The 2026 Montgomery Township budget was presented and formally introduced by Chief Financial Officer Michael Pitts at the April 16 committee meeting. The public hearing and adoption of the budget is scheduled for May 14. The total budget for 2026 is $34.7 M, compared to $35.6 M in 2025.

A solar energy company must stop mailing letters to Montgomery Township, NJ, landowners asking to lease their properties for “Battery Storage.”

NJ Attorney General Jennifer Davenport awarded a $39,295 wellness and resiliency grant to the Montgomery Police Department during the Excellence in Policing Awards Ceremony in Trenton on May 7. Montgomery was one of 15 police departments statewide that earned recognition.

Eugene Gregory Baker, 78, Dies. The former Montgomery Township, NJ, residents worked on the Tokamak Fusion Test Reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) in the early 1980s.

On a quiet neighborhood lane in Bridgewater, NJ, a 25-year-old man allegedly in possession of an AR-15 semi-automatic rifle with magnified optics, was involved in 34-hour standoff with the Somerset County SWAT team, according to police and county dispatch reports. Police initially responded to a 911 call at 9 pm on Thursday at 7:45 pm. The SWAT team eventually forced entry into the home on Saturday at 6 am, after long hours of attempting to contact and negotiate with the susp

In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month this May, the Montgomery Township Police Department and Bridgeway Behavioral Health Services are reaffirming their commitment to compassionate, effective responses to mental health crises through the ARRIVE Together Program.

What started as a letter-to-the editor in 1985 is now a 40-year staple institution of the community. At a local tree planting in Montgomery Veterans Park on April 24, Ewa Zak and her husband Greg Kaganowicz told a reporter how the Montgomery Shade Tree Committee got its start.