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Each week during the school year, The News-Press will select a player who stood out from the previous week based on coaches’ reports and school nominations sent to sports@news-press.com, as well as our own reporting. These players will be voted on every Monday on news-press.com, where readers can vote on who they think performed best.The winner of The News-Press’ Athlete of the Week poll, sponsored by Elevate Home Service, will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by USA Today High School Sports Awards. Voting closes every Thursday at 10 a.m. Winners will be announced…

Just a few years ago, Piscataway residents Tom Coe and Ross Cosing were kicked out of a casino for counting cards and winning five-figure wins, like a scene from the Martin Scorsese movie “Casino.”Today, the former professional gamblers’ nine-to-five jobs are much quieter, but still luxurious.In the spring, the two longtime friends teamed up to open The Willman Barber Shop at 17 East Somerset Street in Raritan, which offers high-end men’s cuts using $1,000 Japanese steel scissors and $600 Dyson hair dryers, along with PS5s, espresso, marble floors and free whiskey for patrons.”You don’t have to drive to Hoboken or…

TWC Youth Robotics Grant Encourages High School Students to Pursue STEM CareersAUSTIN – The Texas Workforce Commission (TWC) has awarded $1.4 million in grants to youth robotics programs that will enable more than 8,200 Texas high school students to participate in youth robotics competitions. Two applicants were awarded grants this year: Robotics Education and Competition Foundation, Inc. and FIRST in Texas.”The Texas Workforce Commission offers numerous programs to prepare the Texas workforce for high-demand occupations,” TWC Chairman Brian Daniel said in a news release. “We are helping pave the way for the next generation of Texans to succeed in the…

The closure of one of the county’s busiest beach ramps has led to the closure of two businesses and sparked outrage among beachgoers.Here’s more on what we know about the $2.9 million project.What does this project involve?The project aims to revamp the approach to the beach and make some additions.Parking, new public restrooms, new landscaping, bike racks, underground utilities, sidewalks and lighting will be added. The “World’s Most Famous Beach” sign above the ramp will be stored during construction, but don’t worry, it will be returned.How is business going for your site?The project has made the area extremely difficult to…

A Polk County judge has ruled that three Iowa Libertarian Party candidates for Congress will not appear on the ballot in this fall’s election, upholding a state committee’s decision to remove them last week.The Libertarian Party plans to appeal the ruling to the Iowa Supreme Court, which must act quickly to resolve the case before ballots are printed later this month.Three Libertarian candidates — Nicholas Grba in the 1st District, Marco Battaglia in the 3rd District and Charles Aldrich in the 4th District — were challenged by Republican voters last month who said the Libertarian Party did not follow the…

Best High Schools in New Jersey: US News News Sports Monmouth Ocean Advertising Obituaries eNewspaper Law APP.com Digital DeskAsbury Park PressThe annual U.S. News Best High Schools rankings are out, and New Jersey is home to some of the best educational institutions in the country. See which schools earned the prestigious title.U.S. News evaluated data from about 25,000 public high schools nationwide across all 50 states and the District of Columbia.Best High Schools in New JerseyHigh Technology High School (Lincroft) Edison Academy Magnet School (Edison) Middlesex County Academy for Allied Health (Woodbridge) Bergen County Academy (Hackensack) Biotechnology High School (Freehold)…

Democratic Rep. Jill Tokuda of Hawaii has criticized former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who supported Donald Trump and served on his transition team.Gabbard, who represented Tokuda’s district from 2013 to 2021 and endorsed President Joe Biden in 2020, voiced her support for Trump at a National Guard event in Detroit last week. Tokuda quickly fired back on social media, saying Gabbard’s decision was out of line in the Aloha State.”Trump and Tulsi do not represent Hawaiian values ​​and are not fighting for our freedom,” Tokuda wrote on Facebook. “We will reject their extremism in November. This is not pono.””Pono” is…

Joey Chestnut did more than beat longtime rival Takeru Kobayashi in a hot dog eating contest on Monday. The American star also broke his own world record in the Netflix competition “Unfinished Beef.” Chestnut consumed 83 hot dogs and buns in the 10-minute contest, beating the previous world record of 76 hot dogs, a feat made all the more impressive given the contest’s new rules, including a ban on dipping the hot dogs in water. The record-breaking hot dog slid down Chestnut’s throat with 70 seconds left to eat. Chestnut set the previous record in 2021 at Nathan’s Famous Hot…

I moved from Carmel where I lived for many years. I am a designer by trade and had two retail stores in downtown Carmel. If I remember correctly, there were a lot of rules we had to follow. I agree with the mayor that there is no place for politics on El Paseo.This is very divisive and does nothing to help El Paseo’s purpose: luxury retail. I believe the rules are flawed. This should never have been allowed, otherwise this uproar would not have happened. I would encourage you to do something to prevent this from happening again. There are…

Hello Star Press readers and the Muncie community!It’s a pleasure to finally meet you. My name is Cade Hampton and I’m excited to introduce myself as the Ball State University football and high school sports reporter for the Muncie Star Press, part of the USA Today Network.I’m from Mount Juliet, Tennessee, about 30 minutes east of Nashville. I was born and raised there to two University of Alabama graduates. Growing up in a Crimson Tide family on the land of the Tennessee Vols instilled in me an avid sports fan. I quickly fell in love with football and basketball, despite…