AH Music night

ATLANTIC HIGHLANDS - The Atlantic Highlands Arts Council and the Atlantic Highlands Chamber of Commerce are hosting “Music on First” in downtown Atlantic Highlands on Saturday evenings from 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. in October.

Popular musicians will perform on Edwards Way, across from Cinema 5. Mary McCrink will perform on Saturday, Oct. 11.

For more information, contact Laura Dubois at 732-687-3571 or Kathleen Ligon at 732-337-7549.

Happy News

Former Atlantic Highlands Mayor Robert Schoeffling and his wife, Ruth, have announced the engagement of their daughter, Laura Ann, to Gordon V. Fortner, son of Nhu Thi Fortner and the late Milton W. Fortner.

A graduate of Henry Hudson Regional School, Ms. Schoeffling is employed by the Monmouth County Parks System as a personnel clerk in Lincroft. Mr. Fortner is a graduate of Skyline High School and is a licensed aircraft maintenance technician in Dallas, Texas.

"Ruth and I are excited about our upcoming son-in-law. We wish our daughter and her fiance much happiness," Robert Schoeffling said.

The wedding is planned for July 2009.

NJ Natural Gas Co. tonight

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Atlantic Highlands will be hosting a meeting with New Jersey Natural Gas Company and state Department of Environmental Protection representatives regarding the 25-year project of removing the tar-coal contamination from the borough.

During its meeting last night, the Borough Council expressed its dissatisfaction with the pace of the project and urged residents to attend the meeting tonight to voice their feelings to the two organizations in charge.

According to town officials, the company intends to complete mitigation up to Center Avenue by 2010, which Rast said is only half. "I'd be dead by the time they finish the job," Rast said.

The meeting will run from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Fireman's Field House on Avenue C and West Washington Avenue. Check for updates from the meeting on my blog: www.ReadAllAboutItBlog.blogspot.com tomorrow.

-- Alyssa Passeggio