Tag: Dispensary

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS– Cannabis shops may soon appear in Atlantic Highlands, as borough officials have introduced an ordinance that rewrites the town’s stance on the businesses. A public hearing is scheduled for June 2, where residents can express support or opposition to the proposal before an official vote is held.

The second cannabis dispensary opened its doors in the borough while Monteverde Modern Dispensary, the first to set up shop in Red Bank, just passed six months in business.

The borough’s planning board went deep into the weeds when considering another pot shop application at its meeting May 8. It also unanimously approved a Parìsian-style café on the first floor of the former CoCo Parì on Broad Street downtown.

The borough’s first retail cannabis dispensary will celebrate its grand opening later this month. The owners anticipate their budding business, Monteverde Modern Dispensary, open since December for medical marijuana sales, will soon be blooming.

Atlantic Highlands recently became the latest Two River area town to ban cannabis dispensaries from operating in the borough. But officials...