Milltown Ice Cream Depot owner Joan Trent remembered as town's 'heart'
Before becoming the ice cream queen, Trent owned a swimming pool company on Washington Avenue. When the opportunity arose to continue the ice cream shop tradition in the borough, she decided to give it a go. After the original owner, Elfie, left after 17 years, and a second person came in without success, Trent connected with the landlord, sharing her thoughts about reopening the ice cream shop. "I told the landlord I didn't know anything about ice cream, but I would learn," Trent told MyCentralJersey in 2019. "The landlord asked me, ‘If kids came to the window and were counting ...
Source: mycentraljersey.com