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The Highland Park Borough Council, at its September 1, 2015 council meeting, came one step closer to securing the location for a community teen center, so the Highland Park Planet reporter Amiri Tulloch interviewed high school students to get their perspective. READ MORE
Highland Park Human Relations Commission established a new task force that would work on implementing the “Highland Park 9/11 Annual Day of Discussion.” Highland Park residents Greg Trevor and his wife Allison Salerno were appointed chairs of the task force. Human Relations Commission. READ MORE
One year after the tragedy of a nine-week old boy dying while in the care of employees at Highland Park-based Above and Beyond Child Care Center, Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey announced that three former employees of Above and Beyond were placed on probationary terms. They were charged with failing to adequately care for the nine-week old child.
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Teaming up with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plainfield and Middlesex County and with the Borough of Highland Park, Johnson & Johnson Worldwide Engineering & Technical Operations is helping to build a home for a local Middlesex County family in need. READ MORE
The Rite Aid on the corner of Raritan and Fourth Avenues has made a formal application to the Highland Park Planning Board to close permanently most of its exterior windows. The application will be heard at the Thursday, August 13, Planning Board meeting, 7:30 p.m.
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The Highland Park Board of Education at a special meeting on Wednesday night, Aug. 5, 2015, voted 5-4 to appoint Dr. Scott Taylor, a Highland Park resident, as the new district superintendent. Dr. Taylor, who is currently superintendent for Kenilworth Public Schools, received a four-year contract effective Oct. 1 and ending June 30, 2019.
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The July 27 school board candidate petition deadline revealed five Highland Park residents will try for three open seats. Incumbent Claire Berkowitz chose to run again. School Board President Adam Sherman and Board member Catherine Bull will not be running. Ruth Beyer, Michael Greenberg, Robert Magaziner and Sharice Richardson are the other candidates. READ MORE
Hava Bresler Freidenreich presents her arguments for why HP Borough Councill should reject the proposed land use ordinance that imposes floor area ratio as a standard for determining the allowable size of a residential structure on a lot. READ MORE
