Community Corner
🌱 How new funding keeps Hightstown’s vital Route 130 bus running strong
And on the Hightstown Patch calendar - Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know

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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!)
- 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.
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📸 Around Hightstown
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Hightstown
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★ Featured events ★
- Estate Planning: 5 Essential Things You Should Know →
Webinar - Online Presentation,
2:30 pm - Meadows Miler →
Rosedale Park, 424 Federal City Rd, Pennington
8:00 am
Friday October 9
Saturday October 24
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Other local events
- Long Table Club at Kochi Indian Cuisine →
Kochi Indian Cuisine, 370 U.S. 130, Hightstown
7:00 pm - Hill School at Peddie →
Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
2:30 pm - Morristown-Beard at Peddie →
Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
4:30 pm - 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 - Lawrence at Peddie →
Peddie High School, South Main St., Hightstown
4:30 pm - Spooky Season at Working Dog Winery →
Working Dog Winery, 610 Windsor Perrineville Rd, Hightstown
12:00 pm - 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 - 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
Thursday October 8
Saturday October 10
Monday October 12
Saturday October 17
Monday October 26
Friday October 30
Saturday October 31
Sunday November 1
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💬 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)
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-- 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!)
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