About Us

Our mission:

• To serve as an online hub for disseminating cultural, historic, educational, community, and public safety information about Hightstown
• To assist various committees of the Borough of Hightstown, as well as local nonprofit organizations, with volunteer recruitment and informational platforms
• To develop, secure funding for, and carry out incremental improvement projects that showcase art and culture; preserve and promote Hightstown’s rich history; and fight economic deterioration through the revitalization of public space and promotion of arts and family-oriented events.

Trustees:

Gary Grubb

I moved from Bridgehampton, LI, New York to Hightstown, NJ in 1957.  I have been married for 47 years to my wife, Dale.  We reside at 302 Morrison Ave. in Hightstown.

I was employed with a local company(Carter-Wallace, Inc.) for 38 years and am now retired.  I served on the local Board of Health and Shade Tree Commission.

I currently serve on the Parks and Recreation Commission, Environmental Commission, as a Trustee with the Downtown Hightstown group and am a member of the Hightstown-East Windsor Improvement Project (GHEWIP).  I am also a long time member of the Hightstown-Apollo Masonic Lodge in Hightstown and was master in 1976.

Brent Rivenburgh has been a resident of Hightstown since 2001 but has been visiting our beautiful town since 1992.  Originally he is from Upstate New York but met his wife Abigail Stults Rivenburgh in Salem, VA where they both attended Roanoke College.  After the two were married they decided to settle in Hightstown where Abi’s family can trace their lineage back to our town’s beginnings.  Brent graduated from Roanoke with a Bachelors of Business Administration with a concentration in marketing.  Since college Brent has worked in the professional sales and marketing field, for the last 7 years he has been a Commercial Insurance Account Manager at our own Allen & Stults Co., Inc.  Locally he is a member of the Hightstown Economic Development Committee and a Master Mason of the Hightstown Apollo Lodge #41, F. & A.M.  Brent is also involved with the Princeton and Middlesex Chamber of Commerce’s as well as just being named the incoming Chairman of the Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of NJ Young Agent Council Board of Directors.  When he is not spending time with his family you can find him playing golf, fishing or driving his classic car around town.

Ryan Rosenberg fell in love with Hightstown because it reminded him of where he grew up with its quaint downtown, historic architecture and walkable, family friendly community. Ryan was elected to serve on the Hightstown Borough Council in 2005, and later went on to be a founding member of Downtown Hightstown, Inc. Ryan’s professional expertise is in design and art direction, and he enjoys working on beautification, signage and public art projects around town. An avid outdoors person, Ryan enjoys running, hiking, gardening and working on his house. Ryan and his wife Amanda moved to Hightstown in 2003 after purchasing their first home here.

Gary Stevens lives and works in Hightstown with his his wife Michelle and daughter Amelia. Enjoys projects in music, arts, home renovating. is also the founder of 231 Studios, a graphic design company.

Yolanda Swiney has lived in Hightstown for the last 6 years with her family. She and her husband Craig have been married for 20 years and have two boys. She fell in love with Hightstown because it had a small town feeling and it reminded her of Montclair where she lived. She has worked in the financial industry for the last 20 years and enjoys helping people and advising businesses on how to better their cash flow. She has served as an active board member and task force member for nonprofits, municipalities and faith base organizations in Mercer County, where she assisted with fund raising and technical support. Children’s Home Society, RISE, Trenton Mortgage Task Force, Mercer Alliance to End Homelessness are among the few that she served. Yolanda received her Bachelor’s from New Paltz State University with a minor in Business Administration. She is also fluent in Spanish.

Esther Velázquez and her family have lived in Hightstown since the mid-1950s. She lived and worked in the Randolph, NJ area for a couple of years where she met her husband James Gannon. Always making regular trips to see her mom, she returned to her beloved Hightstown in the early 1990s where she lives with her husband, mom, and her cats Dusty and Milo. A graduate of Hightstown High School, she is also a graduate of Mercer County Community College, and received her Bachelors and Masters degrees from Thomas Edison State College. Esther also attended the Inter-American University in San German, Puerto Rico and the County College of Morris. Esther is also a member of various community organizations, including the Downtown Hightstown Organization, Hightstown Housing Authority, and the Hightstown Republican Club. In her spare time, she loves to travel domestically and internationally. Esther also loves oil painting and is currently working on writing children’s short stories in Spanish.