The anticipation on Nevius Boulevard was palpable on Friday morning as a line of residents stretched outside the 45,000-square-foot Whole Foods Market in Montgomery Township. For a community that had watched the 54-acre site sit undeveloped for more than 15 years, the grand opening on August 21 was not merely the arrival of a grocery store; it was the realization of a complex, long-term vision for the Montgomery Promenade development. Ulta Beauty, located next door, had a so

John F. Burton, Jr., 91, of Skillman, NJ, died on Wednesday, August 12, 2026 at Penn Medicine at Princeton Medical Center. One of the nation’s foremost scholars on workers’ compensation, he was Professor Emeritus and the founding Dean of the School of Management and Labor Relations at Rutgers University, and Professor Emeritus in the School of Industrial and Labor Relations at Cornell University.

Whole Foods Market will open a new 45,000-square-foot store, located in the Montgomery Promenade shopping center on Route 606 in Skillman on August 21. The store will open at 8 am on opening day, and regular store hours will be 8 am to 9 pm daily.

In 1980, a company widely called “the first independent software vendor,” Applied Data Research, built its headquarters at 23 Orchard Road in Skillman. By the time the campus had grown into a 234,000-sq-ft, 44-acre office property, it had become a critical part of Montgomery’s business identity. Later, Johnson & Johnson filled its halls. Today, those halls are mostly empty.

Simon Duryee was born November 30, 1757 of Joost Duryee and Maritie Van Liew. He was baptized Seymen Derye the next year. He grew up on what we know today as Washington Well Farm on what is now Route 518 in Skillman, NJ. He is buried in the Duryee family burying ground at that site. Simon’s early military career remains elusive.

I am writing as a local farmer to raise concerns regarding the impact of the Montgomery Township’s annual fireworks display on nearby livestock. Our farm, Hidden Spring Lavender & Alpaca Farm, is located one-quarter mile from Montgomery High School, where the fireworks are held. We breed and raise alpacas as our primary business. Fireworks generate sudden, high-decibel noise that can trigger acute stress responses in animals.

Fred Rhodes, a lifelong member of Princeton Elks Lodge 2129 in Skillman, NJ, died on May 13. He was 82.