Tag: Hightstown
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Fund for Women and Girls expedites grant to Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund
The Latin American Legal Defense and Education Fund (LALDEF) has received an expedited payment of $25,000 from a multi-year grant from the Fund for Women and Girls. Additionally, the fund has removed the grant’s funding restrictions so that LALDEF can use this money to respond to the community’s most urgent needs resulting from the COVID-19…
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Positive number of COVID cases in Hightstown continues upward climb
The number of Hightstown residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 has continued its upward climb, according to results released by the New Jersey Department of Health May 13. There were 123 Hightstown residents who had tested positive for the disease through May 12, officials said. This is an increase of 16 residents over 107…
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Hightstown reports uptick in COVID-19 cases
The number of Hightstown residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 has continued its upward climb, according to the results released by the New Jersey Department of Health. There were 111 residents who were confirmed to have the disease as of April 30, compared to 82 residents who had tested positive for COVID-19 one week…
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Meadow Lakes retirement community readjusts procedures amongst COVID crisis
The number of East Windsor and Hightstown residents who have tested positive for COVID-19 has continued its upward climb, according to results released by the New Jersey Department of Health. In East Windsor, 311 residents were confirmed to have the disease and 81 Hightstown residents tested positive for it as of April 21, officials said.…
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Food pantry ‘RISEs’ to the occasion, meeting growing demand due to coronavirus crisis
True to its name, RISE, the community service organization, is rising to the occasion as it helps Hightstown and East Windsor residents cope with COVID-19. In the days after Gov. Phil Murphy shut down New Jersey last month to prevent the spread of COVID-19, jobs evaporated as people were ordered to stay home, businesses closed…
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Thirty area nonprofits receive grant funding from Princeton Area Community Foundation
The Princeton Area Community Foundation has announced its initial round of COVID-19 Relief & Recovery Fund grants, totaling nearly $700,000 to more than 30 nonprofits. “This crisis is having a devastating impact on our most vulnerable communities,” said Jeffrey M. Vega, president and CEO, in a prepared statement. “As a philanthropic leader in this region, we knew we had to…
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The Rise Pantry: Follow that Milk
Milk is a favored but sometimes limited commodity at the Rise Pantry. The USDA provides milk to be distributed to Rise-registered families who meet the in-need requirements. Whenever there is extra, additional clients at the pantry benefit, but lately, an unexpected windfall of milk has appeared. How? Repurposing. Approximately 40% of students enrolled in the…
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Newcomers win seats on East Windsor regional school board
Two of three incumbent school board members were turned out of office by East Windsor voters and replaced by two newcomers, based on the unofficial results of the Nov. 6 general election. Hightstown voters re-elected their representative to the East Windsor Regional School District Board of Education, who was running unopposed in her quest for…
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East Windsor senior center marks 15 years of service to community
There was plenty of cake and memory-making to go around last week as the East Windsor Township Senior Center celebrated its 15th anniversary. About 100 senior citizens turned out for the celebration at the senior center, Lanning Boulevard. The center serves senior residents of East Windsor and Hightstown. “Welcome to our senior center,” East Windsor…