Montgomery-Area Farmers’ Markets
By Lea Florentine | Posted May 25, 2023 The Montgomery Farmers’ Market opens Saturday June 3. It will return to the center aisle of the...
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The Montgomery News
- 5 hours ago
- 2 min
Pedestrians Need a Solution Now to Crossing Montgomery’s Busy Roads
By Tomika Reid | Posted May 25, 2023 Imagine moving to a new state, a new city, a new neighborhood where the schools are great, the...
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The Montgomery News
- 7 hours ago
- 2 min
Local Historian Enters the World of Fiction
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted May 25, 2023 Many locals will know David Cochran for his history blog “Blawenburg Tales.” Others will...
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The Montgomery News
- 7 days ago
- 1 min
Drunk Driver with a Loaded Firearm Crashes into a Utility Pole Near Montgomery High School
Posted May 18, 2023 Montgomery Township police found William Schlotthauer, 26, of Wyncote, Pennsylvania standing outside his pick-up...
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The Montgomery News
- May 18
- 2 min
A Proposed Housing Project Would Tarnish the Harlingen Historic District in Montgomery Township
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted May 18, 2023 (Updated May 19, 2023) Montgomery Township has another large development in the pipeline—this...
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The Montgomery News
- May 18
- 1 min
Three Suspects Arrested for Burglary of an Apartment on Route 518 in Montgomery Township
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted May 17, 2023 Montgomery Township police officers caught three alleged burglars outside an apartment at the...
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The Montgomery News
- May 17
- 2 min
Arts & Crafts Spring Show by the Montgomery Arts Council
Posted May 17, 2023 The Montgomery Arts Council (MAC) continues to pursue its mission of showcasing local and regional fine artists,...
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The Montgomery News
- May 11
- 2 min
Teacher Enters Guilty Plea for Failure to Report Child Sexual Abuse that Occurred in Montgomery Home
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted May 11, 2023 The Somerset County Prosecutor's Office announced today that Ranait Griff, a former teacher...
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The Montgomery News
- May 11
- 1 min
School Bus Crash in Montgomery Township, Children All Safe
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted May 11, 2023 A Montgomery Township school district bus driver was ticketed for careless driving after...
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The Montgomery News
- May 11
- 3 min
Montgomery Library to Open a Digital Media Lab as Borrowing Trends Move Online
By Melissa Drift | Posted May 11, 2023 While library attendance declined 21 percent nationwide from 2009 to 2019, according to Words...
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The Montgomery News
- May 11
- 2 min
Montgomery High School Participates in the State Science Bowl
By Pennie Lu | Posted May 11, 2023 Montgomery High School sent a team of four students to the annual Science Bowl where about 50 teams...
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The Montgomery News
- May 5
- 2 min
Mary Jacobs Neighborhood Library Grand Opening - May 13
Posted May 5, 2023 The Mary Jacobs Foundation (MJF), in partnership with the Somerset County Library, will host a grand opening of its...
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The Montgomery News
- May 5
- 2 min
NJ’s Public School Mandate to Teach Climate Change, Cooling Down with Trees
Posted May 5, 2023 New Jersey is the first, and so far only, state in the nation to require educators to teach climate change beginning...
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The Montgomery News
- May 5
- 2 min
Got an Unused Bike? Consider Donating It
By Aimee Lee | Posted May 5, 2023 “The bikes we have in our garages, or sitting around that we are not using, can make a big impact on...
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The Montgomery News
- May 1
- 1 min
Fairy Tales, Fables, and Button Art
Posted May 1, 2023 With the theme of fairy tales and fables, the New Jersey State Button Society (NJSBS) will present its spring show and...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 27
- 2 min
Montgomery Muslims Ask for Day Off from School to Celebrate Eid al-Fitr
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 27, 2023 Samira Ghani and about 25 members of the Montgomery Muslim community attended the board of...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 27
- 4 min
Monty School Board Member Asked to Resign for Trying to Negate the Public Vote
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 27, 2023 Two community members asked Montgomery School Board Member Joanna Filak to resign at the...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 27
- 5 min
Rocky Hill Actor Appears in Off Off Broadway Production, Takes on Heavy Duty Roles
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 27, 2023 Adele Batchelder of Rocky Hill has taken on some serious issues in her recent stage and...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 26
- 3 min
Woodmont Treatment Center Withdraws Plans for Monty Detox Facility
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 26, 2023 Woodmont Treatment Center, LLC and Kevin Reisch withdrew their application from...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 21
- 4 min
Mary Ellen J. Tietjen, 86
Long-time Montgomery resident September 6, 1936 - April 12, 2023 Mary Ellen J. Tietjen of Belle Mead died on Wednesday, April 12 at the...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Susan M. Campbell, 75
Montgomery Art Teacher April 13, 1948 - April 14, 2023 Susan M. Campbell, 75, of Hillsborough died on Friday, April 14. She was an...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 21
- 3 min
Domenico E. Tamasi, 93
Restaurateur July 23, 1929 - April 15, 2023 Domenico E. Tamasi, 93, of Skillman died on April 15 at home surrounded by his loving...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Forrest C. Jobes, Jr., 87
Member of the Blawenburg Band November 26, 1935 - April 19, 2023 Forrest C. (Buzz) Jobes, Ph.D., 87, died on April 19 after a long...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 21
- 2 min
Janet Helen Burton, 85
Social Worker January 4, 1938 - April 15, 2023 Janet Helen Burton, 85, died on Saturday, April 15, surrounded by her family that loved...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 20
- 2 min
Police Declare Campus Safe, Active Shooter Alert Triggered at Carrier Clinic in Belle Mead Was False
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 20, 2023 Montgomery Township police responded to a potential active shooter alert at Carrier Clinic...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 19
- 1 min
"Unwanted Person" with Cocaine-like Powder Arrested in Belle Mead Home & a Car Crash in Skillman
Posted April 19, 2023 Montgomery police responded to a Belle Mead home on April 14 to investigate the report of an "unwanted person" in...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 17
- 4 min
Montgomery Student Earns National Art Award for Her Elizabethan-Era Collars
By Jacqueline Lu | Posted April 17, 2023 Yiyang “Lucia” Fei, a talented junior from Montgomery High School, has achieved a tremendous...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 16
- 3 min
Montgomery Democratic Org Endorses Two Candidates for Upcoming Township Committee Elections
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 16, 2023 The Montgomery Democratic Organization endorses Committeewoman Patricia Taylor Todd and...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 14
- 5 min
A 91-Bed Assisted Living/Memory Care Facility Planned for Route 206/518 Corner in Skillman
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 11, 2023 The Montgomery Planning Board heard plans at its March 27 meeting for a 91-bed, two-story...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Finishing Strong
By Aimee Lee | Posted April 13, 2023 Having crossed the finish line at the close of the winter season, Montgomery High School Track and...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 13
- 2 min
Fire Fighter Spotlight - Laurin Long
Posted April 13, 2023 Laurin Long is an integral fixture at Montgomery Volunteer Fire Company No. 2 (Fire 46) in Blawenburg, where he...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 13
- 4 min
Keep Montgomery and Rocky Hill Moving — Safely
By Lynn S. Robbins | Posted April 13, 2023 Folks may own jet packs by the time a safe solution is found for pedestrians to safely cross...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 12
- 3 min
Driver Charged with DUI in Head-on Collision, a Tesla Strikes Utility Pole on Orchard Road
Posted April 12, 2023 The following traffic accidents were reported to The Montgomery News this week from the Montgomery Township Police...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 11
- 3 min
Republicans Announce Two Candidates for Montgomery Township Committee
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 11, 2023 Montgomery Township Republicans Christina "Christy" Tierney and Pamela "Pam" Booth have...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 7
- 1 min
12-year-old Boy on Bike Struck by Car While Trying to Cross Rt 601 in Belle Mead
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 7, 2023 A 12-year-old boy from Belle Mead was attempting to cross County Route 601 on his bicycle...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 6
- 2 min
Tiger’s Tale Moving
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 6, 2023 The Tiger’s Tale — a Montgomery Township institution for 38 years serving up burgers and...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Farm-to-Frame Exhibit Recognizes 40 Years of Somerset County Farm Preservation
By Rikki N. Massand | Posted April 4, 2023 Montgomery Township agriculture plays a prominent part in Somerset County’s Farm-to-Frame art...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 2
- 2 min
Wife Charged with Death by Auto for Killing Husband in Hillsborough
Posted April 2, 2023 Amanda O’Keefe, 37, of Hillsborough is charged with 2nd-degree murder, death by auto, after she allegedly drove...
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The Montgomery News
- Apr 1
- 5 min
Security Officer Pauses Raucous Monty School Board Meeting, Board Members Try to Cancel Full-Day K
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted April 1, 2023 (Updated April 6, 2023) The Montgomery Township School Board attorney had just completed a...