Tag: Sea Bright

Residents of Atlantic Highlands and Highlands will go to the polls Sept. 26 to decide the future of their public school system.

A former Sea Bright Police officer admitted to a slew of crimes that terrorized his ex-girlfriend.

It’s beach time! But in addition to dodging traffic and angling for a parking spot, visitors looking for a little sand and surf also have to pay up.

After several years of negotiations and discussions, the Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Sea Bright borough councils held a joint special public meeting May 18 at the Hesse Parish Center about regionalizing their school districts. 

After unanimously adopting a resolution during its Feb. 9 meeting, the governing body is poised to develop the missing piece of a school regionalization petition that requires a mutually beneficial formula to divide and allocate annual tax savings.

At the most recent borough council meeting Mayor Brian P. Kelly and council members acknowledged the heroic actions of Sea Bright Patrolman Sean Marelli, also a member of Sea Bright Fire and Rescue.

A unanimous decision by the governing boards of the Henry Hudson Tri-District has set a course toward regionalization, but for now, the plan will not include students from the nearby borough of Sea Bright.

The Shrewsbury River Properties Redevelopment Area will be going through another update as the planning board voted to include additional borough-owned properties in the plan.

The Borough of Sea Bright has a weak mayor/strong council, partisan form of government. Six elected members sit on the council; the mayor is directly elected by residents as well. The mayor is elected for a four-year term; council members serve three-year terms on a staggered basis. The mayor makes committee and liaison appointments but only votes in the event of a tie.

Though tax relief may be a welcomed byproduct of school regionalization, for borough parents and Mayor Brian Kelly, transitioning students to a new school district is a source of anxiety he and the borough council will address during a special Oct. 3 meeting of the governing body.