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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...
Elizabeth “Bettie” F. Stevens, 93
Her primary career was always her family. Elizabeth “Bettie” F. Stevens, 93, died Wednesday, January 31st at Stonebridge Rehabilitation Center in Montgomery Township. Born in Brooklyn on April 9, 1930, only child of James and Florence Burnett, Elizabeth grew up in Rockaway, NY, where she found her love for the beach, fishing, dancing, and swimming.
Matt D’Avino - The Montgomery News Athlete of the Month
Matt D’Avino—a D1 athlete soon to be playing for Lehigh University—says football has been a force in his life since the first time he played in seventh grade. A Division 1 (D1) student-athlete participates in a college NCAA Division 1 sports program. It is the most competitive and intense division.
Monty High School Grad Opens Diamond Care Dental in Skillman
It seems a short while ago, Naina Kaushal Gogna was sitting behind a desk at Montgomery High School. Now she is back on the same street, Route 601, about a mile from her old school. On Friday, February 9 at 5 pm she will have a grand opening with a...
Barbara Ann Darvin, 87
Barbara Ann Darvin, a resident of Montgomery for 54 years, died peacefully on January 20, 2024 surrounded by her family. Barbara was born on January 2, 1937 in New Brunswick, NJ to Robert and Anna (Chek) Carkhuff. She met the love of her life, Alvin “Bud” Darvin while attending high school in Highland Park. They married on April 14, 1956, and were married for nearly 68 years.
Montgomery Township Planning Board to Hold Public Hearing on Carrier Clinic Plans
Montgomery Township Planning Board will hold a public hearing on Monday, February 12 at 7 pm on an application submitted by HMH Carrier Clinic. The meeting will take place at the Montgomery Township Municipal Building, 100 Community Drive, in Skillman. All interested persons will be given an opportunity to be heard.
Notice of Annual Fire District Election and Budget Referendum in Montgomery Township
Notice is hereby given that the annual fire district election will be held on Saturday, February 17 at the Montgomery Township Fire Company No. 2 firehouse at 529 County Route 518, in Blawenburg. Polls will be open between the hours of 2 pm and 9 pm for the purpose of...
NJ Panel Dismisses Ethics Violation Charges against a Montgomery School Board Member, But Says Charges Were Not Frivolous
The NJ School Ethics Commission dismissed a complaint in January that alleged a Montgomery school board member violated ethics rules by introducing a motion to suspend full-day kindergarten, after Montgomery citizens had voted to approve it. Montgomery resident Christine Newman had filed the complaint with the School Ethics Commission on...
Planning Board Approves 54-Unit Housing Development on Route 206 in Belle Mead
Planning board members recently approved the application for a multifamily residential community on Route 206 in Belle Mead, under multiple conditions. According to the Environmental Impact Statement prepared by EcolSciences, Inc., “the development project consists of three two-story affordable housing apartment buildings with 18 residential units and 36 three-bedroom townhomes with driveways and two-car garages, for a total of 54 proposed residential units and associated parking.
Belle Mead Man Arrested in Connection to a Carjacking on Interstate 195
Two men, including a 28-year-old Belle Mead resident, are accused of carjacking a friend's vehicle while driving with him to Asbury Park on Sunday, police said. The victim was left on the side of the road, uninjured. Wall Township Police responded to the reported carjacking on Interstate 195 and State...
Lavender Farm Graces the Cover of 2024 NJ Travel Guide
Families nationwide who are planning a vacation in 2024 will get a taste of Montgomery Township when they explore the state visitor’s bureaus or tourism websites. Gracing the cover of the 113- page official New Jersey travel guide is The Hidden Spring Lavender & Alpaca Farm. The guide, available at VisitNJ.org, puts Montgomery right up there with Atlantic City, Cape May, Asbury Park, Lambertville, Wildwood, and other tourist destinations in the state. It also puts central New Jersey in the market for people looking for a vacation.
All men are created equal except …George Washington and Hannah Till
February is both Black History Month and the birth month of George Washington, the first president of the United States. You may not realize it but Washington was an enslaver for 56 years (he inherited 10 slaves when he was only 11 years old) and, at the time of his death in 1799, there were 317 enslaved people working at his 8,000-acre Mount Vernon estate in Virginia.
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