Mason Martin, a sophomore at Montgomery High School, is a captain of the boys foil team and a member of the varsity squad. He has been fencing for only three years but has quickly become one of the most skilled fencers on the team. Mason Martin (left) with Coach Andrzej...

The first of four new loop roads coming to the busy intersection at routes 206 and 518 opened on Tuesday, April 24. The road is named for Montgomery Township historian Ursula Brecknell. Brecknell was a Van Harlingen Historical Society trustee who lived in Belle Mead. She died at age 89...

Grace Butler Johnson, a longtime resident of Blawenburg, NJ, died surrounded by family at Robert Wood Johnson Medical Center in New Brunswick, NJ on Saturday, April 6. Grace was born on November 22, 1944 in Memphis, TN to Jonathan Fairchild Butler and Mary Elizabeth Putnam. She grew up on Manursing Way in Rye, NY, where she attended the Rye Country Day School and spent her summers learning to sail at the American Yacht Club. She attended high school at Miss Porter’s School in Farmington, CT and then went on to major in French at Sweet Briar College (VA), where she played field hockey and lacrosse. She had many happy memories of her time at Sweet Briar and was an instrumental part of the recent “Save Sweet Briar” fundraising campaign.

Montgomery EMS safely evacuated six Montgomery High School students and the driver from a school bus after an accident at the Skillman Road-Route 601 intersection near Montgomery High School on Friday, April 19, at 3 pm. The scene of the accident involving a contracted bus and and six Montgomery High...

Friday, April 19 — The Montgomery Township School Board notified the community today that School Board Member Zelda Spence Wallace resigned yesterday. Her employer, the Plainfield Board of Education, recently charged her with allegedly stealing $13,000 from the Plainfield School district, where she has been employed as an administrator.

A 25-year-old woman from Montgomery Township was one of three people who died in a multi-vehicle crash on Route 1 at Ridge Road in South Brunswick on Friday, April 12, at 9:26 am. An oversized tractor trailer carrying a large concrete slab collided with a van transporting two disabled adults...

Maria Ioanna Passalaris, 25, of Skillman, NJ, died on Friday, April 12, 2024, in a devastating traffic accident on Route 1 and Ridge Road in South Brunswick. Maria's legacy of resilience, kindness, and unwavering faith will continue to inspire those who knew her. Her spirit will forever live on in the hearts of all who were touched by her presence.

The Plainfield police department charged Montgomery resident Zelda Spence Wallace on March 29 with allegedly stealing $13,086 from the Plainfield School District, where she has been employed as an administrator. She also serves on the Montgomery Board of Education. As the supervisor of Out-of-School Programs in Plainfield, Spence Wallace is...

A large gathering — approximately 250 vehicles — were involved in a street car takeover in the CVS parking lot on Tuesday night, April 16, police said. Montgomery Township patrol officers responded to the parking lot, located off Route 206 in the Belle Mead section of Montgomery, at 8:30 pm and found car owners and enthusiasts showcasing their cars.

A ceremony marking the start of construction on a $23 million expansion of facilities at Somerset County Vocational & Technical Schools (SCVTS) was held on March 27. Rendering of the new $23 million Somerset County Vo-Tech Career and Technical Education building under construction in Bridgewater. The Vo-Tech school is open...

Montgomery Township has the highest property taxes in Somerset County, and ranks among the highest in the state of New Jersey, according to a new report from the NJ Department of Community Affairs (DCA). The average New Jersey property-tax bill is about $9,800 per household per year. Data from this...

A new $1.5 million inclusive playground will have something for everybody — young, old, blind, deaf, wheelchair-bound, autistic, and more. It promises to help foster friendships amongst people of all abilities in Montgomery Township. A architect’s rendering of a new inclusive playground approved to be built on the grounds...

Claire Sullivan, 11, sits at the allergy table at the Lower Middle School cafeteria with her friends during lunch break. “We eat at the peanut-free table,” Claire says. “All my friends have some sort of allergy. We are located far from the regular tables.”. Claire Sullivan, 11,...

Member of the first graduating class of Montgomery High School. James (Jim) Fredrick Frintner, 70, lived a life of curiosity, love, and humor. He died on March 24, 2024 at his home in Collingswood, New Jersey. Jim was born in Ridgewood, New Jersey in 1953 to Evelyn Gallmeyer Frintner and...

Residents of the Skillman section of Montgomery Township are expressing concern that a For Sale sign has appeared in their neighborhood on Fairview Avenue — which does, in fact, have a fair view of a 34-acre property containing fields, ponds, and wildlife. The property is listed for $1.55 million.

Montgomery Lower Middle School celebrated 38 area residents during a Naturalization Ceremony on March 20 with Mayor Neena Singh, a naturalized citizen herself, giving the keynote address. Fifth grade students witnessed the individuals from 13 countries taking their oaths of allegiance and formally becoming United States citizens. Event organizer and...

STEM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics) as a field has been growing with new advancements in various fields of study. With the development of generative AI, electric vehicles, and biological advancements comes a new wave of interest in the field. However, a consistent discrepancy is being observed: the gender gap. In many censuses for 2023, the STEM workforce was found to be sparsely made up of women. Reasons for this trend include stereotypes placed onto their capabilities, lack of resources, and lack of encouragement.

Montgomery Police Director Silvio Bet welcomed a new officer — Matthew DeCataldo was appointed at the Township Committee meeting on March 21 with a salary of $80,434. Probationary Montgomery Police Officer Matthew DeCataldo (right) with his fiancée at his swearing-in ceremony on March 21. “Matthew brings a lot...

A father-and-son team designed and helped build an outdoor shooting range pavillion that provides Montgomery Township police officers with protection from the weather while they practice using their weapons. It also helps to keep their feet dry from the swampy area designated as their shooting area. Dan Fortunato, the principal...

A 31-year-old man driving east on Belle Mead-Griggstown Road crashed through a guardrail and into the Millstone River on Saturday, March 16, at 6:10 am. The vehicle left the roadway, coming to rest on its roof against the embankment on the opposite side of the river, police said. The driver later died from his injuries.