NEWS

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

The corner of North 4th and Madison Avenue is soon to be transformed from a scrubby nondescript corner to a neighborhood garden project with educational twist.

Jason Ruggieri’s vision for the corner is a showcase that teaches residents how to use native plants in landscaping on their own properties, and the benefits of doing so.

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

In a unanimous vote, the Highland Park Board of Education has accepted the bid of Temco Facility Services to provide facilities management to the borough's public schools. The decision at Monday's board meeting was cheered by more than a dozen custodial and maintenance employees and their supporters.

The vote in favor of a new contract with the East Rutherford firm marks the formal end to the district’s contentious relationship with Sodexo, the nation’s largest provider of facility services.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

An ostensibly rubber-stamp Democratic primary took a surprising detour Monday with an eleventh-hour write-in campaign for mayor by Elsie Foster-Dublin.

The borough council veteran's play for the center chair drew outrage and complaints of "unethical," "disrespectful" behavior from local party leaders throughout the day and into Tuesday’s election.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Highland Park school board approved individual 2011-12 salaries for the district's 192 returning professional staff -- teachers, counselors, classroom assistants and support staff -- at their June 6th meeting.

Full-time teaching salaries increased by the contracted rates of between 1.4 and 2.3%, according to the district's salary resolution published at http://www.highlandpark.k12.nj.us/board/agendas/agendate/6%206%2011.pdf.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

According to a family therapist who has been counseling couples in Highland Park for nearly 30 years, having the right number of children can make or break a marriage.

Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Highland Park’s “A Better World" Café opens its second summer in operation with an exciting expansion. Starting June 17, patrons will be able to enjoy ‘suggested price’ dinners on Friday evenings.

The new hours -- 11 AM to 9 PM on Friday and 11 AM to 3PM on Monday through Thursday -- coincide with the opening of the borough's "Jersey Fresh" Farmers Market located outdoors at 222 Raritan Avenue, adjacent to A Better World Café.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

 

Thirty-one films will have their New Jersey or Area premiere screenings, as part of the New Jersey International Film Festival Summer 2011, which opens on the Rutgers campus next Friday, June 3rd with Melt, Savasana, and The Sandman.

 

Al Nigrin, the festival’s curator and executive director, says several of this summer’s films have a New Jersey connection.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Pulte Homes, the developers of “Overlook at Highland Park” at the intersection of River Road and Cedar Lane, have applied for relief from two conditions of their site plan approval: first, a mandate that the historic Cenacle House on the property be turned over to "a public entity" for the purpose of preservation; and second, the timeline for completion of the project’s 18 affordable housing units.

Tuesday, May 24, 2011

The Highland Park Planning Board met on May 19 to exchange ideas with the Washington Square Group of Chatham, a real etate developer which is seeking to build a two-story building at 138 Raritan Avenue.

The Washington Square Group represents the Seven-Eleven Corporation in proposing a convenience store, with upstairs offices, on the former Sunoco gas station site.

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