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Mayor Gail Brill Mittler explains why voting in the uncontested local election serves to reinforce the humane and progressive values of the just deceased Councilmember Jon Erickson, whose name remains on the ballot. READ MORE
Highland Park’s popular social justice activist Rev. Seth Kaper-Dale , co-pastor of the Reformed Church of Highland Park (RCHP), will be the Green Party of New Jersey’s 2017 candidate for governor of New Jersey READ MORE
Congregations of many faiths from throughout Central NJ will gather on Nov. 6, Sunday, 2 p.m. in Highland Park for the second annual Walk-A-Thon for Refugee Resettlement READ MORE
“The use of the bloodhounds has been a valuable asset to our municipal police agencies during the investigation of missing endangered adults and children,” Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey said. READ MORE
The first South Asian to serve on the Middlesex County Board of Chosen Freeholders, Shanti Narra was appointed on Monday by the Middlesex County freeholders to replace Jim Polos READ MORE
Highland Park Borough Councilman Jon Erickson, 67 years old, a much admired civic leader, died Sunday, October 16, succumbing to lung cancer. A service of remembrance will take place Tuesday, Oct. 18, 1 p.m. at the Highland Park Senior Center, 220 South Sixth
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Don’t be alarmed just heed your smoke alarm. Change the battery yearly and replace the entire unit after 10 years, according the HPFire Chief who also invited the community to a Fire Department Open House, Oct. 13. READ MORE
Conversations and legal battles about the future of Buck Woods have been going on and going nowhere for the past decade. Finally 17 years after Jack Morris purchased the property from Dorothy Buck, progress may be in the Woods. READ MORE
Beginning on Monday, September 19, PSE&G will be working in Highland Park to replace approximately two miles of older gas pipes with new, durable plastic and/or coated steel piping – READ MORE
Middlesex County first responders will be completing a special ,life-saving skills training course thanks to a federal grant from the Department of Homeland Security. READ MORE