Borough Council had a slightly more Kafkaesque quality than usual, owing largely to Council President Claire Shaw’s late decision to axe a scheduled discussion by well-known New More...
New Hope Borough Council announces advisory board position vacancies
Notice from Borough Hall: “New Hope Borough Council is seeking interested individuals to fill vacancies on various advisory boards. “Regular and/or alternate positions are available on the Planning Commission, More...
New Hope Borough Council president risks appearance of conflict of interest by not recusing herself from review of project next door
Proposed project site (foreground) and Claire Shaw’s property (background, fenced) New Hope Borough Council President Claire Shaw would be well-advised to create some distance between herself and the borough’s More...
HARB meeting shocker: New Hope Borough Council takes Odette’s proposal out of historic review board’s hands
New Hope Borough Council President Claire Shaw (file photo) Several members of New Hope’s Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) appeared shocked and dismayed Tuesday night as it was revealed by Borough More...
VIDEO: Plan to build massive ’boutique’ hotel/restaurant on Odette’s site in New Hope meets serious pushback, HARB-style
New Hope HARB Chairperson Iain Haight-Ashton (Photo: Charlie Sahner) New Hope’s Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) considered a conceptual plan Tuesday night that would see the remains of the famed More...
