Atlantic Highlands News

Construction at the primary school thwarted plans of the fledging educational foundation to hold its first public event at the 17 acres of natural area there, but the Red Bank Borough Education Foundation's picnic helped further the drive to make the school an outdoor education center.

RANDOLPH -- Harry Resh and Ronnie Van Buskirk remember the first Freedom Festival Parade that traveled Quaker Church Road 30 years ago much as is it did Friday - to celebrate the Fourth of July.

The threat of rain did not discourage visitors to the Atlantic Highlands Fireman's Fair at the municipal harbor on Tuesday.

"POT LUCK" at First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands, on Thurs., Fri.

"Eric was a Pied Piper with kids. I run into kids who were his students, and they still miss him,'' Louise Donoghue of Atlantic Highlands says of her late son, Eric P. Donoghue.

There is only one thing in life Marge Levine will not stand for. That is someone saying 'I hate it.' 'I don't want to hear 'I hate it,' ' said Levine, a professional artist and resident of Atlantic Highlands.

Fluking hot in Sandy Hook Bay The best fluking report received in a long time came from Capt.

"POT LUCK" at First Avenue Playhouse, 123 First Ave., Atlantic Highlands, on Thurs., Fri.

The Ryan Andrew Kaiser Memorial Foundation, in conjunction with the Jersey Shore Running Club, will hold Ryan's Run on Saturday at the Mountain Hill School.

Ray and Yvonne Silva are interested in their grandson's Navy Junior ROTC accomplishments.

The outcry from Red Bank about the proposed MOM rail route is short-sighted and regressive.

The Fire Department expects a "big bang" at its 14th annual Fireman's Fair. The country-style fair is from 6 p.m. to 11 p.m., June 30 to July 4 at the municipal harbor at the foot of First Avenue.

Everybody loves to find bargains - especially when it comes to summer movies. With the summer months now officially in full swing, there's no better time to ferret out those entertainment deals for you or you family.

Three days of free music on three riverfront stages begins at 5 p.m. this Friday, June 5, when the Jersey Shore Jazz and Blues Foundation kicks off the 23rd annual Red Bank Jazz and Blues Festival.

A 31-year-old Howell woman and 38-year-old Atlantic Highlands man were arrested Wednesday after an attempted shoplifting and carjacking at Wegmans on Route 9. Wegmans security moved to apprehend the pair after the woman, Penelope King, and Richard Johnson attempted to shoplift $332 in over-the-counter prescription drugs at around 5:40 p.m. King ...

Frank Charles and Ann Bernadette Dimaira have announced the engagement of their daughter Kathleen Ellen to Lawrence Anthony McKeon, Atlantic Highlands.

As Frank Van Syckel tells it, the idea for his first play took seed when he was appearing as Bogey in a local community production of Woody Allen's "Play It Again, Sam," a show in which "everyone, and I mean everyone, told me not to ad-lib or curse." "I did anyway, and what resulted were huge laughs!"The age-old tug of war between the blue language ...

NJ EMERGING ARTISTS SERIES PRESENTS JOHN MONAHAN PHOTOGRAPHS at Monmouth Museum on the campus of Brookdale CC, Newman Springs Rd., Lincroft, through May 31.

The Friends of the Atlantic Highlands Public Library are sponsoring their first "Read the Book...See the Movie" event Wednesday, June 3 at 6:45 p.m. in the courtroom of the Atlantic Highlands Borough Hall, 100 First Avenue.

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS: High school seniors who live in the Atlantic Highlands, Highlands or eastern Middletown area who plan to pursue music education in college may apply for the Eric P. Donoghue Scholarship Foundation scholarship.