Montgomery Township Committee appointed School board member Victoria "Cookie" Franco-Herman as the new chairperson of the Montgomery/Rocky Hill Municipal Alliance and Youth Services Commission (MAC-YSC), at its August 6 meeting.

Two loop roads, Nevius Boulevard and Bolmer Corner, will open on Friday, Aug. 7 in Montgomery Township, NJ. A third new road, Village Drive, is tentatively scheduled to open on Monday, Aug. 10. Over time, additional left turn restrictions will be implemented at the Route 206/518 intersection to further improve the flow of traffic, according to township officials.

Whole Foods Market will open a new 45,000-square-foot store, located in the Montgomery Promenade shopping center on Route 606 in Skillman on August 21. The store will open at 8 am on opening day, and regular store hours will be 8 am to 9 pm daily.

Joe Lockwood, a 28-year-old trumpeter and 2016 graduate of Montgomery High School, NJ, and his partner Morgan Walbridge opened a recording studio and gathering space in the artsy Fishtown section of Philadelphia.

Siddartha Surapanani, an 18-year-old Belle Mead, NJ, resident charged with vehicular homicide and fleeing the scene on foot, is a biology major in Seton Hall University's joint B.S./M.D. program, according to his LinkedIn page. The victim, Deepa Sripathy, 44, of Bridgewater, was pronounced dead at the scene. She was a married mother of two, according to her obituary.

Dianne L. (Merlo) Senko of Belle Mead, NJ, died early morning on Saturday, July 25, surrounded by loved ones, after a four-year battle with Multiple Myeloma. She was 70.

The Russian School of Mathematics (RSM) brought together more than 1,300 students, parents, and teachers across New Jersey at its annual award ceremony, recognizing 320 students for their achievement in mathematics and their participation in national and international competitions. Among them were 136 students from RSM Princeton, RSM's largest New Jersey location, including many students from Montgomery.