Category: Examiner News
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USDA offering $25M in grant funding to farmers
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks applications for grants to help farmers improve rural environmental quality and energy efficiency. The USDA is seeking proposals for grants to improve water quality, air quality and promote energy conservation. USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is making available $25 million through the Conservation Innovation Grants (CIG) program…
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A girl’s journey from the orphanage to Easy Street
Above: Annie, portrayed by Sydney Robles, receives a cake from chef Grace, portrayed by Cay Moore, as soon as she gets to the Warbucks estate in the New Jersey Theater Group’s production of “Annie” in the Millstone Township Performing Arts Center on Dec. 11. Left: Robles stars alongside Eric Walby who portrays Daddy Warbucks in…
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Lions promote peace and name contest winner
The Allentown Lions Club selected McKenna Quindlen, a sixth-grader at Millstone’s Stone Bridge Middle School, as the winner of the Lions Club annual peace poster competition. McKenna’s poster, an intricate design of tiny individuals linked together in the larger context of peace, was cast in thought-provoking black and white, according to members of the Lions…
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Millstone Township Boy Scout Trevor Fernes, 18, built these picnic tables that transform into benches for St. Anthony of Padua Church in Hightstown to attain the Eagle rank. JENNIFER KOHLHEPP
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Millstone Scout builds outdoor classroom for local church
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer St. Anthony of Padua Church catechism students and their parents have a lot to be thankful for this holiday season. Millstone Township Boy Scout Trevor Fernes, 18, built an outdoor classroom at the church that converts into an area where children can safely wait for their parents to pick them…
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Farmers may apply for aid in wake of heat and drought
United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas Vilsack has designated 16 New Jersey counties as natural disaster areas to assist farmers who suffered losses due to excessive heat and drought during the 2010 growing season. Farmers in Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, Sussex and Warren counties…
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Peddie Aquatics Assoc. hosts first tourney-style meet at new pool
Millstone youth places first in five categories for 13-14-year-olds The Peddie Aquatics Association officially introduced the New Jersey swimming community to the new ecofriendly pool at The Peddie School in Hightstown when it hosted The Peddie Thanksgiving Classic. More than 800 swimmers, ages 6 to 18, from 13 teams throughout New Jersey competed in the…
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Workers at Keris Tree Farm in Allentown help bundle and load Christmas trees for customers during one of the farm’s family days on Dec. 4. For the story, see page 28. LAUREN CASSELBERRY
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Millstone plans more affordable housing despite court decision
Town seeks to purchase Novad Court property for $435,000 BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The amount of affordable housing Millstone must provide is now unknown. The Oct. 8 decision of the Superior Court of New Jersey Appellate Division (NJAC), titled “In the Matter of the Adoption of NJAC 5:96 and 5:97 by the New Jersey Council…
