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Highland Park’s High School Track Teams, particularly the Girls Team, were on the right track with exceptional performances at last week’s Central Jersey Sectional Track Championships, May 22-23 at Hillsborough High School. READ MORE
Memorial Day Celebration
Mayor Gayle Brill Mittler led the community’s Memorial Day salute to our nation’s heroes with the following message:
What is a hero? What is it that makes a man or a woman the kind of person who sacrifices their time, or makes the ultimate sacrifice, in order that we, the residents of Highland Park, should be able to live our day-to-day lives without worry for our safety. What lies behind the character of the person who selflessly rushes out of their comfortable home and into a stranger’s burning home? When an alarm sounds, or a beeper goes off, what is it about the person who stops whatever they are doing and rushes off to help start the heart of a resident in trauma? What is it that makes a person forget about the safety of his or her own life to race into a police car in order to protect the life and property of a victim they do not even know. READ MORE
Highland Spark lends spark to the lives of jewelry artisans – and to Highland Park’s downtown retail environment. Pictured is Ann Russell of Princeton working on a necklace and pendant. READ MORE
Princz’s Perspective is a weekly roundup of the youth sports scene in Highland Park. Sports Editor Howard Princz welcomes your input. TENNIS: What happens when you combine three important ingredients to a boys tennis team that include the dominance of Maverick Lin with great play and the confidence of Leo Goldman alongside the Willpower of Will Chen? The result from such a recipe is Game Set and Match. Highland Park defeats Metuchen 4-1 on Monday, May 18 at Metuchen to capture the Central Jersey Group One tennis championship. It was the fourth time in the last five years that Highland Park, now 13-5 on the season, has captured the sectional crown in Central Jersey Group One. READ MORE
HP Police have designated one of its officers to serve in the role of building positive relationships with the community’s youth. READ MORE
Quick Takes are local news items brought up at the Borough Council meeting and/or under discussion on the streets of Highland Park and on Facebook. The discussion of the week of May 18 was dominated by the water main break on Raritan Avenue that still has the town under a boil water advisory. READ MORE
A special Princz’s Perspective column features Athletic Director Craig Girvan, who enthusiastically embraces several important roles at Highland Park High School. READ MORE
Construction of The Habitat for Humanity home on South 10th Avenue is about to begin – thanks to the generosity of the residents of Highland Park which donated the property to Habitat. The project will feature a new online fund-raising mechanism. READ MORE
The Highland Park Educational Foundation is hosting a fun-filled event “Casino Night” on the evening of May 30 to raise money for important initiatives in the Highland Park School District. It is a safe bet to say that all attendees will have a great time while contributing to a great cause. www.hpefnj.org READ MORE
School Board urges all residents to provide input into the process of hiring a new school superintendent. READ MORE