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    Veni, Vidi, Scripto

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    Nellie McHenry, a Stage Star Living in Highlands
    Muriel Smith
    • Apr 18
    • 2 min

    Nellie McHenry, a Stage Star Living in Highlands

    While it has always been an area that movie stars, journalists like Jim Bishop, tv personalities, and entertainers like to call home...
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    Captain Joseph Azzolina
    Muriel Smith
    • Apr 18
    • 7 min

    Captain Joseph Azzolina

    On April 15, we observed the 12th anniversary of the death of Capt. Joseph Azzolina, a businessman, municipal and state leader, Highlands...
    686 views0 comments
    Tommy Ptak
    Muriel Smith
    • Mar 21
    • 5 min

    Tommy Ptak

    Tomorrow, March 22, is the anniversary of the death of Spec 4 Thomas J. Ptak ... Tommy, the only Highlands resident to be killed during...
    1,778 views0 comments
    The Blizzard of 1888
    Muriel Smith
    • Mar 14
    • 3 min

    The Blizzard of 1888

    The Blizzard of ’88…1888 that is, was the worst storm of the century and one of the worst storms in American history. It began on a...
    228 views0 comments
    The Feisty Irishman-Dr. McTague
    Muriel Smith
    • Feb 19
    • 2 min

    The Feisty Irishman-Dr. McTague

    A beloved doctor who came to Atlantic Highlands from his native Jersey City to practice medicine and become involved in local politics,...
    166 views0 comments
    Robert Mantell & the Fire Department
    Muriel Smith
    • Feb 8
    • 3 min

    Robert Mantell & the Fire Department

    That historic house on Avenue D recently in the news because of a donation being made to the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society also...
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    Who Remembers the Monmouth House?
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 29
    • 1 min

    Who Remembers the Monmouth House?

    Or the years long fight the Borough had in razing it once it became a health and fire hazard?
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    Who Remembers Miss Murray & the Library?
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 29
    • 4 min

    Who Remembers Miss Murray & the Library?

    Facebook had a few comments from people in the last few days about the library in Highlands and the former librarian, Miss Violet Murray....
    212 views0 comments
    Highlands Murder Mystery
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 23
    • 2 min

    Highlands Murder Mystery

    It’s hard to tell sometimes what makes the news, and how much research goes into the accuracy of stories. Or how imagination can make the...
    600 views0 comments
    Top of the East-
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 20
    • 4 min

    Top of the East-

    Hundreds went into the Applebrook office to see what the new building would look like; there was a scale model showing 160-units, another...
    1,610 views0 comments
    Joe Bolger -  Athlete, Scholar, Educator, Administrator
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 18
    • 2 min

    Joe Bolger - Athlete, Scholar, Educator, Administrator

    Joe Bolger, 1939-First Row Center with Ball For those who were around the Bayshore in the late 1960s to the early 1980s, Joe Bolger was...
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    They have Tones that Touch & Search The Hearts of Young & Old
    Muriel Smith
    • Jan 9
    • 3 min

    They have Tones that Touch & Search The Hearts of Young & Old

    The word Clock actually comes from the Latin work for bell…clocca…so it is no surprise that so many towers and steeples in churches,...
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    Stone Bridge ... Redux
    Muriel Smith
    • Dec 23, 2021
    • 3 min

    Stone Bridge ... Redux

    So many people reacted with their own great memories of the Stone Bridge and those years when they were young and the bridge held special...
    187 views0 comments
    "T" is for Tinker
    Muriel Smith
    • Dec 7, 2021
    • 4 min

    "T" is for Tinker

    Tinker at Woodstock on the bed of his fabled truck It’s probably his diversity that is most significant about Carl Tinker West. Without...
    1,670 views0 comments
    Kavookjian ... A Family of Service
    Muriel Smith
    • Dec 3, 2021
    • 1 min

    Kavookjian ... A Family of Service

    Highlands can always take pride in the men and women from this community who have always answered the call to the military when needed....
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    Honor a Veteran:  Elmer Layton
    Muriel Smith
    • Nov 26, 2021
    • 3 min

    Honor a Veteran: Elmer Layton

    To everyone in Highlands he was he guy who was always around, the waterman who was always happy to help someone, the native who knew...
    198 views0 comments
    Highlands:  Don't Let History Pass You By
    Muriel Smith
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 3 min

    Highlands: Don't Let History Pass You By

    The Highlands Historical Society did what it does best last night. It gave the opportunity for everybody to get on a zoom call and tell...
    497 views0 comments
    Highlands Police ... All in a Nights Work
    Muriel Smith
    • Nov 19, 2021
    • 2 min

    Highlands Police ... All in a Nights Work

    It was a different kind of police work local department members had to do in the 1930s. Their daily logs from the time, all handwritten,...
    377 views0 comments
    Monmouth Hills & The Water Witch Club
    Muriel Smith
    • Nov 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    Monmouth Hills & The Water Witch Club

    The Water Witch Club with its lodge and grounds on Route 36 overlooking Sandy Hook Bay is an outstanding example of the well planned and...
    977 views0 comments
    Want to Know Highlands History? The People, Places & Things
    Muriel Smith
    • Nov 16, 2021
    • 2 min

    Want to Know Highlands History? The People, Places & Things

    HIGHLANDS – Local historians Walter Guenther and Muriel J. Smith will team up to encourage ­public participation in memories of Highlands...
    254 views0 comments
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