Highland Park News

Ever wonder what happened to those Thanksgiving turkeys you saw in storybooks? They're called heritage turkeys, and they almost became extinct a decade ago because Americans began favoring plumper white turkeys.

Highland Park will be among the latest towns in New Jersey to build vegetable and herb gardens at local schools, thanks to a $10,000 grant from Wal-Mart. Gardening helps children learn about nutrition and the environment, said Tina Weishaus, a leader of Sustainable Highland Park, a borough task force.

Senior star Nate Smith totaled 301 yards rushing and receiving and four scores. His four touchdowns were on plays of 94, 57, 39 and 24 yards.

It's not "all you can eat." It's more like whatever you can pay. A restaurant here is offering customers an innovative dining option - choose the size of your portion, then pay what you want.

Enough already about not leaving a tip if your service is lousy. We can argue all day about that one, especially the question of whether police should arrest people who refuse to pay a mandated gratuity.

Raritan Valley Community College has awarded 2009-2010 Galileo scholarships to 38 students in science, math, engineering and technology.

Not too many Middlesex businesses have been able to mark 125 years, but Parker, Remsen & Sullivan is one of them.

ANNA'S HEALTH FOOD CENTER Address of business: Establishing a new business is hard.

When Rabbi Eric Yoffie, president of the Union for Reform Judaism, delivers his Saturday-morning sermon at the groupa s biennial conference, he sets the movementa s priorities for the coming two years.

I would like to thank the voters of the 17th Legislative District - Milltown, North Brunswick, New Brunswick, Highland Park, Piscataway, and Franklin - for your support and confidence you have placed in me.

Photo by Tom Howell Jr. From left, Jake Weissman, Isaac Gabel-Frank and Josh Price arrive at Weissman's Lake Owassa family summer home upon their completion of the Appalachian Trail from Georgia to Frankford and then from Maine to the same finishing point.

Senior forward Leah Salkin snapped a scoreless tie by converting a penalty kick late in the second half Wednesday afternoon as the Highland Park High School girls soccer team defeated Florence 1-0 in the NJSIAA Central Group I quarterfinals.

State Assemblyman Samuel D. Thompson, D-13th, called the election of Chris Christie as governor "a major change in direction" for a state Legislature where Democrats have enjoyed majorities in both houses along with Democratic governors going back to the days of Gov.

A yard sale will be held on Saturday October 31 at 317 Dennison Street in Highland Park to benefit Cattitude Inc, a Highland Park-based non profit animal rescue group.

One Republican and two Democrats are vying for two open Borough Council seats. The terms of incumbents Richard Weber and Richard Dyas will expire at the end of this year.

Incumbent Democrats Jeffrey Morris and Gary Minkoff are running for reelection to the Borough Council on Tuesday.

More than 1,000 protesters stood in the rain this morning outside New Brunswick High School and Rutgers Hillel to voice opposition to the message of six members of the Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church.

It's one thing to eat a cookie decorated like a human skull or tear into the sweet, eggy pan de muerto, or bread of the dead, both staples of Day of the Dead celebrations.

A Highland Park man was arrested Thursday after leaving his 3-year-old sleeping daughter in his locked car while he was inside Sam's Club, police said Monday.

Before passing by the tree-lined sidewalks and the black lampposts adorned with scarlet "R" banners, drivers and pedestrians who enter the city from Highland Park will most likely be greeted by something else - an unfinished sidewalk, temporary street signs and rows of orange and white construction barrels.