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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
Jim Polos with deep roots in HP community leaves his freeholder post to take $180,000 per year job as executive director of the Middlesex County Improvement Authority. 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
The 12th Annual Arts in the Park was real winner and featured entertainment, food, and the “best outdoors art show in New Jersey.” It featured record number of artists and festival attendees. READ MORE
The Annual Highland Park Arts in the Park is the region’s spectacular arts and crafts and entertainment event featuring a renowned juried art show, Sunday, September 25. Now in its 10th year, this outdoor juried art show and street fair draws thousands of people to the streets of Highland Park to enjoy top-notch art, music, and food while exploring Highland Park’s downtown as a shopping and dining destination
It is window dressing at its best in Highland Park – a special Window Art Crawl and Reception, Saturday, September 17, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., with a Pino’s meet-the-artists reception at 7 p.m. 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
Residents are invited to attend Highland Park’s 9/11 Day of Discussion to remember those who lost their lives by looking at the policy complexities related to the worst terror attack on American soil. READ MORE
The Highland Park Outdoor Movie Theater thanks to Brian Onken’s work with Rebecca Hersh and Main Street Highland Park was a hugely popular program that officially ended on Aug. 27. But the outdoor movie magic continues at Pino’s on Friday Sept. 9 with ‘Raiders.’ READ MORE