Members of the audience chanted "speech," after the Montgomery Township Committee unanimously appointed Douglas Herring at its July 16 meeting to fill a seat recently vacated by former deputy mayor Vince Barragan. Herring, who is a local attorney, photographer, and an active volunteer with the Montgomery Emergency Medical Services (MEMS), complied.

In addition to serving as a volunteer firefighter with Rocky Hill for the past nine years, Resch is a pilot for JetBlue, a husband and a fat