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.

Part of the cultural tradition in African-American churches is to use a fan as a way of honoring an individual, an event, or as part of a fundraiser. In an era without central air, fans staved off the heat and became a feature of self expression when a preacher “turned up the heat on his sermon.”

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.

Sabina Patel brings an extraordinary background that combines classical training with a modern approach to music education. Now accepting students, her Hashtag Music Academy offers piano, violin, and voice instruction for serious music students of all ages and ability levels. The academy emphasizes an immersive, curriculum-based approach.

Hundreds of entrepreneurs, business leaders and angel investors gathered recently at the new hub of innovation and collaboration at 23 Orchard Road, the former J &J offices in Skillman, NJ.

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.

Some residents have raised questions on social media regarding whether the Johnson & Johnson diaper manufacturing site and office complex on Grandview Road in Skillman, which now goes by the name Kenvue, is contaminated. Township Administrator Lori Savron asked independent environmental consultant Rohan Tadas, CHMM, LSRP, to report on whether the property has a contamination issue.