The new Highlands bridge is scheduled to be renamed the Capt. Joseph Azzolina Memorial Bridge in the memory of Foodtown retailer Joseph Azzolina Sr., who died in 2010. Azzolina grew up in Highlands, where his family had their first food store on Bay Ave. Azzolina’s son, Joseph Jr., joins Senator Jennifer Beck, Representative Frank Pallone, state Senator Joe Kyrillos and others for the dedication at 1:30 PM Wednesday May 23, 2012.
Brothers Steven (21) and Jeffrey (19) Gluckstein are the highest-ranking male trampoline athletes in the country. They are one qualifying event away from making the U.S. Olympic team.
The boys have been jumping since they were kids, when the family installed a trampoline in the backyard.
The two train together at a gym not far from their parents’ Atlantic Highlands house where they both still live.
The U.S. has never brought home a medal in Trampolining, losing out in previous years to China, Russia, Germany and Canada.
To see the brothers interview with Matt Lauer click here
May 21 and through June 3 the Highlands NJ PD will be cracking down on motorists and their passengers not using seat belts as part of the national “Click It or Ticket” campaign. The annual initiative includes high visibility law enforcement seat belt checkpoints and saturation patrols, as well as local and national publicity designated to ensure that drivers and passengers recognize the life-saving value of seat belt.
Personally it sounds like a revenue generation tool. Ticket all the ferry traffic or people going to the beach on memorial day weekend. People aren’t going to be happy about getting ticketed, so maybe the police should take part of the sting out of it by only having the checkpoints when people are “leaving” from the ferry not when they are trying to make the ferry. Or people “leaving” Sandy Hook not just trying to get to the beach. I mean why ruin their whole day?
Just an idea.
A 29-year-old man, told officers that he and a friend had left the Chubby Pickle Sports Bar on Bay Avenue Highlands, NJ early Tuesday morning May 15th 2012 and was accosted by a man, later identified as Dixon Arroyo, outside his home at 144 Bay Avenue Highlands, NJ.
Apparently, “Words were exchanged and then a fight ensued.” The victim told the police that Arroyo had initially threatened the pair with the rifle, then ran around the corner and returned with a knife. Dixon was charged with possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose and simple assault. Anyone who was witness please call the Highlands Police at 732-872-1172.
May 5th – Cinco de Mayo – 5th Annual Cinco-de-Mayo Fiesta 12 – 8pm Chilangos 272 Bay Ave
Live Entertainment, Authentic Mexican Fare, Tequila, Sangria & Beer
May 17, 18, 19, 20, 2012 – Sea Bright Fireman’s Fair - Enjoy carnival rides, games, food, beer & wine, entertainment Sea Bright Municipal parking lot
May 19th Atlantic Highlands town Garage Sale 9:00 am – 4:00 pm
MAY 26TH Highlands MEMORIAL DAY PARADE SATURDAY, AT 1:00 PM Bay Ave
May 27th – 12th Annual Highlands Craft show (Huddy Park) 60 craftsman & artisans participating
June 2nd – Highlands Town-wide Garage Sale 12 – 5pm For application click HERE
June 6th – Taste of Atlantic Highlands – $30 for 30 restaurants – Click HERE for more info
June 16th – AH Chamber of Commerce Car Show 12 – 5pm Along First Avenue – Atlantic Highlands
June 23rd – Taste of Highlands – Trolley Tour of 20 Highlands Restaurants $40 call 732 291 4713 for reservations
Tags: highlands, local what-to-do
Did you know if you used Google maps to zoom into Bay Ave there is a roof top message on one of the businesses?
Neither did I.. I have no idea who put it there, I’m guess 9-11 was the reason. But if you type in “Welsh Farms Bay Ave Highlands, NJ”
into Google Maps and turn on the Satellite view, then zoom in, you’ll see the following:
In case you can’t read it – it says “Bin Laden Sucks”
Tags: Bay_Ave, Facts, Google Maps, highlands
I wanted to write up where the best place to get corn beef for St Pattys Day, but came to the conclusion, I make the best.
So here’s the recipe:
1- 4lb Corn Beef Brisket
12 oz bottle Guinness Stout (no substitutions)
1 packet of pickling spices (usually comes with the brisket)
1 head of cabbage
8 – 12 baby potatoes halved
salt & pepper
Put potatoes in the bottom of a large slow-cooker or crock pot. Rinse the corned beef brisket and place over vegetables fat side down. Add the bottle of stout, spices and enough water to almost over the meat. Cover and cook on LOW for eight hours.
Take out brisket and potatoes and cover with aluminum foil. Place cabbage (cut in quarters) in slow cooker and cook on high 20 to 30 minutes, until softened but still crispy.
Slice brisket across the grain, serve with vegetables & the rest of the Guinness.
Tags: CornedBeef, highlands, Recipes, StPattysDay
Belmar – The parade will begin at 12:30 p.m. March 4 in Lake Como and proceed north down Main Street in Belmar to Sixth Avenue. (estimates of 10,000 marchers participating)
Highlands Saturday, March 24, 2012 @ 2pm Bay Ave. A trophy will be presented to the winner in two (2) categories; “Best of Show” and the Most Original. A pub crawl usually takes place right after.
Keyport Saturday, March 24, 2012 @ 1pm
Hoboken – CANCELED A letter said the committee decided to cancel what would have been the 26th annual event “after a long, arduous and sad meeting.”
Little Silver Saturday, March 17, 3:00 to 10:00 p.m.Hosted at the Little Silver Firehouse, this family friendly, community event will include traditional Irish fare and live music. In addition, children’s games and activities will be organized until 7:00 p.m. Tickets can be purchased in advanced here: www.littlesilverfd.org
Tags: highlands, Local, NJ, St Pattys Day
August was a extreme weather time for Highlands, NJ. First we had an earthquake, a week later we got hit with a hurricane.
At first people worried it would surpass ’92, however, it wasn’t that bad – we lucked out.
That being said there was flooding, damage and looting.
We were without power from Saturday to the following Wednesday Night. It was during the blackout that some local “youths” decided to target and break into seemly evacuated homes (not all were), also the Welsh Farms on Bay Avenue stealing laptops, alcohol, cigarettes and money. (According to the app.com)
Two of the hardest hit areas in town would include the hill across fromHavana’s on Shore Drive and Captain Coves Marina on Washington. Not much has changed since last August.
Feb 2012
Aug 2011
Tags: 2011, Flooding, highlands, Tropical_Storm_Irene
Any ferry commuter to NYC on a rainy day has seen the “umbrella ladies” underneath the 
FDR selling umbrellas. Yelling “$5, $5″ as you walk by. Apparently the same thing is happening with online reviews. As local businesses (especially restaurants/hotels) are increasingly depending on reviews as a sales tool, an industry of bull&*^%$ artists have sprung up to buy and sell raves for as low as $5 according to NY times.
One of the places to find people is Fiverr.com, where people advertise tasks they are willing to perform for five bucks. A recent ad posted by “Bossarticle” —(many reviewers use fake names to write fake reviews ~go figure)— offered to write convincing reviews posted to a site of your choosing.
Yelp! states it has an algorithm that filters out reviews based on a few known and unknown criteria. Yelp intentionally makes their filter difficult to reverse engineer. Certain obvious flags (such as brand new account, no profile picture and very few reviews) can cause reviews to look suspicious and become filtered. To see more on how the filter works click here. What happens is when a review is filtered is that the reviews are banished to the “Filtered Reviews” page that can be accessed at the bottom of the business profile page. Filtered reviews do not necessarily factor into a business’s overall star rating, but a business with filtered reviews could end up with it significantly hurting their ratings and going from something like 3.5 stars to 2 stars and the damage is hard to undo.
Yelp! does acknowledges its filtration not perfect. Some legitimate content might get filtered and some illegitimate content might sneak through.
And being there is money involved, this will most likely be an ongoing cat and mouse game.
According to Business Week “ As much as 30 percent of online product reviews can be fake, prompting companies to sponsor research to detect and combat fraudsters.“
Take reviews with a grain of salt ..
Tags: Chubby_pickle, reviews, Yelp
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