Author: Central Jersey
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HIGHTSTOWN: Elite 13U team rolling to tourney titles
By Rich Fisher Seven weeks ago there wasn’t even an East Windsor Elite 13U baseball team. Six tournaments and 23 games later, the Elite has won four championships and has a 21-2 record. And the entire roster is made up of players from East Windsor. “We came together just six weeks ago practicing and putting…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Residents ask to see full off-track wagering application
By Gene Robbins, Managing Editor Hillsborough residents exuded frustration and powerlessness Wednesday night when making comments on a proposal that would place the state’s sixth off-track wagering facility at a former restaurant on Route 206 just south of Brown Avenue. The N.J. Racing Commission held the required hearing. Darby Development, which would run the facility,…
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HILLSBOROUGH: Youth baseball team plays for state title tonight
Hillsborough’s 13-and-under Gold baseball team has won its fourth District 10 championship, and is playing against Cranford tonight for Hillsborough Baseball League’s first state title. Game time is 7 p.m. at the South Plainfield Baseball Complex, 1140 Lorraine Ave. Fans are encouraged to come, and to be loud and proud. Wear your HBL gear.
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PRINCETON: Sanctuary status sends a muddled message
Dudley Sipprelle, Princeton On Wednesday, July 1, a young woman named Kathryn Steinle was shot in the chest in broad daylight on a popular pedestrian pier in San Francisco as she walked with her father and a friend. She collapsed in her father’s arms begging for his help and died several hours later in a…
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PRINCETON: Sanctuary status seeks to build trust in the community
Judy Hutton, Princeton We congratulate Mayor Liz Lempert for standing firm on Princeton’s intent to remain a sanctuary city for immigrants navigating the path to citizenship, despite fear and reaction following the recent tragedy in San Francisco where a woman was killed allegedly by an undocumented immigrant. Mayor Lempert and the Police Department are working…
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Bird flu is devastating to American egg industry
Ivan Slotsky, Princeton The U.S. egg industry is reeling from a colossal outbreak of avian flu, mostly among egg-laying chickens. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, 48 million birds, accounting for 11 percent of the nation’s egg-laying hens, have been slaughtered for fear of infection during the past few months. The effects are far-reaching,…
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AS I SEE IT: Was Atticus Finch racist?
By Anne Waldron Neumann Hurray! Harper Lee, author of the 1960 classic “To Kill a Mockingbird,” probably America’s best-loved novel, has, at 89, published a new novel. Well, “Go Set a Watchman” is not exactly new. And it’s not exactly very good. It was written before “Mockingbird” though it introduces Atticus Finch 20 years later,…
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PRINCETON: Sick pay law needed here
Princeton Board of Health The Princeton Council has been discussing legislation that would allow nearly everyone who works in the town to earn sick time they can use for themselves or a loved one in the event of an illness. The Princeton Board of Health urges the municipality to pass the ordinance and join nine…
