The park, which is part of the Middlesex County park system, is one of the more heavily used county recreation areas, parks officials say. It has four tennis courts, two basketball courts, several multipurpose sports fields, a small pond, boat ramp, a community garden plot and several picnic groves and playgrounds. The borough uses the park as its recreational base, scheduling a variety of soccer leagues for kids, softball leagues for girls and women, and baseball leagues for youngsters in kindergarten through sixth grades. The high school's tennis teams also use Donaldson as its home courts. The nicest thing about Donaldson Park is its relation to the river.
People love to get close to the river.
As the temperatures rose into the 50s on St. Patrick's Day, and the snow continued to melt, Ann Cordon of Grant Avenue and her friend, Joan Israel of New Brunswick, began to hit tennis balls on court 2. The 10 a.m. game was the first time the women had played in about two months. The 66-degree temperature and bright sunshine brought many people to the park for a variety of reasons. Among the park-goers were David Kady of Central Avenue, Zev Form of Park Place and Bo Cumberbatch of Donaldson Street, all 18 and 1998 graduates of Highland Park High School. We don't have a yard.