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Montgomery Police Report a Rash of Burglaries and Two Stolen Cars
Three Belle Mead homes near Route 206 were burglarized “since October” police said. Each of the homes were in an area that had little or...
The Montgomery News
Nov 9, 20192 min read


Steele's Wine Cellar Grand Re-opening
Alana and Justin Steele are hosting a grand re-opening of Steele's Wine Cellar Friday, Nov 8, from 4 pm to 9 pm in the Montgomery...
The Montgomery News
Nov 8, 20192 min read


Local Engineer-turned-artist to Exhibit Her Work at Rocky Hill Library
Montgomery Township Artist Samia Hafiz Shaaban will display her acrylic paintings in the Mary Jacobs Memorial Library's conference room...
The Montgomery News
Nov 8, 20191 min read


Democrats Take Montgomery
Kent Huang (D) and Devra Keenan (D) to join three other Democrats on Montgomery Township Committee in January. Montgomery Democrats Kent...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 5, 20193 min read
Residents Warned of ‘Robocalls’ about Polling Locations
Somerset County residents who receive automated “robocalls” announcing a change in their polling location are advised that this is a...
Somerset County Clerk
Nov 4, 20191 min read


No Contest for Montgomery School Board
Five candidates are running for five seats on the Montgomery School District School Board — which includes Rocky Hill Borough. Voters...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Shreesh R. Tiwari, Montgomery School Board Candidate
Shreesh R. Tiwari Skillman Five-year incumbent ● Running for a three-year term ● Partner / business technology leader for ZS, a...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Jinesh "Jin" Patel, Montgomery School Board Candidate
Jinesh "Jin" Patel Belle Mead Appointed in 2019 to fill Rick Cavalli's seat ● Running for a three-year term (The seat is currently held...
The Montgomery News
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Raghib Muhammad, Montgomery School Board Candidate
Raghib Muhammad Skillman ● Running for a one-year term (the unexpired term of Paul Johnson who resigned earlier this year) ● Senior IT...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Michael J. Morack Jr., Montgomery School Board Candidate
Michael J. Morack Jr. Belle Mead Appointed in 2019 to fill Paul Johnson's seat ● Running for a two-year term ● Bachelor’s degree in...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Phyllis Bursh, Montgomery School Board Candidate
Posted November 3, 2019 Phyllis Bursh, Skillman 3-year incumbent School board vice president ● Running for a three-year term ●...
Barbara A. Preston
Nov 3, 20191 min read


Sylvia C. Kokatnur, 88
Sylvia Cummings Kokatnur, 88, formerly of Belle Mead, died in Lompoc, CA on November 1. In addition to living in Belle Mead for 46 years,...
The Montgomery News
Nov 1, 20192 min read


Four Candidates Running for Two Seats in Trenton / Including Two from Montgomery Twp
Elections 2019 District 16 Assembly Candidates in alphabetical order are: Mark Caliguire (R) of Montgomery Twp; Roy Freiman (D) of...
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 31, 20191 min read


Andrew Zwicker (D) Candidate for NJ State Assembly
South Brunswick Age: 55 Profession: educator, scientist Q: Why are you running? “For the same reason I ran back in 2015 — to be an...
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 31, 20192 min read


Christine Madrid (R) Candidate for NJ Assembly
Montgomery Township Age: 40 Profession: homemaker. Q: Why are you running? “Because I don’t think the incumbents are serving the people...
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 31, 20192 min read


Roy Freiman (D) Candidate for NJ Assembly
Hillsborough Age: 60 Profession: full-time lawmaker Q: Why are you running? “I earnestly believe that all of NJ’s problems can be solved....
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 31, 20192 min read


Mark Caliguire (R) Candidate for State Assembly
Montgomery Township Age: 58 Lawyer Q: Why are you running? “NJ is on the wrong track. We’re accelerating towards becoming more like...
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 31, 20193 min read


Montgomery Township Committee Candidates
There are four candidates running for two seats on the Montgomery Township Committee in the Nov 5 general election. Candidates, in...
Barbara A. Preston
Oct 30, 20191 min read


Ed Trzaska (R)
Ed Trzaska Belle Mead Business Insights Leader at Novartis Q: Top three Monty issues? 1) Keeping spending/taxes as low as possible. 2)...
Barbara A. Preston
Oct 30, 20193 min read


Kamran Quraishi (R)
Kamran Quraishi (R) Belle Mead Senior Software QA Analyst, IQVIA Q: Top three Monty issues? 1) Keeping Montgomery as affordable as...
The Montgomery News
Oct 30, 20193 min read


Devra Keenan (D), Candidate for Monty Twp Committee
The Montgomery News | Posted Oct. 30, 2019 Devra Keenan (D), a Belle Mead resident, owns High Impact Advisors Q: What are the top three...
Barbara A. Preston
Oct 30, 20192 min read


Kent Huang (D): Candidate for Montgomery Township Committee
By Barbara A. Preston | Oct 30, 2019 Kent Huang, Belle Mead Chief Risk Officer, Mount Lucas Management Q: What are the top three issues...
Barbara A. Preston
Oct 30, 20193 min read


Two Contenders for Somerset County Sheriff
The two contenders for Somerset County Sheriff debated the role of cooperating with federal immigration authorities and gave their...
By Philip Sean Curran
Oct 22, 20194 min read


Groundbreaking for 86-Unit Affordable Apartment Building in Montgomery Township on Oct 23
By Barbara A. Preston | October 19, 2019 PIRHL Developers, LLC (PIRHL), in partnership with H.E.L.P. Development Corp (HELP), announced...
Barbara A. Preston
Oct 19, 20194 min read




















