Tag: Atlantic Highlands

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – Despite the remnants of Hurricane Debby wreaking havoc on local waters last week, this summer in the Two River area has seen some fishing success.

To paraphrase the Roman philosopher Seneca, “Luck is where opportunity meets preparation,” a maxim on display at the most recent Atlantic Highlands Planning Board meeting Aug. 1. During the last 30 minutes of the meeting, representatives from Carton Brewing presented an informal proposal suggesting a partial repurposing of the company’s brewery building at 120 First Ave.

The Oyster Schooner AJ Meerwald sailed into Atlantic Highlands Municipal Harbor July 17 and, for five days, welcomed visitors on public sailing expeditions. The event was sponsored by the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club.

In 1999, the voters of Atlantic Highlands approved a special dedicated municipal tax of $0.01 per $100 of assessed real estate value to fund an open space program. The borough uses that money to purchase and maintain properties as open space and for recreational functions.

They sneak into town under cover of darkness and, as if by magic, when you awake, it is there. Where once stood only a vacant lot or open space park, there is now a midway with games of chance, food vendors and a stage, surrounded by rides for the young and young at heart.

HIGHLANDS – A Highlands official has sued the Atlantic Highlands, Highlands and Henry Hudson Regional school boards, alleging they violated the Open Public Meetings Act, preventing the public from having a say about an important regionalization-related decision.

FREEHOLD – Seventeen people were arrested in connection with a widespread illegal narcotics distribution ring in Monmouth County, as law enforcement personnel seized hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of drugs and paraphernalia.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – National Oceanic & Atmosphereic Administration reports an 85% chance that 2024 will see an above-normal Atlantic hurricane season, forecasting a range of 17 to 25 total named storms with 39 mph or higher winds. Every seaside community dreads news of a hyperactive storm season, but Atlantic Highlands is particularly vulnerable to the storms and the stormwater runoff cascading from the borough’s higher elevations.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS – In the vast culinary universe, there is fine dining, and there is dining fine. One style lends itself to crisp linens, fine crystal and candlelight; the other, paper plates, paper napkins and a picnic table.

Atlantic Highlands is looking to honor its first woman mayor by naming a borough park after her. Helen Marchetti became mayor in 1984 and served until 1988. She died Sept. 19, 2023, at the age of 98, after living in Atlantic Highlands her entire life.