Johnson & Johnson on Feb. 18 announced a more than $1 billion investment in a new next generation cell therapy manufacturing facility in Pennsylvania that will provide 4,000 construction jobs and 500 skilled biomanufacturing jobs once it is fully operational. The site in Lower Gwynedd, Montgomery County, is 39 miles from 199 Grandview Road in Montgomery Township, where J&J built a manufacturing plant in the 1970s that included diaper production.

The tiny borough of Rocky Hill, nestled along the D&R Canal State Park and within walking distance to the booming real estate markets of Princeton and Montgomery Township, may see a huge population spike. The historic village has about 280 households, but that may increase by another 91 homes in the form of condos and rowhomes on a historic farm property off Princeton Avenue. This 32% increase would include 18 affordable units.

Rocky Hill watercolor artist Hank Bristol will unveil some of his recent landscapes at the Present Day Club in Princeton, beginning this month. Bristol grew up sailing and swimming at the Jersey Shore. In college, he studied art history and black and white photography. Later in graduate school, he studied architecture.

Hillsborough police arrested Priyatharsini Natarajan, 35, on Jan. 13 for allegedly murdering her two sons, ages 5 and 7, in her Hillsborough home, according to the Somerset County Prosecutor’s Office. This is the second time in about four years that a mother was charged with killing her two young children in Hillsborough.

A new law in New Jersey will phase out all intoxicating hemp sales by gas stations, convenience stores, and smoke shops, such as Montgomery's Rainbow Smoke Shop. This will include candy-shaped edibles, seltzers, and delta-8 loose leaf weed. A loophole currently allows the hemp, as well as potent THC seltzer, to be sold at smoke shops and all liquor stores, including, Skillman Wine & Liquor. The loophole will be eliminated by Thanksgiving 2026.

In a wooded area off Dead Tree Run on the former Terhune Farm in Montgomery Township is an old, squeaky but well-engineered, self-governing windmill, about some 40 feet in height, that is visible from the road.

Skillman has a new Turkish restaurant. Mira Mediterranean Grill, offering chicken kebabs, falafel (deep fried chickpeas), and gyro doner (a combo of ground beef and lamb sliced thin), opened recently in Skillman.