Category: Examiner News
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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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Finale Hill encourages music fans to help less fortunate
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Finale Hill, a band of young musicians from Millstone, will perform a benefit concert for the South Brunswick Food Bank at Rockin’ Joes Coffee House in Kendall Park Dec. 11. MILLSTONE — Fans, bring cans. The Millstone rock band Finale Hill has partnered with N.J. Models Rock to play a…
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Learning the legacy of giving thanks
Kindergartners culminate Family and Friends unit; school teaches children to give back BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Wearing handmade Pilgrim hats and American Indian headdresses, kindergartners at the Newell Elementary School in Allentown sang songs of thanks to family members before inviting them to a holiday feast in the cafeteria. Katie Vogt (center) and her…
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Millstone district reports increase in bullying incidents
District already more proactive in changing student behavior; no drug or alcohol incidents BY JANE MEGGITT Correspondent The number of bullying incidents in Millstone Township schools has increased significantly over the past few years, according to interim Schools Superintendent John Szabo. The school district reported 11 bullying incidents during the 2009-10 school year. The number…
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New Royalty one of five finalists in radio contest
BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer A local band seeks community support in fulfilling a dream to play at Madison Square Garden. The New Royalty, a band of young musicians from Millstone, Monroe, East Brunswick and Milltown, made it to the final round of the Z100 Jingle Ball Hometown Hero Contest. The New Royalty, an indie…
