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St. Greg’s carnival tradition lives on
Just saying no
The only thing that will be different is the August date, say parish organizers
Majority of area towns opt to outlaw the retail sale of marijuana
By Joe EmansKi
By Bill Sanservino
St. Gregory the Great’s Annual Family Carnival is set to return this month after a forced one-year hiatus — really 14 months, if anyone is counting. The carnival is but one of many traditions laid low by the coronavirus pandemic. But from Aug. 16 to 21, families will finally have their chance to return to grounds of the Catholic church on Nottingham Way for games, rides, food and fireworks. And as long as New Jersey’s Covid-19 guidelines for social distancing and facemasking remain at current requirements, the carnival committee expects this year’s event to look and feel like any other year. “If somebody walks on the ground it’s going to look like the St. Gregory the Great carnival,” said the Rev. Mike Hall, pastor of St. Gregory the Great. “The food vendors are going to be the same, the games are going to be the same. Except for a few different rides, it’s going to be the same carnival that people are See CARNIVAL, Page 11
Little League Baseball New Jersey District 12 Champions Sunnybrae Little League took the title on July 10, 2021. The team includes (front row) Alan Elliott, Jonathan Posivak, Ricky Bender, Joey Riley, Tommy Ditta, JJ Bucchianico, Raff Tramo, Dominick DeFrancis, Cullen Bressler, John Kemler. and (backrow) manager Rob Riley, Nick Richter, Quino Gutitterez, Jayden Tirado and coaches Benny Tramo and Jay Ditta. (Photo by Rich Fisher.)
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One merely had to observe crying, four men were crythe celebrations all around ing. It was all about how they wanted to play for each other field toa see just what Dittain chalk Tommy Ditta knows how to Onethe morning, message written appeared make a good point with just a meant. Kids, senior citizens and end it with a championin front of an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The words and every age in between ran ship banner. There’s been few words. couldn’t been Windsor simpler, or more soultalented stirring, teams at Sunmore the East PAL Asked what it was like play- onto have or more accurate. diamond July 10 to celebrate nybrae by far, but there hasn’t ing for the Sunnybrae Little League All Stars the past five history after The Brae topped been a team that plays for years, Ditta said “It’s just been Robbinsville, 7-4, in the title each other like this. You saw it the other night, down 3-0 10. fun. Even when we didn’t win, game held on July“Heroes Sunnybrae blew threw it was fun.” work here.”the (against Robbinsville), the And now that his team is districts with four straight dugout never stopped. They the first group of Sunnybrae wins to move on to the Section just kept coming. They played for each other. 3 Tournament. 12-year-old All Stars to ever Three words of gratitude and encouragement that “There are no superstars “Before the game I pulled win a District 12 tournament capture the courage and compassion of health them aside and we talked here. We don’t have any. It’s in the 64-year history of the workers hereabout and across America. To share your to beat one kid, it’s hard nothing baseball,” said easy league? thanks to support Fund, to beat 13.” RoborRiley, who our hasEmergency been the Response “It’s gonna be more fun!” The game Riley alluded to manager since they Ditta exclaimed. visit team’s rwjbh.org/heroes were 8. “Thirteen kids were Of course it is. See SUNNYBRAE, Page 12 By Rich Fisher
Marijuana might be legal in New Jersey, but residents of most area municipalities will have to travel to another town if they want to buy some. Only four Mercer County towns—Ewing, Lawrence, Pennington and Trenton— are set to allow the retail sale of cannabis within their borders. Also on that list is Bordentown City in Burlington County. Meanwhile, Bordentown Township, East Windsor, Hamilton, Hightstown, Borough, Hopewell Borough, Hopewell Township, Princeton, Robbinsville and West Windsor and Plainsboro have either passed, or are in the process of passing, measures that ban the retail sale of the drug. A law approved earlier this year by the state Legislature and Gov. Phil Murphy mandates that municipalities must vote to opt out of allowing businesses to operate under six newly-created licenses by Aug. 21. The licenses that businesses can seek in connection with See WEED, Page 18
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