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Highland Park citizens are urged to cast their votes on Nov. 3, 2015, for Highland Park Borough Council (uncontested) , the HP School Board (contested five candidates for three seats,) Middlesex County offices, State Assembly , and the Middlesex County Ballot Question READ MORE
Council members discussed numerous issues at its Oct. 20th meeting, – from fracking waste to a Complete Streets Excellence Award for Highland Park. READ MORE
Runners and walkers of all ages are invited to register now for the Seventh Annual Turkey Trot to be held on Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015, to benefit Elijah’s Promise and help cover the cost of meals and “Code Blue” services at its community soup kitchen this winter.
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“I love coming out at night. It is like Halloween for grown-ups,” said one of the night-walkers who scoured the streets at the end of the two day town-wide yard sale. This past weekend, the beautiful fall weather made the event a glorious fall festival, complete with lemonade and fruit punch being sold to benefit the Irving School PTO. READ MORE
Fall is a busy time for Highland Park residents. Don’t miss the Police/Community Forum on Oct. 14 and the Town Garage Sale on October 10-11. Also, the Borough Briefs column includes Arts in the Park wrap up and the celebration of the Investors Bank donation to the Highland Park Community Food Pantry. READ MORE
Attorney Mark Oshinskie responds to Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler’s Open Letter to the Community. See ‘Letters to the Editor.’ READ MORE
Exciting new redevelopment proposals could bring new life – and a new library – into Highland Park’s downtown. The Highland Park Redevelopment Agency appointed two conditional redevelopers for a portion of Raritan Avenue between North Adelaide and North Second. READ MORE
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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