Tag: Council Meeting

The borough’s Historic Preservation Commission (HPC) is gearing up for a reboot after a brief pause.

Capt. Michael Frazee will succeed Chief Darren McConnell as the borough’s new police chief, Mayor Billy Portman announced at the latest council meeting. The July 27 meeting started with a detailed background on the new council-manager form of government; the agenda also included a discussion to revise the graffiti ordinance, among other borough business.

During its regular meeting June 6 the Atlantic Highlands Borough Council recognized the 79th anniversary of the D-Day invasion and the Battle of Normandy. In a stirring and patriotic speech, council member James Murphy said that the D-Day invasion was the beginning of the end of the horrors of World War II.

Impassioned residents – many from a nearby active adult community – were up in arms against a developer’s proposal to replace an existing residential property with a corporate office in the borough’s historic district.