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🌱 What’s being decided at Highlands’ special Land Use Board meeting?
Highlands, New Jersey Patch AM: a 4 min readGood morning Highlands! We're back again in your inbox, keeping you updated with what's happening in and around town. ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- What’s being decided at Highlands’ special Land Use Board meeting?
- How much of your beach badge cash really reaches the sand?
Also on today's calendar: Unemployed? Obtain a Free Training Grant for Top Certifications and 2 more events.
Today's riddle: What do sweet potatoes wear to bed? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: A heavy t-storm in the p.m., with a high of 91 and low of 70 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Mostly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 89, low: 72.
- Sunday: Very warm with periods of sun, with a high of 89 and low of 69 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Land Use Board Special Meeting 6-25-2026 (highlandsnj.gov) — Highlands residents are invited to a special Land Use Board meeting on June 25, 2026, at Henry Hudson Regional High School to hear and comment on the Highlands Landing Corp. application for 326 Shore Drive. Formal action may be taken, and any interested person can attend, ask questions, or testify, subject to reasonable limits on repetitive or lengthy comments. 
• Where New Jersey beach badge money goes and why it matters (nj1015.com) — If you’ve ever wondered where your Jersey Shore beach badge money goes, this explainer breaks down how millions in fees are supposed to fund lifeguards, policing, and beach upkeep. It also details a stalled Trenton transparency bill and briefly spotlights a hidden, affordable beach hangout in Highlands, Monmouth County that locals love for food, music, and easy access.
📸 Around Highlands
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Unemployed? Obtain a Free Training Grant for Top Certifications →
Webinar,
2:00 pm -
Nancy Scharff →
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Friday June 12
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Other local events
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The Elvis Spectacular →
Middletown Arts Center, 36 Church St, Middletown Township
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Tramps Like Us →
The Sandbox at Seastreak Beach, 326 Shore Dr, Highlands
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JSJBF Monday Jazz Jam at The Chubby Pickle (Highlands, NJ) →
The Chubby Pickle, 23 Bay Ave, Highlands
8:00 pm
Saturday June 27
Monday June 29
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Team USA Watch Party →
Middletown, NJ Calendar, 23 Cherry Tree Farm Rd, Middletown
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Parent and Me: Multi-Sport Class →
Middletown, NJ Calendar, 900 Leonardville Road, Port Monmouth
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Walk for Water — Waterspirit →
Battery Lewis and the Navesink Military Reservation, 1332_783_9, Rumson
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Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Carla Valentino... →
Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave, Atlantic Highlands
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Mixed Media Collage Workshop with Carla Valentino — Atlantic Highlands Arts Council →
Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave, Atlantic Highlands
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Father's Day Fish Painting Workshop →
Oceanic Free Library, 109 Ave of Two Rivers, Rumson
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The Cliffs Band: Fair Haven Day →
Fair Haven Fields Playing Fields, Dartmouth Ave, Fair Haven
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No Surrender Springsteen on the beach @ Sandbox... →
The Sandbox at Seastreak Beach, 326 Shore Dr, Highlands
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Pride Show and Community Celebration featuring... →
Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, 54 First Ave, Atlantic Highlands
8:00 pm
Friday June 12
Saturday June 13
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💬 Chatter
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- Has anyone lost this blue parakeet?
He’s been on our feeder at Sandpiper Condos. (Nextdoor Highlands)
- Extended Stay America posted a job opening for Housekeeper Full Time-101010 in Red Bank. Apply here.
- Springpoint Living posted a job opening for Housekeeper in Red Bank. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Highlands here.
🗞 Nearby News
Atlantic Highlands
- Atlantic Highlands' Grace Hilliard places in Clean Communities video contest (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)
- Four Eastern Monmouth County students graduate from Colgate University (themonmouthjournaleastern.com)
Rumson
- DWIs — Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect (rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com)
- Retro RFH Buds and Bridge Messaging — Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect (rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com)
- Under the Glass creates pinball paradise in Red Bank 'speakeasy' (app.com)
Middletown
- Auditions For 'You're A Good Man, Charlie Brown' In Lincroft (patch.com)
- Middletown Teen Boy On E-Bike Drove Into Back Of Car (patch.com)
Ok Highlands! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Yammies! (Thank you Lynda S. for sending it in!)
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