Montgomery Township, NJ — Shivani Popat of Montgomery transitioned from a job as a senior consultant with Deloitte Consulting, representing the Mumbai Metropolitan region, to opening her own business that allows her creativity to flow. Called Magical Skye, the business specializes in producing one-of-a-kind keepsakes, party favors, and hand-painted greeting cards.

In a district ranked among the top 1% of public schools in the nation, parents and students might expect stability, communication, and mutual respect between the Board of Education, parents, and the educators who make that excellence possible. Instead, Montgomery Township has become defined by tension and distrust, a conflict that threatens the very quality of education that earned it such distinction.

Ashwin Jaju, a textile engineer and owner of a company that specializes in high-performance athleticwear for companies such as Patagonia, Nike, and RipCurl to name a few, has a hobby farm on a small plot of land outside of his Skillman office. He has offered flowers for sale in the past. Now he is experimenting with saffron crocus.

The Montgomery Township NJ School Board narrowly approved a free program at its September meeting to help students who experience mental health issues and to prevent teen suicide. The program, Hope Squad, was endorsed by multiple district educators. And, a Belle Mead resident who is helping to fund the program, spoke about her niece’s experience with depression and how this program may have saved her.

Montgomery Township Committee NJ Ratifies a New Contract with Police on Monday, November 27, 2025. The contract equates to annual salary increases of about 3.75% for the next four years.

Rocky Hill resident Sean Kucharski and his finance Brandie L. Merunka like to spend evenings fishing for catfish off the Washington Street bridge over the Millstone River. Perhaps this hobby might change, after Kucharski was struck by a bicycle in the dark of night and, in his words, was "almost killed."

Recruitment efforts to hire three new officers began in February, with a total of 96 applications. Of those, the Montgomery Police Department selected three. All three were affirmed by the Township Committee, and two were sworn in at town hall on October 16.