Lessons of baseball love from a childhood home
Kate Coil recalls how baseball shaped her upbringing through a father’s devotion to games and practice. She describes T-ball starts, fear of the ball, late dreams of glory, and the enduring lessons of teamwork, perseverance, and sportsmanship learned on dirt fields and in dugouts.
Dinefield Daily Telegraph Staff and Biblical Verse
The Dinefield Daily Telegraph lists staff including Darryl Hudson as Publisher News Editor and Andy Patton as Sports Editor with Brian Woodson Samantha Perry in senior roles. A Bible quote from Matthew 23 11 12 is included.
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Oakvale School funding urged by Mercer County Board
Mercer County boards seeks final SBA approval for a new Oakvale School after two prior rejections. The aging facility built in 1921 1930 with a 1960 gym and 1981 classrooms is not ADA compliant and flood prone. If bused to Princeton would breach county rules. plan calls for demolishing old sections and constructing a state of the art facility on the same site with updated labs and cafeteria. SBA meets April 11 to award next round of funding.
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Letter praises Mercer County Animal Shelter volunteers
A reader thanks animal shelter volunteers and staff at Mercer County Animal Shelter for their invaluable service. The letter urges drop offs to be avoided, promotes adoption, and commends shelter workers during hard economic times. It also criticizes grand city projects and urges practical downtown improvements.
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Mercer County Animal Shelter
A Prayer of Forgiveness Found in War’s Shadow
Jaletta Albright Desmond reflects on a handwritten prayer said to be found in a concentration camp after World War II. The piece contemplates forgiveness for oppressors, mercy amid cruelty, and the hope such grace offers readers facing personal or collective suffering.
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