Borough of Highland Park
Jason Postelnik currently serves as a Legal Specialist at the New Jersey Department of Human Services - Division of Family Development and as a Councilman for the Borough of Highland Park. With extensive experience in legal roles, Jason worked as Lead Counsel and Senior Counsel at the New Jersey Office of Legislative Services from July 2011 to March 2021, and previously held the position of Deputy Attorney General at the New Jersey Division of Law from September 2007 to June 2011. Jason's legal career began as a Law Clerk for the New Jersey Courts from September 2006 to August 2007. Jason holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Wisconsin Law School, obtained between 2003 and 2006, and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government from Rutgers University–New Brunswick, completed in May 2002.
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Borough of Highland Park
Over the past century, Highland Park's large farm and estate lands have been parceled into smaller suburban residential plots. Watson Whittlesey's Livingston Manor development, begun in 1906, is perhaps the best known example. There have been many other tract developments such as the Viehmann Tract, also on the north side, Riverview Terrace on the south side, Raritan Park Terrace in the triangle between Raritan and Woodbridge Avenues, and East New Brunswick Heights in the Orchard Heights neighborhood. By 1930, most of Highland Park's land had been sub-divided and its streets mapped out. It has taken years of continuously constructing houses and apartment buildings to create our largely residential borough. Highland Park's industrial development in the 19th and 20th centuries has included such businesses as Johnson & Johnson, The John Waldron Machine Company, and the Janeway & Carpenter Wall-paper factory. Our commercial zones along both Raritan and Woodbridge Avenues have been filled with many small family businesses, some which have lasted for generations. Throughout the 20th century, Highland Park's religious institutions, educational facilities, and municipal governance have kept pace with the growth of the town. The trends of local autonomy and control that shaped Highland Park in the past continue to this day.