Category: Examiner News

  • Horse Park hosts Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event

    UPPER FREEHOLD — Local residents will have the opportunity to watch some of the most talented East Coast horses and riders test their mettle at the Jersey Fresh Three-Day Event. The Horse Park of New Jersey will host the event May 6-10. Horses and riders will compete for top honors in the equestrian sport known…

  • Retail farm chain plans store in U.F.

    BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Sign and traffic issues must be resolved before the Upper Freehold Planning Board considers approving an application for a Tractor Supply Co. (TSC). TSC is the largest retail farm and ranch store chain in the United States, according to the company’s website. The application has two aspects for the board…

  • The guardians of Central Jersey’s water

    Stony Brook-Millstone Watershed Association celebrates 60 years BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer For six decades, the Stony Brook-MillstoneW atershed Association has been central New Jersey’s voice for the environment. ERIC SUCAR staff Stony Brook Millstone Watershed Association Advocacy Coordinator Anneli Terrynelson walks along the trail at Perrineville Lake Park in Millstone on April 24. The…

  • Teen drivers must display new decals

    Gov. Corzine signs Kyleigh’s Law Gov. Jon S. Corzine has signed Kyleigh’s Law, making New Jersey the first state in the nation to have a teen driver decal law. Named in honor of 16-year old Kyleigh D’Alessio, S-2314/A- 3069 requires the use of an identifier on vehicles driven by teens holding a permit or provisional…

  • Friendship through violets

    Allentown neighbors grow for May 2-3 violet show BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When health complications left Lionel Gaylard partially PHOTOS BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Phoebe Gaylard (l) and Jessica Bryant admire a streptacarpus grown in the Gaylard home in Allentown. crippled 11 years ago, he sought a hobby to keep his mind and body occupied.…

  • Boro hosts historic home tour

    FREEHOLD — A Freehold Through the Ages home tour will feature nine houses dating from the 18th through the 20th centuries. The tour, scheduled for June 20, is being sponsored by the Freehold Borough Historic Preservation Commission, with the purpose of accenting the variety of architecture and historic significance throughout the residential areas of the…

  • Millstone school budget defeated by 278 votes

    Superintendent says any cuts would affect K-8 programs BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer Millstone school budget defeated by 278 votes BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer     As they have for the past several years, Millstone voters rejected the school budget in the school board election.     This year’s $32.8 million budget met with resounding defeat…

  • Equine virus testing made easier in N.J.

    The New Jersey Department of Agriculture Animal Health Diagnostic Laboratory is now connected with GlobalVetLink for online submittals of equine infectious anemia (EIA/Coggins) tests. Equine infectious anemia is a viral disease for which there is no vaccine or cure. Most horses die from EIA, but some horses recover and become carriers. The disease is believed…

  • Multimedia show features Hambletonian

    The Hambletonian, America’s richest trotting race, is featured in a multimedia museum exhibit in the historic town of Cranbury, where the Hambletonian Society office relocated four years ago. The exhibit, “The Hambletonian: Its Trotters, Their Connections and the Racing Event 1926-2009,” features trophies, posters, memorabilia, ephemera and photographs from the 84 editions of the legendary…