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Among the joys of this time of year are the voices. Just listen as you walk down Raritan Avenue and you will hear them. “L’Shana Tova,” “For a Good Year” drowns out the cacophony of horns, brakes and motors. People take the time to stop, smile and greet one another with sincere wishes for a “good” not necessarily a “happy” New Year, since good connotes having a year of doing good for others, a greater good than individual happiness. 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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The Highland Park Board of Health passed resolutions last spring concerning lack of sleep and exercise among middle school and high school students. At tonight’s meeting, the board members will be discussing next steps in implementing policies to improve student health. READ MORE
Arts in the Park, Airbnb, and teen center are among the topics discussed at the September 1, 2015 Highland Park Borough Council meeting. READ MORE
Motorists soon may encounter the first-ever four-way stop in Highland Park after a proposed traffic law comes up for its final vote Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2015. The location is Cleveland and North Second Avenues. READ MORE
Highland Park Real Estate market remains healthy thanks to many favorable factors in the community, proximity to Rutgers, excellent public school system, a good variety of housing styles and price ranges, walkability, and convenient public transportation. READ MORE
Teaming up with Habitat for Humanity of Greater Plainfield and Middlesex County and with the Borough of Highland Park, Johnson & Johnson Worldwide Engineering & Technical Operations is helping to build a home for a local Middlesex County family in need. READ MORE
Representatives of Rite Aid, at the corner of Raritan and Fourth Avenues, appeared before the Highland Park Planning Board on Aug. 13, 2015, seeking relief from conditions of a 2007 site plan approval – conditions which they acknowledged have already been violated in the recent renovation of the store READ MORE