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Skillman Consumer Healthcare Company to Relocate HQ, Layoffs
“While Johnson & Johnson’s consumer healthcare spinoff Kenvue prepares to move into a swanky new headquarters in Summit, it appears some staffers won’t be joining the company in the transition,” according to Fierce Pharma. Kenvue disclosed 51 layoffs in a Worker Adjustment Retraining and Notification (WARN) alert...
Montgomery Township Budget Calls for a 3.85 Percent Tax Rate Increase in 2023
Montgomery Township Committee approved the 2023 municipal budget of $35.1 million at its May 4 meeting. Property owners will have a small tax rate increase to fund township operations for 2023. Chief Financial Officer Michael Pitts, in his budget presentation to township committee in April, pointed out that it’s important...
Max Mahoney - The Montgomery News Athlete of the Month for March
While most track races generally involve people running in a straight line or in circles, Max Mahoney’s journey as an athlete had more in common with a steeplechase course. Mahoney has, metaphorically, hit a few immobile barriers and landed in the water jump in his search for a sport that was the right fit.
Challenges to Balancing the Montgomery Township Municipal Budget – Inflation, Salaries, Benefits
Employee salaries, benefit packages, and inflation are key factors expected to influence Montgomery’s 2024 municipal budget — which is expected to be introduced to the public at the Township Committee Meeting on April 4. Michael Pitts, the township’s CFO and tax collector, talked with The Montgomery News about...
John T. Petriello, Jr., 65
John T. Petriello Jr., 65, of Skillman died peacefully on Thursday, February 29, 2024, at home surrounded by his loving family. He was born and raised in Scranton, PA. John resided in Mendham, NJ for 25 years prior to moving to Princeton in 2021. John worked as a Financial Advisor at Merrill Lynch for 30 years.
Eugene (Gene) DeNagel, 94
Eugene (Gene) DeNagel 94, of Princeton, NJ, died December 2023. He was born in Newark, NY in 1929 to Gretchen and Peter DeNagel. As an only child, he won a newspaper boys contest for selling the most War Bonds, earning for his mother the privilege of christening a military ship named "The Yellow Tavern."
Montgomery Township Planning Board Approves Carrier Clinic Plans to Expand and Renovate
The Montgomery Township Planning Board unanimously approved Carrier Clinic’s application on February 12 to expand and renovate its existing Behavioral Health Facility located on East Mountain Road and Belle Mead-Blawenburg Road (County Route 601). Architect’s rendering of the proposed adolescent unit. At the public hearing in the Montgomery...
Head-on Collision on Route 206 by Montgomery Road Results in Multiple Serious Injuries
Montgomery police and EMS responded to a three-car accident on Route 206 in Skillman, between Montgomery Road and Sycamore Lane, involving a head-on collision with serious injuries on Sunday, March 3 at 2:46 pm. A police investigation found that Oksana Semyrozum, 43, of Hillsborough was driving south on Route 206...
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the D&R Canal State Park
A variety of events are planned throughout 2024 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Delaware and Raritan Canal Park. In 1974, most of the Delaware and Raritan Canal was declared a New Jersey state park, which is now used for canoeing, kayaking, cycling, fishing, horseback riding, birding, walking, jogging, and enjoying nature. On October 10, 1974, the New Jersey State Legislature approved the creation of the D&R Canal State Park and the D&R Canal Commission. Canal Watch, the nonprofit friends group that supports the park, is helping to sponsor the celebratory events this year.
Middle School Student Wins National Award for Creating a Music App
Eighth grader Ryan Naini, 13, won theCoderSchool 2024 Best National App award. Naini, who attends Montgomery Upper Middle School, created the app called Lyriks using React, an open-source front-end JavaScript library. Ryan Naini and his mother Aparna Sahoo in the Montgomery Library. He told The Montgomery News that he created...
Construction Begins on Montgomery Promenade Shopping Center on Route 206, Just North of Princeton
After 15 to 20 years of planning, bulldozers and work crews are on site excavating and preparing a 53.5-acre field on Route 206, just north of Princeton Airport, to become the largest shopping center in the township — Montgomery Promenade. “Right now, we are just starting our project,” Dimitri...
Steps You Can Take to Reduce Flooding in Montgomery, Plant Trees
If you have experienced flooding in your basement, or the closure of local roads and bridges due to high water, then you realize the necessity to expand efforts to manage stormwater in our area and throughout the state. Winter Storm Finn caused significant flooding in Montgomery Township on January 9...
Montgomery Municipal Center to Feature Artist Clem Fiori
INAUGURAL EXHIBITION: The lobby of the Montgomery Municipal Center now houses Clem Fiori’s exhibition, and will host future showcases organized by the Montgomery Arts Council. The Montgomery Municipal Center will host local artist and longtime resident Clem Fiori at a free artist reception and talk on Thursday, February 29...
Farmers Market Moves to the Montgomery Municipal Center
The move is expected to bring new life to the township’s recently developed municipal complex. The Montgomery Friends of Open Space (MFOS) Farmers Market is relocating to the Montgomery Municipal Center at the corner of Orchard Road and Route 206 on Saturday, February 24. Future winter markets inside the...
Many Doctors Say School Should Never Begin Before 8:30 am, Find Out Why
Alexander Wolfson, MD, asked the Montgomery School Board during its public comment session on January 5 to re-visit school start times. Dr. Wolfson, who has two children in the Montgomery public schools, said he wanted to follow up on a letter the Montgomery Board of Health (MBOH) sent to the school nearly two years ago.
Somerset County to Expand Sourland Mountain Preserve by 402 Acres
The 6,000-acre Sourland Mountain Preserve in Montgomery Township and Hillsborough will expand by another 402 acres. Somerset County officials voted this week to purchase the former Hillsborough Golf & Country Club, located on the northwest side of the preserve, for $6.75 million. Photo of a dairy barn on the Hillsborough...
A Montgomery Police Officer and EMS Help Deliver a Baby Boy in Belle Mead, Fire at a Local Church, and Traffic Report
Montgomery Police and Montgomery EMS responded to a Belle Mead residence for the report of a pregnant woman in labor on January 30 at approximately 10:02 am. Upon arrival, Officer Carolyn LaRue located the patient. She and Montgomery EMS members delivered the baby boy inside the residence. The newborn and his mother were transported by Montgomery EMS to St. Peter’s Hospital.
The Most Interesting Man in Montgomery
Shout-out to Anthony “Tony” Parziale, the general manager of Princeton Fitness & Wellness Center, for being named The Most Interesting Man in Montgomery by Central New Jersey Network. Watch a 4.49-minute video of Tony Parziale, the most interesting man in Montgomery, at cnjn.org. Parziale was named the Guinness...
Patrick Todd, First Black Man Elected President of the Montgomery School Board
Patrick Todd worked as a detective in the Essex County Prosecutor's Office, located in New Jersey's largest city. Newark, home to the Grape Street Crips, Pirus, and the Sex Money Murder Bloods — to name a few active gangs — is a far cry from suburban Montgomery Township, or, as he says, “down here in Mayberry.”
Inside Montgomery: Why is there so much development in our town right now?
— Op-Ed — Yes, there is a lot of construction going on in town. We all see it. One important thing to realize is that, even though a development plan is approved, it doesn’t mean it will get built immediately. Most of the projects being built now were...
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