Our Recent Accomplishments
With our mayor and council, we’re working every day to enhance and improve the community that we all love.
• Modernizing borough ordinances to fit the needs of our current community.
• New contracts with more competitive wages for our Police and DPW to promote retention and career building.
• Investments in recruitment and retention for our Atlantic Highlands Fire Department.
• A new Arts & Culture Commission with a goal of bringing more public art and cultural events.
• Continued investments that improve our critical infrastructure, playgrounds, and roads.
• Rent control to protect tenants from unreasonable rent increases.
• Organizing community events like Movies in the Marina, Music and Food Truck Festival, and AH Day.
Alyson Forbes
Phone: 856-371-6300
Email: forbes4council@gmail.com
Alyson and her husband Nic live in Atlantic Highlands with their two rescue dogs, Dexter and Blue (aka Big and Little). She has been on council since 2024 and is running for her second term. Alyson is the Publisher and COO of Catapult, an independent publishing house dedicated to amplifying underrepresented and diverse voices. Through her work with Catapult, she is frequently called upon to support free speech initiatives and participate in legal strategies that combat book banning and ensure open access to literature across the country.
As an elected official, Alyson serves as council liaison to the Finance and Personnel Committee, and serves on the Harbor Commission. She has previously served on the Environmental Commission and the Green Team. She is a member of the Monmouth County Democrats, the Atlantic Highlands Arts Council, and the Friends of the Atlantic Highlands Library. She also volunteers regularly with the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society.
Alyson’s key priorities include fostering an equitable community, drafting forward-thinking legislation for emerging issues, and future-proofing our marina and coastline against climate challenges.
Jon Crowley
Phone: 818-694-1732
Email: ladodgerjon@hotmail.com
Jon Crowley has resided in Atlantic Highlands with his Wife and son for eighteen years and, while on council, has authored fourteen ordinances including permitting public art, protecting trees, obtained free installation of $80,000 worth of fiber optic cable for a municipal television channel, established an emergency radio station and a ban on single-use plastics years ahead of the statewide regulation.
Seven years ago, Crowley created and continues to produce the yearly, free Movies in the Marina, Atlantic Highlands Day and the popular, Atlantic Highlands Music and Food Truck Festival events. He also created the yearly NJFilmExpo at the Meadowlands Arena.
Following a thirty-year career as a writer, director and Showrunner in Television where he helped create and executive produce series such as, “The Impractical Jokers,” “Breaking The Ice,” “Upload With Shaquille O’Neal” and “Love After Lockup” as well as serving as vice president of original programming at NBC-Comcast, Scripps and Time-Warner, the double Emmy-winner transitioned to Vice President of the New Jersey Motion Picture and Television Commission in 2024. In his first two years, Crowley’s innovative business strategies elevated New Jersey from the seventh busiest domestic production hub to nearly third in the nation. Studio expenditures in New Jersey are rapidly expanding: rising from $592 million to nearly $1 billion—a 41% jump from 2023 to 2024, with a comparable increase anticipated for 2025 (including Atlantic Highlands). Considerable increases are also occurring in crew hires, growing from 17,000 in 2023 to 30,000 in 2024. In April 2026, THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER highlighted Jersey’s remarkable growth with the headline, “Production Down Across the Country-- EXCEPT New Jersey.”
If re-elected, Crowley will continue to offer fresh solutions to local challenges, promote financial growth, and create engaging opportunities for residents.