• College grad starts Kickstarter to fund METIS Planner

    College grad starts Kickstarter to fund METIS Planner

    By KAYLA J. MARSH Staff Writer HOLMDEL — For many college students, managing time and keeping up with assignments, projects, clubs, sports and other activities can be a challenge. One recent graduate of Rutgers University is putting the knowledge and experience she gained from her four years at the school into a new business she…

  • Donations accepted at Boscov’s to benefit local food pantries

    Donations accepted at Boscov’s to benefit local food pantries

    For thousands of New Jersey kids, summertime means vacations, camp, no homework, and fun. But for many others, the summer months mean they will no longer eat healthy meals at their public schools through reduced- and free-lunch programs. Three local food pantries — and regional Boscov’s stores — are trying to combat ‘the summer slide’…

  • Kudos for passage of open space legislation

    Kudos for passage of open space legislation

    As a result of the growing pressure from voters throughout New Jersey over recent months, open space legislation was passed and signed into law to ensure consistent and reliable funding for open space, farmland and historic preservation for the next three years. Since 65 percent of New Jerseyans voted to constitutionally dedicate money to preservation…

  • Examiner Datebook, July 14

    Examiner Datebook, July 14

    • The Horsemen’s Association of Millstone Township will meet on July 19 at 7 p.m. at the Millstone Community Center, Stagecoach Road, (next to the firehouse). Anyone who has an interest in horses is invited to attend the meeting and learn about upcoming trail rides, speakers and other activities. Details: www.hamt.org • Mill Pond Arts…

  • Cheetahs 18U teams competing in New York Nationals

    By Wayne Witkowski Players from the New Jersey Cheetahs 18U Premier softball team, based in Allentown, have a little strut in their steps as they compete this week in the New York Triple Crown National Tournament at Randalls Island, New York. After that, they head to the California Nationals in Huntington Beach, California, that begins…

  • Millstone Intermediate 13U had season to be proud of

    Millstone Intermediate 13U had season to be proud of

    By Wayne Witkowski Millstone’s Intermediate 13U Little League team, carrying its first District 12 championship, found some formidable competition with lineups of older players in the Section 3 tournament in Middletown last week but came away proud of the season. “This was a unique group in that it was an all-star team without a star.…

  • Anshe Emeth unveils mosaic created by congregant

    Anshe Emeth unveils mosaic created by congregant

    NEW BRUNSWICK — Anshe Emeth Memorial Temple congregant Barb Sigman created a mosaic to honor past generations of the temple and educate future ones. The congregation unveiled and dedicated the mosaic on May 20 after 17 months of planning, engineering, gluing, cutting, collecting and shellacking the 6-by-16-by-5-foot mosaic. Outlined in Hebrew letters to read “Welcome to Anshe…

  • First mayor elected to office in East Brunswick passes away

    First mayor elected to office in East Brunswick passes away

    EAST BRUNSWICK – Dr. Aleck Borman, the first mayor of East Brunswick who was elected by popular vote, died at the age of 96 at his home in Warren on July 4. In 1964, East Brunswick changed its government structure so that residents would elect the mayor rather than having one appointed by the Township…

  • Nonprofit says repairs long overdue at historic library

    Nonprofit says repairs long overdue at historic library

    By STEVEN VIERA Staff Writer EAST BRUNSWICK — For a centuries-old building, the Alice Appleby DeVoe Library is still the center of attention among local groups that want to ensure its preservation. The Alice Appleby DeVoe Memorial Library Association (AADMLA), a New Jersey nonprofit corporation established in November of 2015, has been working to maintain…

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