Highland Park

Amid the animosity thrown at New Jersey Congressional Republicans over attendance at public meetings in their districts, or lack of it, no one's been lobbing slurs at Democrats. So it seems likely that Monmouth Democrat Frank Pallone (D-6) can expect a comparative walk in the park when he conducts one on Sunday, March 26, in Highland Park.

A Franklin Township man faces charges for sexually assaulting a Highland Park woman at gunpoint last week.

I grew up in the sleepy little town of Highland Park, in Middlesex County. When I say "little", I really mean it. It's less than 2 square miles. But that friendly suburb was rocked this past weekend by a terrifying crime that has left myself and many of my peers stunned.

Police say a man "inappropriately touched" the girl, then fled toward a park when she began screaming.

Authorities say a 6-year-old boy was killed and his mother was injured on Saturday when a car driven by a Piscataway man jumped a curb and struck the pair as they were walking on a sidewalk in Highland Park.

The operator of a Highland Park medical supply shop who lives in Holmdel faces up to three years in prison for a role in beating Medicaid out of about $150,000.