Island Heights

A sleepy little town located between Toms RIver, NJ and water. 7 minutes from the beach, 8 minutes from downtown and 29 minutes to Central Regional High School, where most kids go to school. With an average of 16 people graduating from the town's grade school, it's safe to say everyone knows each other. People who live in the town leave it for excitement and boredom-release, and those who live within an hour visit the town to feel peaceful. Sailfest, otherwise known as Island height's main event, is a fair along to water with boots to sell things, games, alcohol, and live music occurring the first Sunday of September. Every local school has its own block where the kids can semi privately get drunk and fall down with their classmates. It's an annoyingly great place to raise your kids.

Island Heights is a small, ramshackle community right along the mouth of the Toms River. It's an older area; the homes are a mix of summer-only bungalows, converted summer homes, old Victorian, and suburban style boxes. There is a kind of 'charm' about the town of Island Heights. That sort of sleepy, waterside resort town feel, almost a New Hope, PA; you know, a vintage, new agey kind of walk-about neighborhood. The people? Eh, Not so charming.

Not much to do in Island Heights, except drink, walk around and chit chat with your neighbors, drink, go down to the waterside boardwalk or docks and watch the sun rise, drink, head over to the marina for a meal and some music (for special occasions) and drinks, sit on your boat or your neighbor's boat and rehash the latest town gossip, while drinking; ride your bike around town, shopping at the local corner store, waving to people sitting out on their porches, drinking....

you get the idea.