Shark River Hills Property Owners – March Newsletter

Read the APP.com article, Making Friends with the Horror, to learn more about Warren Disbrow, a fellow shirker, and his latest film, “Haunted Hay Ride: The Movie”.

If you didn’t hear the sirens in the Hills last night, a house burned to the ground over on South Riverside Drive. Thank goodness the owner escaped and that the fire was contained to the one home.  Thanks to all the firefighters who fought the blaze.

APP article: Cause of Neptune house fire still unknown

Firefighters on the scene at 511 South Riverside Drive, Neptune
photo by Scott Wentworth/Special to the Asbury Park Press

Found this video showing the Shark River Hills Fire Company over the years. House fires, commercial fires, car fires…even a boat on fire! These guys handle it all. They’re an all-volunteer force, and I’m glad we’ve got them close by. Thanks guys!

The Shark River Hills Property Owners’ Association was founded in 1923 and incorporated in 1932. The association is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization striving to better community life in Shark River Hills. Meetings are held at the Shark River Hills Fire House on Brighton Avenue the fourth Tuesday of the month at 7:30 P.M., unless otherwise noted or announced. Membership is open to all residents and/or owners of property in Shark River Hills. New members are always welcome.

The Coaster, a paid, family-operated weekly newspaper covering the central Monmouth County area, posted an article this week on how the Shark River Hills Property Owners Association is celebrating its 85th anniversary.

An excerpt from the article:

The association represents about 265 families and issues a monthly newsletter keeping its membership up to date on important issues.

“We hold food drives, hold open forums for our members on important issues that affect our residents,” Collins said.

In addition to holding many informational forums on a variety of issues during the year, the association also maintains the Memorial Park on South Riverside Drive by planting flowers and shrubs and providing the flags for the flag pole.

“If you live in the hills come join up and meet your neighbors,” Collins said.

To join the SRHPOA telephone Collins at 732-774-2695 or send $10 for a yearly membership to SRHPOA, P.O. Box 68, Neptune, NJ 07754.

For additional information, a recent letter from SRHPOA President, JoAnne Collins, appears in the Ocean Grove Record.

If you’d like to take part in your community or just know what’s going on in Shark River Hills, this is a great organization to be a part of. If you do end up joining, be sure to tell them The Shirker sent ya!

I found some interesting demographic information on Shark River Hills taken from the 2000 Census:

As of the 2000 Census, there were 3,878 people, 1,509 households, and 1,106 families residing in Shark River Hills.

Of the 1,509 households, 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 62.7% were married couples living together, 8.1% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 21.5% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.57 and the average family size was 3.03.

The median income for a household in the Hills was $68,508, and the median income for a family was $71,591.

These are just some of the highlights I thought would interest folks the most. Oh, one other interesting fact: the 1990 Census has the population of Shark River Hills at 4,228, whereas the 2000 Census has us at 3,878. That’s a drop in population of 8.3%. Is Shark River Hills shrinking? It will be interesting to see the results of the 2010 Census when it comes around. You can find this and even more detailed information on Wikipedia.

Searching around Google, I decided there was not enough information out there about life in Shark River Hills, New Jersey. There is some scattered information out there, but there is no one, centralized destination. Hopefully, this will serve as a beginning.

I’m looking forward to building out this site, and I’m open to suggestions on topics. Just leave a comment or drop me a line and let me know what you’d like to see.