Category: Examiner News

  • Community farmers market now open

    Millstone hosts local producers at Wagner Farm Park on Saturdays Millstone Township just made connecting the dinner table with the farm much easier. The Millstone Township Agricultural Advisory Council is sponsoring a Community Farm Market from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday through Oct. 25, rain or shine, at Wagner Farm Park, which is…

  • The buzz about honeybees

    Threatened state insect necessary for ecosystem and agriculture BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer They thrived with the dinosaurs, ancient Egyptians and even New Jerseyans for a while, but honeybees now face numerous threats to their survival. JEFF GRANIT staff Beekeeper Angelo Trapani, who operates Trapper’s Honey in Millstone with his wife Anna, checks to see…

  • Keeping that rock and roll feeling alive

    Band of Millstone teens hopes to rock Finale Hill to the top BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer Millstone’s Mike DiGuglielmo, 17, (l-r), Kevin Basko, 16, Jimi Maraday, 17, Larry Edwards, 17, and Frankie Prendergast, 17, make up the rock band Finale Hill. MILLSTONE – The band Finale Hill doesn’t just want to play rock music,…

  • County standing firm in support of rail line

    Monmouth County officials are not backing down from their previously pledged support for a passenger rail line that would pass through the western portion of the county. In the face of concerns put forth by the state Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), the county has restated the reasons why it believes a train line can…

  • Quilters welcome new members

    The Molly Pitcher Stitchers Quilt Guild presidents a display of quilters during June at the Monmouth County Library Headquarters, Manalapan. The display included a summary of quilting history during the following eras 1830-60: Migration Westward; 1860-90: Civil War Era; 1890-1920: Amish Quilts; and 1920-50: Great Depression and World War II. Members of the guild sewed…

  • Air cavalry in Vietnam to be focus of discussion

    Manalapan couple who were pilot and reporter will speak in Holmdel On Aug. 9 at 1 p.m., the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation will host a video and oral-history discussion, “Centaurs in Vietnam: Air Cavalry at War,” delivered by husband and wife Carl and Ruth Ann Burns of Manalapan. Carl was a U.S. Army…

  • Scout looks out for the little ones

    New deck will give students safer place to wait for parents BY JENNIFER KOHLHEPP Staff Writer When children get out of school, they’re usually excited and can behave erratically. Couple this with parents’ cars swarming in and out of the parking lot, and it’s not hard to jump to the worse conclusions. ERIC SUCAR staff…

  • Farm bill offers producers buy-in for disaster relief

    Farmers looking to use one-time opportunity must pay fees by Sept. 16 Under the provisions of the 2008 farm bill, the U.S. Department of Agriculture will allow farmers who would otherwise not be eligible for new disaster assistance programs to become eligible by paying a fee. The 2008 farm bill requires producers who wish to…

  • Fire commissioners to sell proposed substation site

    Dept. calls for new study to see if town needs another firehouse BY JANE MEGGITT Staff Writer MILLSTONE – The proposed site for a controversial fire substation on Gaston Mill Court will be sold to the highest bidder. Earlier this year the Board of Fire Commissioners unanimously approved a motion to sell the property, according…