Plan for new union HQ on Cleveland Avenue gets nod from zoning board

A proposal to convert a Cleveland Avenue site into an office and training center for a Newark-based union local was approved this week by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

The application from Local 32 of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers was introduced at last month’s board meeting but continued to [...]

Anna’s Health Food Center celebrates two decades of business in the borough

Anna’s Health Food Center, a family-owned natural food store, will mark its 20th year of doing business in Highland Park with an all-day celebration tomorrow, Dec. 1., at 401-403 Raritan Avenue

Local folk musician Spook Handy will perform at the store while company representatives from Toms of Maine, Burt’s Bees, Solgar and New Chapter vitamins, and [...]

Union local seeks variance, plans to relocate HQ to Cleveland Avenue

A proposal to turn a Cleveland Avenue site into an administrative and training center for a Newark-based union local is under consideration by the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

The proposal from Local 32 of the International Association of Heat & Frost Insulators & Allied Workers is to convert vacant manufacturing and warehouse space at 318 Cleveland [...]

Borough’s tax-lien sale set for Dec. 14

Unpaid tax liens against borough properties will be put up for sale Monday, Dec. 14, at Borough Hall, 221 South Fifth Avenue.

Borough residents with unpaid property taxes will be notified by certified mail that the notes for the amount they owe will be subject to sale. Residents have until the day of the sale to pay off what [...]

Crash course in Hebrew offered by Jewish bookstore

A free language course in Hebrew begins Sunday, Nov. 22, at People of the Book, the Jewish used bookstore that opened last month at 311 Raritan Avenue, second floor.

The five-session course, which promises to have students reading Hebrew by Chanukah, is geared to adult novices with no prior knowledge of the language. Each Sunday session begins at [...]

Borough tries to head off Main Street mini-secession

Claiming they are paying high fees for little or no return, six disgruntled property owners along Raritan and Woodbridge avenues want their buildings exempted from the borough’s Business Improvement District.

A spokesman for the group, Harvey Klee, spoke at the Tuesday night Borough Council meeting as the council prepared to approve the annual budget for Main Street Highland Park, the [...]

Retail-apartment building proposal approved for Raritan Avenue site

Plans for a new three-story building combining apartment units and retail space on Raritan Avenue got the thumbs-up from the borough Planning Board this evening.

Work will begin next year at 130-134 Raritan Avenue, between the former Sunoco station at South Second Avenue and Jack’s Hardware. The site is currently occupied by two houses, one used [...]