HERALD HIGHLIGHTS: Week of Feb. 24

Annual dollhouse event Saturday
   On Feb. 25, the 33rd annual Dollhouse and Miniatures show and sale will take place at the First Presbyterian Church, 320 N. Main St., Hightstown, from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
   The Hightstown Woman’s Club is sponsoring the event.
   The 33rd annual show and sale includes lunch, raffle tickets, snacks and door prizes.
   Admission is $5 for adults; $2 for children under 12.
Men’s softball sign up
   The Twin Rivers-East Windsor Men’s Softball League is hosting a sign up on Saturday morning from 10 a.m. to noon at the Twin Rivers Library, 276 Abbington Dr., in East Windsor on Feb. 25.
   All games will take place Sunday mornings from May through September.
   The League, which has been in existence for more than 20 years, is open to those 25 or older who reside in East Windsor, West Windsor and Cranbury townships.
   For further information, send an e-mail via [email protected].
Discover history at home
   Members of the community are invited to attend Uncovering Your Home’s History, a workshop scheduled for Sunday, Feb. 26, from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.
   Sponsored by the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society, the event will be held in the meeting room attached to the back of its headquarters, known as Ely House, 164 N. Main St.
   The workshop will be led by two local authorities on researching houses, Julie Ely, a local teacher, and Robert Craig, an historian in the State of New Jersey’s Historic Preservation Office. Together, they have uncovered the history of many homes in Hightstown and East Windsor.
   After the workshop, attendees will be welcome to visit Ely House, the museum of the Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society. Docents will be on hand to lead tours.
   For more information about the workshop, call 609-443-3138.
The legacy of Hightstown
   This upcoming Tuesday evening, the Hightstown Environmental Commission will hold a public comment session on the newly generated Environmental Resource Inventory (ERI) highlighting borough’s cultural heritage and history.
   The Feb. 28 meeting is at 7:30 p.m. inside of the First Aid building 168 Bank St.
   The public is encouraged to attend and partake in the public comment session of the HEC meeting. As feasible, comments will be incorporated into the final document, a HEC press release said.
   Included in the inventory are site maps, the results of geological and natural resource surveys, and a narrative about Hightstown’s history and its cultural role as an agricultural and industrial intersection in the central New Jersey region.