See for yourself why Highland Park is the place to be in May!
The weekend of May 16 and 17 promises to be packed full of entertainment and activity--Planting Day, A Run in the Park and Street Fair all happen one weekend in mid-May.
Planting Day starts the weekend, Saturday, May 16, at 10:00 a.m. Volunteers will fill 107 containers with plants ranging from sweet potato vines and petunias to lantanas and ornamental grasses. Main Street Highland Park supplies the plants and sends you on your way. Those who don’t consider themselves gardeners should still come anyway. Main Street volunteers will assist planters, each of whom will be given a set of plants and a drawing to indicate where each plant should be planted. More...
..and our FULL CALENDAR OF EVENTS, available here
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The Main Street Highland Park volunteer race committee is restructuring the first 5K race to honor local activist and runner Riki Jacobs.
Planning was already underway for Main Street Highland Park’s A Run in the Park when Riki Jacobs, local activist and runner, died on March 14 of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS). She was 51.
Kim Hammond and Bonnie Kortrey, friends of Jacobs, approached the Main Street committee about having the May 17 race in her honor, said James McCrone, executive director of MSHP.
“The committee was excited to say yes. She loved the community and this is the community honoring her,” McCrone said of Jacobs, who was executive director of Hyacinth AIDS Foundation.
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Sign up to run online: here
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This issue of Highland Park Happenings begins a series of profiles and interviews with downtown merchants, restaurateurs and profession-als, with a profile of Doug Otrimski and Mark Froehlich, co-owners of Robert's Florals.
We thought Robert's would be the perfect place to start now that Spring is in the air and just in time for Spring holidays. Check out their special indulgences and details on their Frequent Flower Card here. Watch for more profiles in coming issues!
Mark and Doug took over Robert's Florals as an existing business 10 years ago, in a location on Raritan right at the Edison-Highland Park border. “We took it over, modernized it and built [the business ] up,” Froehlich said. MORE
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Here are some additional events for April and early May in this thriving community...
April 19: Found Objects Art Show (Pino's Gift Baskets & Wine Shoppe); the HP Artists Collective. Check in at Pino's for details.
April 22: Earth Day Extravaganza at HP High School.
April 24: Charlie Brown's Murder Mystery dinner The Falsettos,
May 2: Elijah's Promise spring event.
May 3: Spring Concert in Highland Park, Classical and Jazz performances, at I.M. Gallery 233 Raritan
May 6: Spring into health at the annual Health Expo! |
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The Barber Lounge offers to make you King for a Day!
Raspberry Beret has extra savings for Spring shopping!
Help Eden Organix raise money for March of Dimes, April 26. Check out spa specials here
Stimulus Savings at PJ's. Get coupons for coffee and lunch.
Get a jump on Spring and Summer at Carvel Ice Cream
Stop in an save at Ashley's Pearls (next to PJ's)--excellent discounts and bonus buys. Ask for Faye!
Celebrate Spring with special indulgences at Robert's Florals
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Pino's offers the area's largest holiday wine selection. Click here for more details.
Family Marital Arts is thinking ahead to summer and summer camp!
CenterpieceThis April enjoy 20% off all things GREEN
I.M Flower offers free, local delivery for Passover and Easter.
Stop and Shop has partnered with Sustainable Highland Park for the Earth Day Extravaganza and is planning another Food Drive to follow up its very successful event in January. Learn more here.
White Lotus Home has 20% off floor sample sale
Papa John's is offering a very special 25 cent ONLINE deal.
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