Zoning board puts down Cleveland Ave. plan
Shayne Rodriguez Thompson
H.P. Mirror staff
After eight long months of meetings, debates, demands, concessions, and ultimately delays, the zoning board has finally made a decision on the status of the former Illuminating Experiences site . . . .
The Year in HPHS Sports
Danny Breslauer
H.P. Mirror Staff
During this relaxing time of the year, we take the opportunity to look back at the year that was in Highland Park High School athletics. The fall of 2007 was a watershed season for the HPHS Owls football team. The squad finished . . . .
Peace Vigil
Jean Stockdale
Special to The Mirror
Every Saturday morning, Dottie Ji comes to Highland Park from East Brunswick and helps roll out the now 19 banners that bear the names of the 4,300 US soldiers killed so far in Iraq . . .
LETTERS
H.P. council challenged to stand against war
The Central Jersey Coalition Against Endless War and the Rutgers Walkout Coalition plan to bring a resolution against the Iraq War, similar to the to one passed recently by New Brunswick, to the Highland Park Borough Council meeting on Tuesday, July 15 at 7 PM. . . .
Calendars
Talk of the Town
Ars Longa Est
On the Avenue(s)
Old Things Considered
Ghislaine Darden
We have pocket doors between our living room and dining room and I wanted to know the history of these doors.
Pocket doors were originally designed as space savers for late 19th and early 20th century Victorian homes....
In summer, structured athletics take a ten week break
Danny Breslauer
Here are a few simple ways to beat the heat and still feel accomplished on those days when you just don’t want to leave your couch . . . . |
ARE WE HAVING FUN YET? |
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Commerce, civic action, and balloon animals -- it all comes together at the Random Acts of Fun block party. Visit the photo gallery by clicking here.
Photo contributed by Thales Nazario. |
K-1 grades lose most bus service
Traffic tangles touted, tailpipe trouble too
Parents paying privately for pickup
Nicole Gonzalez for The Mirror
A half million dollars worth of cuts to Highland Park’s school budgets will no doubt have a substantial impact on students and school staff in the upcoming school year . . .
Music turns out to be true calling for composer Bianculli
Valeri Drach Weidmann
H.P. Mirror staff
On a warm night late in May, jazz pianist and composer John Bianculli held a fundraiser for the Highland Park Public Library. The audience enjoyed performances from his trio . . .
DOWN BY THE RIVER
Polls process questioned in Hub City
Activists seek ward-based voting for council seats
Amy Braunstein
Special to The Mirror
Something is happening across the river in New Brunswick. Students and community members of Empower Our Neighborhoods (EON) have dedicated their summer to a referendum. . .
Reformed Church mobilizes to intercept “e-waste”
One town’s effort to stem the blight of throwaway technology
Jean Stockdale
for The Mirror
The Reformed Church of Highland Park has begun an electronics recycling initiative serving all residents of the borough. The church offers pickup of recyclable electronics . . .
Roller girls pull out of central Jersey for new base in Newark
“Hub City Hellrazors” name lives on at in-league meets
Howard Princz
H.P. Mirror Staff
On June 1, 2008, the NJ Dirty Dames (NJDD) roller derby league merged with the Garden State Rollergirls of Newark. The preceding weekend, May 25, the Dirty Dames paid homage to its long-time fans, friends, and family in its final home bout . . . .
Bartle team's creativity shines in Odyssey of the Mind
Ekaterina Vorobiev
H.P. Mirror staff
On June 3, a team of third and fourth grade students from Bartle Elementary School placed second in the world finals in a very interesting competition held at College Park . . . |
