Highlands News

The fight over the Susquehanna-Roseland power line plan has reached the desk of the governor.

With a quick glance out the window as you drive along any of our highways and side streets, you could easily be misled into thinking how great the trees and woods look along the drive.

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.

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

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

"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.

Anglers seeking artificial reefs free of strings of pots that prevent or complicate drifting and anchoring on structure created with the use of federal sportfishing funds plus contributions by recreational organizations will be attending the Rally for the Reefs Friday night at 6:30. The rally is sponsored by Reef Rescue and the N.J. Outdoor ...

Lawmakers gave broad support Thursday to a plan to ask voters for permission to borrow $400 million to pay for two to three years of open space preservation.

Anastacio Garcia, 40, of Jackson Street was charged in connection with the stabbing of a 26-year-old resident multiple times at 4:51 a.m. Sunday, police said.

No one was injured when a fire broke out at a Center Avenue home Tuesday night, police said.

State lawmakers are scaling back an open-space borrowing proposal that's likely to be on the November ballot from $600 million to $400 million.

Early morning and mid-day traffic delays are imminent when crossing the Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge this week.

Municipalities have not yet begun to follow the Highlands Act's regional master plan, but a provision meant to help land owners do well in land preservation deals is about to expire.

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

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.

To the Editor: Regarding your editorial June 8 , there are three inaccuracies I would like to address.

A rendering of Highlands at Morristown Station, a transit village near the Morristown train station.

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 ...

Police are awaiting toxicological tests to determine the cause of death of a 26-year-old Highlands woman who died hours after she was found unresponsive inside a Keansburg home, authorities said.

The Highlands Recreation Dept. in cooperation with Riverview Medical Center and the Holistic Moms Network of Monmouth County will be conducting a Health & Wellness Fair on Saturday, June 13, 2009.