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History takes center stage for America’s 250th
Discover the people, Trenton, Princeton and the surrounding communities places and events throught the region were not bystanders to the Revolution. commemorating They were part of the ground the anniversary on which the future of the counBy Bill Sanservino
West Windsor-Plainsboro High School South celebrates its second straight Group 3 boys tennis title after defeating Millburn 3-2.
Buddhidinesh delivers MT. BRUSHMORE again for Pirates tennis PEDIATRIC DENTISTRY
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Karthik Buddhidinesh isn’t the top player for the High School South boys tennis team, but the senior certainly has come up aces in state championships. A year after stepping in at third singles in the final week
to help the Pirates close out an unbeaten season with a Group 3 state title, Buddhidinesh was at it again. After moving into the lineup midseason with freshman GSaheb r a n Manku d O p eatnsecond i n g doubles, they pulled out the final point for the Pirates as they repeated as Group 3 champi-
ons with another 3-2 win over Millburn. Buddhidinesh and Manku won, 7-6, 6-3. “It means a lot,” Buddhidinesh said. “That’s our whole goal for the whole season. We’ve been working really hard day in, day out, and during practice. So when we See TENNIS, Page 18
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Before there was a country, there was a Deleware River crossing in the dark, a capital city waiting in fear, a battlefield outside Princeton and a network of farms, taverns, churches and meetinghouses where ordinary people were pulled into extraordinary events. Some 250 years later, those places are not just names in a history book. They are parks, libraries, museums, downtown streets, ballfields, old houses and river towns that still shape daily life in central New Jersey. America’s semiquincentennial — the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence — will be marked nationally this July 4. But in this region, the anniversary is especially local.
try was marched over, fought for and, eventually, claimed. The events listed below run from July 1 through the end of the year, and range from fireworks, concerts and public readings of the Declaration of Independence to museum exhibitions, walking tours, library programs, historic-house visits, living history events and family activities. Some are celebrations. Some are invitations to look more closely at complicated history. Many are both. Together, they offer a chance to revisit the Revolution not as something distant, but as something that happened here. The following events have been compiled from area libraries, museums, historical organizations and regional America 250 programs. They are organized below with listings arranged in See 250TH, Page 4
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