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The election lawsuit that left the future of the borough’s leadership uncertain came to a surprising end this week. Current Atlantic Highlands Mayor Lori Hohenleitner’s position was confirmed when the suit was withdrawn.

Republican candidates who lost in the November borough election by razor-thin margins are, for a second time, challenging the results.

The Atlantic Highlands Republicans held an election night vigil at the law office of Wendy Crowther on First Avenue, hosting a crowd of about 25 supporters, family members and friends who came to stand by their candidates – James Murphy for mayor, and Ellen O’Dwyer-Woods and Arthur “Vinnie” Whitehead for borough council.

Ørsted has ceased development of Ocean Wind 1 and Ocean Wind 2, two proposed wind farms off the Jersey Shore.

Atlantic Highlands Borough Council member James Murphy recently announced his bid for mayor and spoke exclusively to The Two River Times about his candidacy. Murphy, a Republican, faces current council president Lori Hohenleitner, a Democrat, in the Nov. 7 General Election. Current Atlantic Highlands Mayor Loretta Gluckstein, a Republican, is not running for reelection. She presides over a heavily Democratic council, with Murphy the lone Republican.

At a time when young people are struggling with mental health issues at unprecedented rates, a state plan to eliminate school-based mental health services and replace them with regional alternatives is eliciting outrage from educators, students and elected officials locally and around the state.