Highland Park News

A union activist trying to get Detroit's emergency manager's appointment voided alleged the state treasurer lied under oath about correspondence he had with a state board that tapped the EM in March.

Rutgers' 247th universitywide Commencement will begin rain or shine at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 19, at High Point Solutions Stadium on the Busch Campus in Piscataway.

Clark University held its 109th Commencement on Sunday, May 19. Degrees were granted to 1096 graduates: 523 baccalaureate, 541 masters, and 32 doctoral.

A federal judge has refused to grant a temporary restraining order in a lawsuit that seeks to remove the emergency manager of the Highland Park School District and void appointments made under the state's prior and weaker emergency manager law.

With an estimated 14,302 graduates, plus thousands of family members, friends and well-wishers, a crowd as large as 40,000 might fill High Point Solutions Stadium on the Busch Campus in Piscataway for Rutgers University's commencement on Sunday.

On Friday, four Highland Park High School seniors in Amarillo College's Dual Degree Program graduated from Amarillo College with their associates degrees before receiving their high school diplomas.

The CAMEO Senior Nutrition Program, part of the Senior Services Division of Jewish Family & Vocational Service of Middlesex County, invites those needing a good laugh to join them on Friday, May 31, 10:45 a.m., when 'Jolliologist' Jill Perez will offer an hour of laughter and yoga breathing at the Highland Park Conservative Temple, 201 South 3rd ... (more)

Myles Smith, Lance Mullens, Billy Brooks, and Breann Hobbs have had a busy 4 years at Highland Park High School.

Highland Park High School students Victoria Fishman , Carli Gordon and Sara Lessen, all 17, help design posters, stickers and flyers for a rally to end the use of term "retard." Teacher Melissa ZIentara looks over a poster design with Danielle Sharfman, 17, and Hannah Rudman, 18, who are among the organizers of a rally to end use of the "R" word.

CLINTON, N.J. Unity Bank, a subsidiary of Unity Bancorp, Inc., entered into an agreement with Gramercy Capital Corp., an unaffiliated third party, to purchase three of its currently leased branch locations for $4.325 million.

Edison police detectives arrested a 25-year-old township man who allegedly stole sprinkler valves from 18 homes in Edison, Metuchen and Highland Park, authorities announced Wednesday.

The Highland Park Borough Council has publicly voiced its support for the East Brunswick's council's decision to overturn a variance that would have allowed a township charter school to move to a new location in an industrial section of East Brunswick.

Director Stuart Loungway, who now lives in New York but whose troupe remains incorporated in Highland Park, says that during this "hiatus" he made do with small venues, even presenting his work at house parties.

Scott Fischer, managing member and co-founder of Ciel Power, in the company's office at the Meadowlands campus of Bergen Community College.