The Montgomery Township Committee will be voting on a resolution tonight to conduct a "Study for An Area in Need of Redevelopment for Kenvue Site" and "Authorizing Execution of Escrow Agreement with E. Kahn Development to Fund Costs Associated with Area in Need of Redevelopment Study and Potential Designation of Site," according the meeting agenda. The meeting begins at 7 pm.

The Montgomery Board of Education voted 5 to 3 on September 15 in favor of renewing Superintendent Mary E. McLoughlin's contract for five years with a 20% Increase in year one after a lengthy discussion that was at times contentious. Ultimately, the board ruled that she should be compensated commensurately with her peer superintendents.

Montgomery Township Administrator and Planning Director Lori Savron outlined an updated vision for the former Belle Mead Train Station area on September 14, including a proposed 189 market-rate apartment development. She covered the project's evolution, revised architectural concept plans, and its central role in the Montgomery Township affordable housing strategy. It is designed to offset the recent extension of affordability controls on 96 existing units at Pike Run.

The Montgomery Planning Board unanimously granted final major site plan approval tonight to Atlantic Realty to construct a one-story retail building on Route 206 in Belle Mead. Known as Building 4, it would be located within the existing Montgomery Place Shopping Center, home to Kasia Market, CVS, and other shops.

The Montgomery Board of Education plans to decide how much its school superintendent should be paid tonight as it reviews the contract of its veteran school superintendent Mary McLoughlin. The meeting begins at 6 pm in the Orchard Hill Elementary School cafeteria. The proposed five-year contract offers a salary adjustment in the first year, offering a retroactive increase from $233,398 to $279,000 (for the period beginning on July l, 2026 and ending June 30, 2027).

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Gabriela Zayova decided not to answer questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Chunxiao “Chris” Xu answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Eric D. Seguin answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate John Sangiovanni answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Sharon Marro answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Christina Harris answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Nekulkumar “Nick” Barot answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Karen Anderson answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery Township School Board Candidate Kara Alaimo answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding her candidacy in the 2026 general election.

The skies were overcast and uncertain, but the spirits of three dozen citizens gathered in Rocky Hill's Panicaro Park on the 25th anniversary of 9/11 were clear and determined of purpose.

A Superior Court Judge decided on Friday that Belle Mead resident Siddartha Surapanani, a recent Montgomery High School graduate and pre-med student at Seton Hall University charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a woman on Route 202 in Raritan, will appear before a Grand Jury. During the hearing, Surapanani's lawyer said his client has no memory of the four days surrounding the event. The prosecutor told the judge there was THC in the defendant's urinalysis from the

As traffic is heavier than ever on Montgomery Township roads, residents are complaining. Pedestrians cannot safely cross streets, drivers speed along local roads, driving erratically and crossing double yellow lines to pass those who obey the speed limit. And, 16 fatal accidents have been registered in Somerset County so far this year. The Montgomery Township Police Department is taking proactive measures to avoid catastrophes. They conducted several targeted traffic enforcem

For Tiger's Tale Bar & Grill and Tito's Mexican Restaurant in Montgomery, thieves recently made off with $1700 of used cooking oil, which the owners typical sell to recyclers who use it for renewable biodiesel production, animal feed manufacturing, and industrial applications in in a wide variety of industrial products, including soaps, detergents, shampoos, cosmetics, and rubber.

Twenty-five years after the September 11, 2001, attack on the World Trade Center, the volunteers of Montgomery Emergency Medical Services will gather this evening to remember what they saw, and what they did next. A remembrance ceremony marking the 25th anniversary of attacks is scheduled for 6 pm at Blawenburg ​​Firehouse, 529 Route 518 in Skillman.

Montgomery sculptor Don Campbell will have his work on display at Morpeth Contemporary, 43 West Broadway, Hopewell, from September 19 through October 4. The exhibition will also be part of the Hopewell Tour Des Arts, September 26–27.

Amid a significant increase in fatal motor vehicle crashes in recent months, Somerset County officials are urging motorists to make safe driving a priority.

It’s time to grab a great deal and support our local restaurants. The Montgomery Economic Development Committee presents Montgomery Restaurant Week 2026 from September 14 - 20.

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions, but not to their own facts. That principle matters as Rocky Hill turns the page on a long and difficult chapter involving the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library. On March 18, 2026, Superior Court Judge Haekyoung Suh entered final judgment in the litigation over the library and the Mary Jacobs Foundation.

The incorporators of the Harold and Mary Jacobs Library Foundation, Inc. (HMJLF) are pleased to announce the Foundation’s inaugural Board of Trustees. The following Rocky Hill residents will serve on the board: W. J. “Brad” Bradhering, Susan Bristol, Connie Hallman, William K. Hallman, Jon Lee, Bailey Occhipinti, Wendy Rayner, and Eric White.