Category: news/windsor_hights_herald
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TRENTON: Hightstown man headed to prison for stealing Triangle Club funds
By Philip Sean Curran As the accountant of the performing arts group at Princeton University called the Triangle Club, Thomas Muza was given a position of trust. It was a trust that he broke time and time again, something that Mr. Muza said Friday that he regretted on a day when he was sentenced to…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Borough officials discuss FEMA payment
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN – Council discussed a recommendation from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for a $321,000 payment after Hurricane Irene struck the borough in August 2011. “We’ve been working on a lot of things with emergency management with FEMA,” said Borough Administrator Henry Underhill. He said they have been talking…
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EAST WINDSOR-HIGHTSTOWN: Group envisions new indoor youth sports complex
By Mike Morsch, Executive editor When it rains in the spring and summer, youth baseball players have to stop playing baseball. It’s a sport that’s played outside, so that’s just the way that’s kind of always been. But some of the parents of the East Windsor and Hightstown ballplayers started thinking that there may be…
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EAST WINDSOR: District schools participate in Week of Respect
By Amy Batista, Special Writer Schools throughout the district have been participating in the Week of Respect and School Violence Awareness Week to promote and help prevent negative behaviors, such as violence, and harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) by engaging students in age-appropriate instruction and assemblies in October. According to the New Jersey Department of…
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EAST WINDSOR: Council proclaims October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
By Amy Batista, Special Writer EAST WINDSOR – Mayor Janice Mironov proclaimed October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month during the township council meeting Oct. 13. “This is Domestic Violence Awareness Month,” said Mayor Mironov. “We have made it a tradition every year, more than a tradition, a strong value of our township, to recognize domestic…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Borough council recognizes the work of Womanspace
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN – The Borough Council recognized the work of Womanspace during its meeting Monday night with a resolution. “This month being National Domestic Violence Awareness Month I would like to give a resolution and proclamation recognizing the work of Womanspace,” said Councilman Seth Kurs and police commissioner to the police…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Three high school seniors named National Merit Scholarship semifinalists
Three Hightstown High School seniors have been named 2016 National Merit Scholarship program semifinalists. They are Timothy J. Aveni, Abigail Nickerson and Swetha Subramaniam. Thy now have the opportunity to continue in the competition for some 7,400 National Merit Scholarships worth more than $32 million that will be offered next spring. About 1.5 million juniors…
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HIGHTSTOWN: Council to look at proposals for shared services
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN – Borough Council is investigated and reviewed proposals for shared services during its Monday night council meeting. “As you know, we have been investigating shared services for several months to the point that I was directed to send out written proposals to other towns to get proposals on shared…
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LWV debates to feature Hightstown hopefuls, but not East Windsor Democrat candidates
By Amy Batista, Special Writer HIGHTSTOWN – Four candidates are running for Hightstown Borough Council and will be participating in the upcoming candidate forum Thursday night, while there will be no debate for the East Windsor candidates. The League of Women Voters (LWV) of East Windsor-Hightstown is sponsoring the forum from 7 to 8 p.m.…
