Keyport has scheduled a public hearing on 2/14 to discuss a proposal to turn three acres of asphalt parking lots into a waterfront park. A similar idea was expressed here by Benson Chiles in regards to our own harbor. Perhaps the town should send a representative to the hearing as hopefully AH will one day be debating this very same issue. Should the proposal move forward it would provide a good case study as we think about the long-term vision of our harbor.
Want to pay your parking tickets online? Or email your complaints to Borough Hall? Then stop by Wednesday's Borough Hall meeting and listen to a presentation from Cit-E-Net. I don't know much about Cit-E-Net but I've clicked around their site and they look legit - Parsippany currently uses them for online tax payments. Their business model reminds me of a fascinating documentary, Dot.Com, that followed an Internet start-up selling this same type of service. (Also, if anyone has spent time navigating the town's current website you know it desperately needs help.)
Also on the agenda is a request from the AH Chamber of Commerce for "Friday Night Music." I don't know the details but being the brainiac that I am I'm assuming this means the Chamber is looking for permission to have live music somewhere in town on Friday nights. I've got no problem with that - great idea. But please mix up the bands. And try to avoid guys playing acoustic guitar over pre-recorded music on fancy karaoke machines. I know karaoke is experiencing some sort of hipster renaissance because of Lost In Translation and some downtown NYC bars, but karaoke is really an evil, evil thing.
Speaking of (somewhat) indie movies, Lou Taylor Pucci, from Keansburg, won a Sundance Film Festival special jury prize for his role in Thumbsucker. [via The Jersey Side] He's also a member of a group in Red Bank called Improv Jam that performs on Saturday nights at the Internet Cafe.
As I was strolling down First Avenue over the weekend I noticed something delightful. It looks like I will no longer have to bathe myself with rendered animal fat (second to last item). Some sort of organic store is moving in next to Cheng's Garden and I'm assuming they'll have some kind of rendered animal fat-free soap.
Beach replenishment is destroying the best surfing spots on Sandy Hook and the rest of Monmouth County's beaches. The surfing lobby - dude, you like totally have to do this - convinced Rep. Frank Pallone and the EPA that a good compromise would be to construct an artificial reef. Rad.
New Jersey has it own P.J. O'Rourke. Tom Schneider's JerseyGOP website proclaims that he's "putting the party back in the Grand 'Ol Party." He even has a Republican Babe of the Week page.
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This is what I found on the Ocean Fours website under News (11/28/04):
"Wednesday: Meeting and Dinner at Atlantic Highlands Yacht Club. As you can see at the pictures we met with several relatives of the two men who still hold the record of 55 days; Frank Samuelsen and George Harbo, two Fisherman who rowed the ocean in 1896. We would like to thank the whole family and we will visit the birthday of grandma next May. After our presentation of the plans regarding next May we were invited to have dinner with the Vice Commodore Lu ann, her Husband Pete, Bob, Kenneth and Misha.
We will prepare the Vopak Victory in the Highlands, where it is a little bit more calm than in the city, and where we have all space and gear we might need. We would like to thank the AHYC for their hospitaility and we will see you next May. We also would like to thank Kemal for all his effort he put in regarding our visit to the Highlands, hopefully we will meet in May."
I think the official trip will begin from NY but Team Holland will be staying in AH at the Blue Bay Inn for about 4 weeks prior to their trip. I've contacted the AHYC but have not heard anything back. I won't be able to attend the Borough Hall meeting tonight but hopefully I can next week and suggest the town do something.
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