🌱 How new funding keeps Hightstown’s vital Route 130 bus running strong

Cheers Hightstown! We're back, helping you stay up to date with what's happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️

🎃 Hosting a Halloween event in Hightstown? Let Patch get the word out for you. Post it to the Patch calendar.

Subscribe

In today's newsletter:

• How new funding keeps Hightstown's vital Route 130 bus running strong

Also on today's calendar: Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know and 11 more events.

Today's riddle: What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Thursday: Mostly sunny and nice, with a high of 77 and low of 44 degrees.
• Friday: Nice with plenty of sunshine, temps: high: 73, low: 45.
• Saturday: Sun through high clouds, with a high of 70 and low of 52 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• County funding keeps Route 130 Connection rolling (princetoninfo.com) — Bus riders in Hightstown can count on the Route 130 Connection continuing, thanks to new NJ Transit funding that fills a looming budget gap. The $60,000 boost keeps express and local service linking Hightstown, East Windsor, Trenton, Hamilton, and the Exit 8A warehouse district, including early and late runs that help residents reach warehouse and logistics jobs.
   

📸 Around Hightstown

Show off your photography skills and the sights around town! Click here to submit your Photo of the Day to Patch AM!

🗓 Upcoming Events in Hightstown

Add your event to our calendar and newsletter!

★ Featured events ★

Friday October 9
• Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
  Webinar - Online Presentation,
  2:30 pm
Saturday October 24
• Meadows Miler →
  Rosedale Park, 424 Federal City Rd, Pennington
  8:00 am

Want to see your event featured? Click here!

Other local events

Thursday October 8
• Long Table Club at Kochi Indian Cuisine →
  Kochi Indian Cuisine, 370 U.S. 130, Hightstown
  7:00 pm
Saturday October 10
• Hill School at Peddie →
  Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
  2:30 pm
Monday October 12
• Morristown-Beard at Peddie →
  Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
  4:30 pm
Saturday October 17
• Hightstown's Sports Card & Collectibles Show →
  St Anthony of Padua Church - Hightstown Walk-Up, 156 Maxwell Ave, Hightstown
  9:00 am
• Notre Dame at Peddie →
  Peddie, South Main St., Hightstown
  1:00 pm
Monday October 26
• Lawrence at Peddie →
  Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
  4:30 pm
Friday October 30
• Spooky Season at Working Dog Winery →
  Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Rd, Hightstown
  12:00 pm
Saturday October 31
• Hun at Peddie →
  Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
  1:00 pm
• Patty Blee and Tom Feehan at Working Dog Winery →
  Working Dog Winery, 610 Perrineville Road, Hightstown
  1:00 pm
Sunday November 1
• Open House - November 2026 →
  Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society, 164 North Main Street, Hightstown
  1:00 pm
• Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society OPEN HOUSE →
  Hightstown NJ
  1:00 pm
• Open House →
  Hightstown-East Windsor Historical Society, 164 North Main Street, Hightstown
  1:00 pm

📣 Hightstown Shout Outs!

Want to say something great about someone in town? Click here to submit your Shout Out to Patch AM! It's free!

Have we missed something on our calendar? Add an event yourself! As always, before attending confirm event details to ensure accuracy.

Want to see your business here? Click here to connect with local customers.

💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Domino's Pizza posted a job opening for Assistant Manager (03971) - 1100 Us Highway 130 in Robbinsville. Apply here.

🗞 Nearby News

East Windsor

• Hovione Invests $35M in Next-Generation Continuous Tableting Line (pharmasource.global)
• Drug services industry touts capacity investments (acs.org)

Robbinsville

• Undercover: Trenton Police Seize $100,000, 70 Slot Machines (newsbreak.com)
• Games to Watch, schedule and predictions for Week 6 in South Jersey (burlingtoncountytimes.com)

West Windsor

• Philadelphia man accused of running illegal slot gambling in 30 NJ businesses (newsbreak.com)
• What data can cops take from you phone? (nj1015.com)

Ok Hightstown! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!

-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What is clean when it is black and dirty when it is white?" — A chalk board (Thank you Charlie H. for sending it in!)
Got a good riddle for PatchAM? Submit it here!

👉 Help make Patch AM better

• Help us grow by suggesting local news sources.
• Shape this newsletter with your feedback.
• List items for sale or services offered

We use a combination of real people and machines to tell you what's happening around town. Learn more about Patch AM.

Share to NextDoor     Share to Facebook