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The job you work in your pajamas
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Tuesday, June 21, 2011

"How would you like to have a job where you can wear your pajamas all day?" Award winning author Wendy Mass addressed a crowd of more than fifty at the Highland Park Public Library on a recent Thursday evening.

 

Highland Park Middle School teacher Dara Botvinick wrote a grant to have the author spend the whole day with students, after former teen librarian Michelle Reasso heard her speak at a conference.

 

Tyler Rios '12 raises the stakes for HPHS wrestling
Danny Breslauer
Sunday, June 5, 2011

Tyler Rios had just moved to Highland Park from Newark in 2005. He was walking the halls of Bartle Elementary School when he came across flyers promoting recreation wrestling.

He thought it’d be a cool idea to get involved, but had no idea that the decision would lead to something much bigger than a hobby.

COLOR MY WORLD
Tuesday, May 17, 2011

 

Rutgers’ Indian Graduate Students Association celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors at New Brunswick’s Free Public Library.

Library staffer Kavita Pandey partnered with RIGSA for the second year to organize the afternoon's festivities.


Barry's on Church Street is much more than smoke and mirrors
Amy Braunstein
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

On a windy Friday night Barry Cohen found time to sit down at Barry’s, his eclectic New Brunswick shop and chat about the life of a tobacconist.

Raised in Manalapan, and graduated from William Paterson University, Cohen was looking to change his “Career lifestyle into a Lifestyle career” and start a business in a community in his home state.

Gary Minkoff to seek election as mayor
Jim Purcell
Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Highland Park Mayor Steve Nolan confirmed on Monday that he is "not in a position to run" for a four-year term this fall.

 

According to Highland Park Democratic Committeeman George Valenta, borough councilmember Gary Minkoff has received the party's endorsement for mayor in the June 7th primary.

 

Five residents contest four slots on H.P. school board
Rebecca Hersh
Tuesday, March 15, 2011

On Wednesday April 27, Highland Park residents will vote to fill four slots on the district’s school board. Two incumbents are standing for reelection -- Greg Deatz, who just finished his first three-year term; and Chandra Pointer-Titus, a 2010 interim appointee running to fill that seat's remaining two years -- and two other seats will be open, due to the upcoming retirement of board president Wendy Saiff and the March passing of three-term member Dave Muschinske.

Long-time rec coach brings fundamentals across cultures
Danny Breslauer
Monday, March 7, 2011

When you grow up within 15 miles of the training grounds of both Aston Villa and Birmingham City in the industrial midlands of England, you’re bound to develop a deep interest in soccer. That was the case for Highland Park resident and youth soccer coach Mark Draper.

“My uncle got me really into soccer during what we call infant school,” said the 49-year-old Draper, who proudly roots for Aston Villa. “At the time, I supported Birmingham City and my uncle was a Villa supporter and wanted to change that. So he took me to games and changed my alliance.”

That'll be one tough mudder for sure
Danny Breslauer
Friday, February 18, 2011

 

Just reading the description of the Tough Mudder race would make most athletes cringe. But for 2001 HPHS graduate Michael Ramer, it serves as an opportunity to push himself beyond physical limitations.

 

"Pick up a camera and tell your own stories"
Valeri Drach Weidmann
Wednesday, February 9, 2011
On a frigid February evening, Spike Lee heated up a packed audience of young students on the Livingston Campus Center. "You can't be a filmmaker if you don't shoot film."

The 90 minute talk was sponsored by the Writers at Rutgers Reading Series and the Livingston Campus Student Center. Lee electrified the large audience, making it seem like an intimate conversation with details from his own student days, career and childhood.

Smarter than your average nail salon
Juliana Pace
Saturday, January 8, 2011

Highland Park merchant Joanne Min has recently been recognized with a Reader's Choice award, as one of the premier nail salons throughout all of Central New Jersey.

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