Locals have wondered about the future of the PJ’s Pancake House & Tavern planned for a new building in the Village Walk at Montgomery on Route 206 in Skillman, near the Route 518 intersection. Finally, a “PJ’s Pancake House” sign went up this summer, followed by a post on the Pugliese Properties Facebook page on August 22 announcing that PJ’s is “scheduled to open this fall.”

A 76-year-old man was operating a tractor in a wooded area off Hollow Road, near Service Road, in Skillman when a tree fell on him, pinning him to the tractor on Wednesday, August 27, at about 4:30 pm.

Wrestling Program Founder John T. Moyle of Montgomery Township, NJ, died on August 20, 2025. He was 62.

After a public outcry, Montgomery Township’s elected leaders presented a new affordable housing option at the last town hall meeting on August 11. Residents, including two newly-formed citizens groups, will attend a second town hall on Monday, August 25, to learn whether this new option is feasible. Or, will there be other achievable options to replace an unpopular key component of the current township plan — a high-density housing development at the former Kenuve (J&J) corpo

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 public is invited to a free Pollinator Planter Walk on Sunday, August 24 at 9:00 am. Sourland Conservancy Stewardship Interns, Kristen Falzon and Ellie DiBartolomeo, will introduce participants to the benefits of planting natives in containers–and maybe even collect and share some seeds!

Marvin Earl Conover of Rocky Hill, a dedicated mason, contractor, and lifelong member of Somerset County, NJ, died peacefully on Monday, August 11, 2025, at the Center for Hope Hospice Facility in Scotch Plains, NJ. He was 90 years old.