by Admin | Sep 20, 2023 | Local Businesses
Front page of the first Village Record. The Village Record was first started in Hightstown on June 30, 1849. The editors/owners were Jacob Stults and James S. Yard. Stults was only 19 years old and Yard was only 23. After just five months (December 1849), Yard sold...
by Admin | Aug 18, 2023 | Local People
From the Hightstown Gazette August 7, 1997 by Curtis Crowell with 2019 updates with permission Mr. George Sumbry’s home on Airport Road is surrounded by flowers, fruit trees, vegetables of all kinds that he and his wife Mayleen tend with dedication. The...
by Admin | Jun 7, 2023 | Local Businesses
The 1930’s were a time when many people still relied upon manufactured ice for their refrigeration needs. They had ice-box refrigerators in their homes, and they still bought ice to fill them. Hightstown had its own ice-making plant. It stood behind the houses...
