Montgomery, NJ - George DeSanctis (R) is running against incumbent Patricia Taylor-Todd (D) for a 3-year-term on Montgomery Township Committee. DeSanctis answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery, NJ - Montgomery Township Committee Candidate Chris Venis (R) answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Montgomery, NJ - Montgomery Township Committee Candidate Doug Herring (D) answers questions from The Montgomery News regarding his candidacy in the 2026 general election.

Belle Mead, NJ – Montgomery police, Fire Companies No. 1 and No. 2, and Montgomery EMS responded to a single-family house fire in the 300 block of County Route 601 on October 5 at 10:47 pm. Heavy smoke awoke the residents, who were able to evacuate from the residence. They were treated by EMS and transported to Penn Medicine Princeton Hospital for smoke inhalation. The resident’s dog died in the fire.

Belle Mead resident Onkar Singh Narula died suddenly on September 29 in New Delhi, India at the age of 77. Narula was a part time resident of of Montgomery Township, NJ, since 2008 and longtime member of the Montgomery Senior Center program at Otto Kaufman Community Center. He spent his time between his homes here and in India.

SKILLMAN, NJ — The Montgomery Township Planning Board tackled a range of municipal planning initiatives, postponing a vote on an updated farmland preservation plan to allow for further review, while receiving updates on a public health grant project and a proposed redevelopment study of a prominent corporate campus at a meeting on Sept. 28, 2026.

Flagship Carwash, a national chain with two facilities in New Jersey, is seeking a third in Montgomery Township on what is now a vacant, 3-acre weed-infested lot at 1026 Route 518. Planner/Administrator Lori Savron told Township Committee on Sept. 17 that she and township officials have met with Flagship Carwash representatives and that an application to build the facility is forthcoming for the site located between Wawa and single-family homes.