Here’s Who Got Montgomery’s New Liquor License for $425K
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted on September 21, 2023 (Updated at 1:15 pm) The Montgomery Township Committee awarded a new liquor license...
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The Montgomery News
- 4 hours ago
- 3 min
Somerville Man Indicted for Attempted Murder for Striking a Manville Police Lt. with a Stolen Car
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 21, 2023 A Somerset County Grand Jury returned an 11-count indictment charging Brian Niziolek,...
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The Montgomery News
- 6 days ago
- 3 min
Project Veritas, a Right-Wing Quasi-News Org, Targets Local Sex Ed Institution & Maybe Monty Schools
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 15, 2023 Project Veritas, a national ultra-conservative non-profit group, released a video on...
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The Montgomery News
- 7 days ago
- 3 min
Belle Mead Artist Wins International Illustration Contest
Posted September 14, 2023 Belle Mead resident and Montgomery High School graduate May Zheng is a winner in the L. Ron Hubbard...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 14
- 2 min
Montgomery School Board Forum Canceled Due to Lack of Interest by Candidates
Posted September 14, 2023 The League of Women Voters of the Princeton Area in partnership with The Montgomery News has canceled the...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 14
- 5 min
4 New License-Plate Reading Video Cameras Added to Montgomery Township Roads
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 14, 2023 (Updated at 4:30 pm) Four high-tech motion-detecting video cameras that read and record...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 13
- 2 min
Montgomery School District Awarded $2.5 M from State to Fund Critical Construction Projects
Use of State Funds Will Result in Savings for Local Taxpayers By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 13, 2023 As students, teachers,...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 13
- 3 min
Private Home Windmills and More Electric Car Charging Stations on Montgomery's Horizon
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 13, 2023 Windmills in Montgomery Given Montgomery’s Dutch heritage, it should not be surprising...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 12
- 1 min
Rocky Hill Borough Council Member Remembered in 9/11 Ceremony
By Richard D. Smith | Posted September 12, 2023 On Monday, September 11, a friendly but respectfully subdued group of area residents...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 12
- 2 min
A Local Businesswoman and Cyclist Died After Being Struck by a Motor Vehicle in Millstone Twp
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 7, 2023 (Updated September 12, 2023) Marina Vrahnos, 61, an avid cyclist known to many...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 10
- 2 min
Montgomery Artist Finds Creativity in a Barn Shared with Cows
The Montgomery News | Posted September 10, 2023 Montgomery-based artist and sculptor, Don Campbell, has discovered the ideal studio space...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 6
- 2 min
The Cougars Cross-Country Team Is Back on Course
By Jodi Mahoney and Mike Scrudato | Posted September 6, 2023 The 2023 MHS Cross Country season is underway and it is going to be an...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 5
- 1 min
Montgomery Business Association to Host Hops and Shops Event, Looking for Crafters and Sponsors Now
Schools may have just opened, but the holidays are just around the corner. The Montgomery Business Association is preparing to host a...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 5
- 5 min
Combating a Wave of Home Burglaries Targeting Asian-American Business Owners in Montgomery
By Richard D. Smith | Posted September 5, 2023 Here’s a disturbing statistic: Of the eight most recent residential burglaries in...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 3
- 2 min
Driver Crashes into Pedestrian Crosswalk Sign, Overturns Vehicle on Route 518 in Rocky Hill
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 3, 2023 A passerby discovered an overturned vehicle on Route 518 at Merritt Lane and a young man...
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The Montgomery News
- Sep 3
- 4 min
An Israeli Man Killed in a Crash Traveled to Princeton Airport to Earn a Special Certification
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted September 2, 2023 The Israeli pilot who crashed into a Millstone River tributary off Route 27 in the...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 31
- 2 min
Central NJ Now Exists on State Tourism Map — Local Small Businesses Expected to Benefit
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 31, 2023 Local restaurants, farms, vineyards, breweries, and inns should soon see an uptick in...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Self-Storage Warehouses Proposed for Route 518 in Montgomery, on Rocky Hill Border
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 31, 2023 A Brooklyn-based developer proposes to build two self-storage warehouses surrounded by a...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 29
- 1 min
Man Found in Car in Pike Brook, Belle Mead, Pronounced Dead
Driver pronounced dead in Montgomery
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Scout Builds a Genizah for His Synagogue
Posted August 24, 2023 Stephen Strauss, who graduated from Hillsborough High School in June, broke ground this summer on a new genizah...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 24
- 2 min
Kiki D’s Dress Shop May Be Replaced by a Smoke Shop
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 24, 2023 Rocky Hill resident Mary Hagemann has sold many prom gowns and special occasion dresses to...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Belle Mead Woman Charged with Attempted Murder after Crashing into 7 People in Midtown Manhattan
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 22, 2023 Updated at 6 pm. New York City police say a 29-year-old woman from Belle Mead drove...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 18
- 2 min
Somerset County Officials Are Reporting an Uptick in Suicides, Six Deaths in Last Three Weeks
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 18, 2023 New Jersey has the lowest suicide rate in the country, according to the United Health...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Improving Walkability in Montgomery
By Lori Savron | Posted August 17, 2023 This summer there has been quite a bit of progress made on important township goals. Improving...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 17
- 2 min
Nancy Herrington’s Art Honors Nature & Civil Rights
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 17, 2023 Nancy Herrington of Belle Mead painted her first landscape when her fourth child was a...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 17
- 3 min
The Case of the Missing Windmill
By David Cochran | August 17, 2023 It’s easy to misplace your keys or forget where you put your wallet, but losing a windmill? That’s...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 17
- 3 min
Hans P. Schoenfeld, 58
Montgomery High School Class of 1983 (October 16, 1964–August 10, 2023) Hans P. Schoenfeld of Long Valley, NJ died Thursday, August 10,...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Some Folks Can Now Walk to the New Montgomery Library and Municipal Center off Orchard Road
Posted August 10, 2023 Montgomery Township officials announced the creation of sidewalks, crosswalks, and new bike lanes making it...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 10
- 4 min
School Rankings, Transgender Bathrooms, and Requests to Pre-Approve All Classroom Texts in Monty Twp
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 10, 2023 A number of Montgomery residents continued to attend school board meetings through July to...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 10
- 2 min
Where Have All the Fireflies Gone?
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 10, 2023 Fireflies—or lightning bugs to some—are neither flies nor bugs. They are beetles that—even...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 9
- 1 min
Plane Crash on Princeton Airport Runway
By Barbara A. Preston | August 9, 2023 (Updated at 1:30 pm) Montgomery police are reporting that a plane crash with no injuries occurred...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 3
- 3 min
Six Candidates File to Run for Three Seats on the Montgomery Township Board of Education
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 1, 2023 (Updated August 10, 2023) Following a year of contentious school board meetings in...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 3
- 2 min
Rise in Home Burglaries Involving Asian-American Business Owners
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted August 3, 2023 The Montgomery Business Association, in partnership with the Montgomery Township Police...
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The Montgomery News
- Aug 3
- 3 min
A Father Drowned in the Millstone River After Pulling His 3 Children to Safety
By Richard D. Smith | Posted August 2, 2023 - Updated August 3, 2023 A sunny, warm, and near-perfect summer day was darkened and chilled...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Lightning Strikes a Montgomery Home, No Injuries Reported
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 27, 2023 Members of Montgomery Fire Stations 45 and 46, the Rocky Hill Fire Department, and...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 24
- 2 min
MEMS Cadets Earn 1st Place in the County
Posted July 24, 2023 Montgomery Emergency Medical Services (MEMS) cadets have always claimed to have the best training program in...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 24
- 2 min
County to Help Monty Fill Its Empty Office Bldgs
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 24, 2023 (Updated on July 27, 2023) Montgomery Township Committee is looking to the county for help...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 21
- 2 min
Monty’s Brigadier General Recognizes 79th anniversary of the World War II D-Day Invasion
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 21, 2023 As fewer and fewer U.S. veterans are able to make the trip to Normandy, U.S. Army Brigadier...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 20
- 2 min
Record Rainfall and Devastating Flooding Are an Urgent Call to Action
By Jim Waltman | Posted July 20, 2023 This week, parts of New Jersey once again endured record rainfall triggering Governor Murphy to...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 20
- 2 min
A 6-year-old Girl with Special Needs Dies After Choking During a School Bus Trip in Franklin Twp
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 20, 2013 A school bus monitor is charged with manslaughter after a 6-year-old girl in a wheelchair...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 19
- 2 min
Nine Governors Join Governor Murphy in Opposing Censorship of School Textbooks
Posted July 19, 2023 Following news of textbook publishers agreeing to censor their educational materials at the behest of state...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 19
- 3 min
Montgomery High School Slips to 103 in NJ School Rankings, What Does It Mean?
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 19, 2023 and updated at 1 pm. Regular public schools—such as Montgomery High School—are sinking in...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Police Investigate a Head-on Crash Involving 3 Vehicles on Route 206 by Aja
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 13, 2023 Montgomery police and EMS responded to Route 206 near Aja Cuisine for a head-on crash...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Monty Boy Scout Troop 46 Celebrates Its 90th Birthday
By David Cochran | Posted July 13, 2023 There is much to celebrate in Troop 46—Montgomery Township’s oldest Boy Scout troop. There are...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 13
- 3 min
Eleanor P. Young, 96
"Rather Be Dancing" Managed the Church World Service CROP office in Rocky Hill (December 30, 1926 - July 4, 2023) Eleanor Mary Parke...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 13
- 2 min
Montgomery High School Has Two New Vice Principals
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 13, 2023 When Montgomery High School students return to class in September, they will be greeted by...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 12
- 2 min
PDS Announces a New Head of School, and Two New Top Administrators
Posted July 12, 2023 Princeton Day School announces the arrival of Kelley Nicholson-Flynn, PhD, who began her official tenure as the...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 10
- 3 min
Police Apprehend a Man Wanted for Attempted Murder During a Theft in Progress at a Montgomery Home
By Barbara A. Preston | Posted July 10, 2023 A moving company employee admitted he attempted to steal almost $12,000 in jewelry from a...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 6
- 3 min
Roundup of Montgomery Township Happenings
Pickleball, Events, and the Demolition of Dilapidated Buildings By Lori Savron | Posted July 6, 2023 As we welcome the start of the...
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The Montgomery News
- Jul 6
- 3 min
From Lemonade Stands to Entrepreneurs
By Snigdha Joshi | Posted July 6, 2023 Summer lemonade stands have been a core memory for generations. In Montgomery Township, the...
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