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Highland Park prides itself for its activism and intellectual thought on practical local and international matters. It is the position of the Highland Park Equity Commission that our local government should not be engaged in legislative retaliation against geopolitical movements and potentially any residents who support them. READ MORE
Rutgers scholar Camilla Townsend offered her opinion on the nationwide debate over whether Columbus Day should be abolished and statues of Christopher Columbus removed. “Abolishing Columbus Day will not change what happened. But we should add an Indigenous Peoples’ Day and encourage schools to take it seriously, as Canada has done. Many students graduate high school thinking that perhaps they shouldn’t celebrate Columbus without knowing exactly why, and still knowing next to nothing about indigenous peoples’ history. Helping them learn that history might yield better results than abolishing a holiday,” Dr. Townsend said. READ MORE
Scientists from Rutgers University and around the world have discovered an antibiotic produced by a soil bacterium from a Mexican tropical forest that may help lead to a “plant probiotic,” more robust plants and other antibiotics. READ MORE
Highland Park Public Schools has reversed course on its all-gender bathroom policy at Bartle Elementary School, with an announcement this morning that the school will change a multi-stall girls bathroom to an all-gender bathroom beginning October 4. READ MORE
Highland Park’s Irving Primary School and Bartle Elementary School were forced to lockdown and take shelter-in-place, respectively, this morning, following a suspect discharging a firearm on Edison police on Route 1 before heading west on Woodbridge Ave. toward Highland Park. READ MORE
The decision to extend the deadline has been made in order to accommodate those voters added to the Vote by Mail list due to a recent change in the law, who have not had sufficient time to submit their opt out requests previously. READ MORE
HP resident Peri Horowitz explains role of the NJ Office of Legislative Services Sept. 18, 7 p.m. READ MORE
A South Plainfield resident has been arrested and charged on with the possession of a destructive pipe-bomb device. READ MORE
HP Teen Center aims to support the educational, professional, and social needs of Highland Park’s teens READ MORE
Main Street scores big with the community with a very hot event – pepper eating contest READ MORE