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New York Giants – Top Trade Targets, Rumors, and News [NFL Draft 2024]
The New York Giants have made major changes this offseason, letting go of Saquon Barkley and Xavier McKinney, trading for Brian Burns and drafting Malik Nabers. Even so, there are still major roster gaps to fill. Here are the two key players the Giants should trade for and four additional...
‘A time to reflect’
People stood together along Nassau Street as many waved American flags for the 2024 Memorial Day Parade. The parade was held on May 25 during Memorial Day weekend and was followed by a ceremony at Monument Hall. “Memorial Day is about remembering the men and women who have made the...
Princeton Police blotter
A 35-year-old Trenton man was arrested on an outstanding warrant from Millstone Township Municipal Court following a motor vehicle stop on Nassau Street May 17. He was processed and released. A shoplifter stole $676.92 worth of alcoholic beverages from a store on North Harrison Street May 17. The shoplifter took...
Princeton Council extends dog park at Community Park for one more year
The Princeton Community Dog Park at Community Park South will remain open indefinitely while officials continue to explore locations for a permanent dog park. The temporary dog park was set to expire earlier this month, but the Princeton Council adopted a resolution at its April 29 meeting to extend the park indefinitely.
Migrating birds from the tropics returning to New Jersey
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step,” according to a Chinese proverb. But in the avian world, journeys can last well over a thousand miles – and begin with a flap rather than a step!. Each spring, birds known as “neotropical migrants” make incredible...
Pro-Palestine encampment ends at Princeton University
Princeton University students’ pro-Palestine/anti-Israel encampment came to an end on May 15, less than three weeks after the students began a sit-in protest on April 25. Cannon Green behind Nassau Hall, where the students held their sit-in for 17 of those days, is empty of lawn chairs, umbrellas, tables, signs and posters set up by the protesters.
‘We need both natural lands and playgrounds, sports fields’
In calling for the “preservation” of “half” of New Jersey’s land (https://centraljersey.com/2024/05/06/an-urgent-call-to-preserve-half-of-new-jerseys-land/), Jay Watson and the New Jersey Conservation Foundation are misleading your readers. What they’re including as “preserved land” includes a high portion of playgrounds and sports fields. These are well and good, indeed excellent and much needed, but the article would lead the reader to believe that all the preserved land will be natural: it tells us that the “1.4 million acres remaining that are neither developed nor preserved…are not just sitting around doing nothing! They’re quietly providing priceless ‘ecosystem services’: preventing flooding by absorbing rainwater from storms, holding soils in place, filtering impurities from the air and water, sequestering carbon to fight climate change, providing habitat for a diversity of wildlife, and improving our food security.” We need both natural lands AND playgrounds, sports fields, and so on. Let’s be accurate about what “preserving half of New Jersey’s land” means.
Common calendar, Packet papers, May 17
Burlington, Mercer, Middlesex, and Somerset counties. New Jersey Blood Services (NJBS), a division of New York Blood Center, which provides blood for local patients, is looking for a few good volunteers. The blood drive volunteer is an integral member of our team whose tasks include assisting donors with registration and/or...
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