Battery mates Mercer sports legend shares his life story in new memoir

By ANN LOPriNZi

Marty Devlin’s 90 years include a multitude of mind-boggling activities, achievements and accolades.

Now he is sharing his remarkable life story in a new memoir, Ol’ Buddy Devlin: A Memoir Sprinkled with Wit, Wisdom, and Inspiration.

Devlin is well-known in athletic circles in Mercer County. He was born in Trenton and lived in Titusville, Pennington, and Ewing, where he currently lives. He worked at Rider University in Lawrence for 22 years, and he also has a real connection in Hopewell, where he still teaches tennis.

Devlin, who also made his mark nationally, recounts his rise in sports and his personal growth with anecdotes, humor and vivid storytelling in his book, which was released in April by Goofer Press.

I first got to know Devlin while I was the Times of Tren- ton tennis columnist. After all, you couldn’t write a tennis column for 25 years without mentioning Devlin—and often.

He was, and remains, a Trenton legend. At Trenton Central High School, he was an AllAmerican diver, an All-City quarterback, and an All-State baseball player.

His biggest claim to fame growing up, however, was at age 15 when he was a member of the Trenton Schroths baseball

INTerVieW By BiLL SANserViNO

From its humble beginnings in the early 1940s, the Credit Union of New Jersey has grown to serve all government employees of the state of New Jersey in addition to the employees of more than 200 businesses and organizations.

The Ewing-based business, which was originally created in 1943 to serve State Highway Department Employees, has continued to grow over the years—expanding in both its field of membership and number of locations.

In April, CUNJ celebrated its 80th anniversary by opening a new location in Hamilton Township.

The new office increased the financial institution’s number of full-service locations to four, which are located in Mercer and Burlington Counties.

Other milestones over the years include a merger with the State Credit Union in 2002 to create the largest state-chartered credit union in New Jersey, and the construction of its current headquarters on Parkway Avenue in 2003.

That building was the first project to be located on the site of the old General Motors plant and helped herald the eventual redevelopment of the site.

In May, Ewing Observer Edi-

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