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His cup runneth over who played with Ross and his brother Robert at Princeton Day School. “It didn’t happen overnight. Ross just didn’t show up in Tampa and just start playing.” Far from it. Like most overnight sensations, Colton needed nearly 20 years of nights—and days—to get there. From Sharon Elementary School to Pond Road to Robbinsville High to PDS, the kid was whacking pucks all along the way. He devoted his entire travel hockey career to one club, the Mercer Chiefs—to whom he is forever grateful. But compared to countless NHL players who saw international competition on the way up, it was a somewhat small pond. Following graduation, Colton spent two years with the Cedar Rapids RoughRiders of the United States Hockey League. After being
drafted by the Tampa Bay Lightning, he chose to play two years for the University of Vermont before joining Tampa’s organization in 2018. After two full years with the American Hockey League’s Syracuse Crunch, Colton was called up three games into this season on Feb. 21. Four days later, in his first NHL game he scored on his first NHL shot against the Carolina Hurricanes. That in itself would be good enough for some rookies, but it was just the beginning for Colton. After initially being unsure how long he would stay with the big club, Colton eventually got steady shifts and collected nine goals and three assists in the regular season. Then came the playoffs, in which he had four goals and two assists. The biggest of all was the game-five winner in a 1-0 victory over the storied Montreal See COLTON, Page 8
ough,appeared Hopewell Borough, BiLL SANserViNO OneBy morning, a message written in chalk Hopewell Township, Princin front of an RWJBarnabas Health facility. The words Marijuana might be legal in eton, Robbinsville and West couldn’t have been simpler, or more soul stirring, and Plainsboro have New Jersey, but residents of Windsor or more mostaccurate. area municipalities will either passed, or are in the
with the recreational cannabis market are: Class 1—Cannabis cultivator (growing cannabis); Class 2—Cannabis manufacturer (preparing and packaging); Class 3—Cannabis wholesaler (selling to other wholesalers and retailers); Class 4—Cannabis distributor (selling between cultivators/ establishments); Class 5—Cannabis retailer (selling to retail customers); and Class 6—Cannabis delivery See CANNABIS, Page 9
Colton brings home NHL title By Rich Fisher
With his All-American good looks and a smile that can light up Tampa Bay’s Amalie Arena, Ross Colton looks like a guy straight out of central casting. And that works out just fine since the Robbinsville native has spent the past five months living the stuff that movie scripts are made of. His saga, however, may have been dismissed as too hokey or cliché by Hollywood. The only way it could truly be good, was to be real. And it was. From underrated minor leaguer to Stanley Cup hero, Colton’s remarkable ride is one of professional sports feel-good happenings of 2021. “It’s truly a miraculous story,” said Conrad Denise,
Their courage and compassion inspireban us all. Towns retail cannabis sales have to travel to another town process of passing, measures that ban the retail sale of the if they want to buy some. Only four Mercer County drug. “Heroes A law approved earlier this towns—Ewing, work Lawrence, here.” Pennington and Trenton— year by the state Legislature are set to allow the retail sale and Gov. Phil Murphy manof cannabis within their bor- dates that municipalities must Three words of gratitude and encouragement that ders. Also on that list is Bor- vote to opt-out of allowing the courage and compassion of health dentown City in Burlington businesses to operate under Tampa Bay Lightning center Ross Colton took the Stanleycapture workers here and across America. six To share your newly-created licenses by County. Cup on a tour of Robbinsville after scoring the championshipthanksMeanwhile, or to support our Emergency Response Aug. 21. Fund, Bordentown winning goal. (Photo by Rich Fisher.) The licenses that busiEast Windsor, visit Township, rwjbh.org/heroes Hamilton, Hightstown, Bor- nesses can seek in connection And please, for them, stay home and safe.
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