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Creative Affordable Housing Concept: The Sears, Roebuck & Company “Kit Houses”
What if you could get the house of your dreams delivered right to you — but with assembly required? That’s the background of the “kit houses” — more than 70,000 of them, by one estimate — sold in America and Canada by the Sears, Roebuck & Company between 1908 and 1942. Excellent examples abound right here in The Montgomery News readership area, most notably in Rocky Hill.
The Montgomery News
13 hours ago2 min read


30 Years Later The Montgomery News Is Still Kicking
How many successful newspapers owe their beginnings to a rodeo?Very few, especially among those founded in New Jersey. But that’s the origin story of the newspaper you are now reading — The Montgomery News. Its founder, Frank Drift, was and remains a Jersey boy.
The Montgomery News
Aug 78 min read


Rocky Hill Seeks an Exemption from Round 4 Affordable Housing Mandate
Just as Rocky Hill Borough lacked sufficient land to satisfy its Round 3 obligation, it lacks sufficient land to satisfy the new state mandate to provide 37 more units or credits to fulfill its Round 4 obligation. The Rocky Hill 4th Round Housing Element seeks a “Vacant Land Adjustment (VLA).”
The Montgomery News
Aug 74 min read


Local Basketball Star Bohdan Biekietov’s Journey from Odessa to Montgomery
Bohdan Biekietov from Ukraine was a standout on the outstanding 2024-25 Montgomery High School boys basketball team.
The Montgomery News
Mar 276 min read


The Head that Wears the Crown: Black Women’s Headwear from Slavery to Now
Kyra March has curated the exhibit “The Head That Wears The Crown” at the Stoutsburg Sourland African American Museum.
The Montgomery News
Mar 204 min read


For Sale: Pre-Revolution-Era Dutch Farmhouse
On June 25, 1778, Gen. Washington’s troops lined up at Joost Duryee’s well by the Rock Brook in Skillman and “drank it dry.”
The Montgomery News
Feb 203 min read


The Challenge of Adding Diversity to Our Local Police Departments
A SERIES ON THE ROLE OF POLICE IN OUR COMMUNITIES: PART 2 By Richard D. Smith | Posted March 17, 2023 Montgomery Township Mayor Devra...
The Montgomery News
Mar 17, 202310 min read