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Rite Aid, essentially asking for forgiveness rather than permission, won that forgiveness on Nov 12, 2015 when the HP Planning Board granted the Raritan Avenue Rite Aid relief from the conditions of its 2007 site plan approval. After acknowledging that its recent renovations and implementation of 24-hour-per-day service were in violation of its site plan approval, Rite Aid asked the planners and won relief based on its arguments that its service to the community justified the changes in its original approvals. READ MORE

U.S. Congressman Frank Pallone is holding an interfaith open-to-the-public discussion with Pastor Seth Kaper-Dale and Rabbi Bazeley on Monday, Nov. 23, 2015, 12 noon at the RCHP, 19 South Second Avenue. Congressman Pallone urges as many as possible to attend this thoughtful dialog on the challenges of terrorism and immigration.
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Sixteen individuals have been arrested and charged with taking part in a scheme to pass bad checks in four counties and collect more than $100,000 from local banks and check-cashing businesses, according to a Nov. 18 announcement from Middlesex County Prosecutor Andrew C. Carey and Chief Stephen J. Rizco of the Highland Park Police Department. READ MORE