Category: Examiner News

  • Symposium to teach youths about animal agriculture

    A n educational symposium aimed at 4-H youths, FFA students, breed association youths and their advisers will be held at Rutgers University on March 26. The event will cover all aspects of animal agriculture and provide an opportunity for young adults from different project areas, counties and schools to meet. The program will be held…

  • As comfortable in the Statehouse as behind a horse

    Thomas Luchento, former owner of Millstone eatery, named N.J. co-horseperson of the year Thomas Luchento has been recognized for fighting to bring the New Jersey horse racing industry back from the brink of extinction. The president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) in Manalapan has received the Governor’s Trophy as…

  • Allaire State Park is Wall’s treasure

    Treasures of the Jersey Shore The Allaire Chapel at the Historic Village at Allaire Nestled away in the woods on Atlantic Avenue (Route 524) in Wall Township is Allaire State Park, home to the Historic Village at Allaire. The park is one of the major attractions in Wall Township, a gateway town to the Jersey…

  • Courses available for N.J.’s aspiring farmers

    ‘E xploring the Small Farm Dream” is a workshop series developed by the New England Small Farm Institute (NESFI) and presented by the Northeast Organic Farming Association of New Jersey. The course is applicable to a variety of people, including those thinking about fulltime farming, farming part time while continuing other employment, changing careers to…

  • Agency’s hands in the Millstone community

    Allstate foundation awards MTFEE $1,000 grant MILLSTONE — Allstate New Jersey Insurance Co. agent Donn Sharer helped secure a $1,000 grant for the nonprofit dedicated to helping township public schools. Sharer, who works and lives in Millstone, recently presented the Millstone Township Foundation for Educational Excellence (MTFEE) with the grant from The Allstate Foundation’s Agency…

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    Anna Nolan plays a game in the Rock On Christian Kids program at the Allentown Presbyterian Church on Feb. 24. For the story, see page 14. ERIC SUCAR staff

  • N.J. Museum of Agriculture closes to the public

    Result of shortage of state funding for next budget year BY JENNIFER AMATO Staff Writer NORTH BRUNSWICK — The New JerseyMuseum ofAgriculture has closed to the public, as of this pastMonday . Located on the Cook College campus of Rutgers University, which lies in North Brunswick, the museum closed “due to a shortage of funding,”…

  • Funds available for N.J. farmers supporting USDA’s organic initiative

    Farmers seeking U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) funding to help with conservation practices for organic producers and those transitioning to organic production must do so by March 4. The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service has allocated up to $284,000 to support the Organic Initiative of the Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP) in New Jersey, according…

  • State pledges to increase aid to all three local school districts

    School election will take place on a Wednesday this year BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent State aid allocations for local school districts are not as bad as some school officials feared, but aid amounts are still far below what districts received in previous years. The Upper Freehold Regional School District (UFRSD) is slated to receive $4,054,279…