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Tyler Bunnell’s work ethic builds recordsetting career By Rich Fisher
Robbinsville Township’s new municipal building at 2300 Route 33, a former Roma and Investors Bank facility, has been converted into a 47,000-square-foot hub for township government and shared services with Hightstown.
Landmark Town Center building takes on new role as town hall By Bill Sanservino
Robbinsville has moved into a new municipal building, marking the transformation of one of the most prominent structures in Robbinsville Town Center into the hub of township government. But the conversion of the former bank building at 2300 Route 33 began years earlier— and required a final push to
bring the project across the finish line. Seated inside the building’s top-floor conference room, Mayor Mike Todd took in the space that now serves as the nerve center of township operations as he discussed the transition with the Robbinsville Advance. The interview unfolded at a massive conference table surrounded by large televi-
sion screens and video equipment—a setting more typical of a corporate boardroom than a municipal office. The room sits beneath a vaulted ceiling that rises into a windowed cupola, with natural light filtering down from above—one of many reminders that the building was originally designed as a flagship financial institution. See TOWN HALL, Page 7
And just like that, Tyler Bunnell is looking at the end of a high school career in which he became one of Robbinsville High’s greatest athletes. “It’s honestly crazy man,” the Ravens senior said. “Thinking back now, that it’s four years ago; I remember playing with those seniors like it was last week.” The good news is, while one era is ending, another potentially bright one is ready to begin. Once Bunnell finishes trying to pitch the Ravens to a championship or two, he will head for the University of Pittsburgh in August to begin a college career that he hopes may go further than that. “That’s obviously the goal,” Bunnell said of getting taken in the MLB draft. “I’m gonna put in the work, hopefully develop and maybe get there some day. I’ve had a couple (scouts) come to some games. Most recently, the Texas Rangers area scout came out.” And what he saw was a 6-foot-5 right-hander who has gone from what coach Mike Kinsella called a “quirky” fresh-
man who “didn’t have the best coordination” due to a middle school growth spurt, to a specimen that has fine-tuned his physique through a rigid training regimen mostly designed on his own. “He has a full program,” Ravens coach Mike Kinsella said. “Most kids do, but he knows it to a T. He times out everything. He’s very much aware of his own body and how it works. He goes home and has heavy lifts. He does what he needs to do to be ready to throw. “He couldn’t control his body fully as a freshman. Each year he would come more into his size and strength to the point where now he is a monster. He shredded and he can control every part of his body. He can do single leg pistol squats. I am amazed how much he understands his own body and what works for him.” Bunnell takes it to the extreme. One example is that during throwing drills he will toss the ball with both arms. “I work on that because it strengthens both sides, which is important,” he said. “You can’t be strong on just one side.” See BUNNELL, Page 14
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