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.

Montgomery Township will remember local victims of the September 11, 2001 attack on America on with a ceremony at the Montgomery Fire Department #2 / Blawenburg at 6 pm today, September 11.  Three Montgomery residents and one Rocky Hill resident died in the 9/11 attacks – Brian Thomas Cummins, Steven Goldstein, Phillip L. Parker, and William F. Fallon (Rocky Hill).

Erik and Sarah Axelsen lived in their new Belle Mead home for just two weeks before disaster struck. A severe thunderstorm on Saturday, September 7, uprooted a giant oak tree on their front lawn, and it crashed through the roof of their one-story home at about 2:30 pm.

Uprooted trees, fallen branches — even a trampoline flying through the air in the Bridgepoint section of Belle Mead — closed sections of Route 206 and River Road (Route 533) today into this evening as Montgomery Public Works crews and first responders worked to reopen and restore order throughout the township.

Montgomery native Jeff Mertz is co-founder and owner of Wildspawn Mushrooms, a blossoming agribusiness. Weekend farmers’ market attendees are often drawn to Wildspawn’s colorful array of the freshly-foraged and locally-grown fungi.

Township Administrator Lori Savron updated the community on top issues — WiFi service, the pending development of the Kenvue Corporate site in Skillman, management of the food pantry, and the imminent opening of a new, inclusive playground — at the Montgomery Township Committee meeting on Thursday, September 4.

As students return to school on Thursday, September 4, police will have an increased presence in and around Montgomery Township's five campuses.