Editing Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey (section)

==Notable people==
{{Category see also|People from Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey}}
People who were born in, residents of, or otherwise closely associated with Spring Lake Heights include:

* [[John Amabile (American football)|John Amabile]] (1939–2012), football coach and scout<ref>Staff. [http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/app/obituary.aspx?n=john-amabile&pid=157199274#fbLoggedOut "John Amabile; Obituary"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', April 24, 2012. Accessed August 9, 2012. "John Amabile, 73, of Spring Lake Heights, passed away Sunday, April 22, 2012, at Jersey Shore University Medical Center, Neptune, with his devoted family at his bedside. He was born and raised in Jersey City and moved to Spring Lake Heights in 1968, where he has resided for the past 44 years."</ref>
* [[Anthony T. Augelli]] (1902–1985), [[United States federal judge]]<ref>[http://www.history.njd.uscourts.gov/judges/district_bios/Anthony_Thomas_Augelli Anthony Thomas Augelli], Historical Society of the US District Court for the District of New Jersey. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Judge Augelli died in his home in Spring Lake Heights, New Jersey in 1985."</ref>
* [[Thomas B. Considine]] (born 1964) Commissioner of the [[New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance]] from 2010 to 2012<ref>[https://www.app.com/story/money/business/2014/05/30/local-business-briefs/9779543/ "Langosta Lounge chef wins award"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', May 30, 2014. Accessed March 11, 2020. "Thomas B. Considine of Spring Lake Heights, has been selected as chief executive officer of Meadowlands Hospital Medical Center in Secaucus."</ref>
* [[Barbara Friedrich]] (born 1949), gold medalist in javelin at 1967 Pan American Games who set the US record at {{Convert|198|ft|8+1/2|in}}<ref>Carino, Jerry. [http://www.app.com/story/sports/high-school/track/2015/06/01/barbara-friedrich-manasquan-kean-olympics/28329575/ "Shore legend reflects on her unbreakable javelin record"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', June 2, 2015. Accessed April 10, 2016. "'I was mad at my coach, Mr. (George) Bower,' said Friedrich, who lives in Spring Lake Heights and goes by the last name of her husband, Clifford Parcinski."</ref>
* [[James J. Howard]] (1927–1988), represented [[New Jersey's 3rd congressional district]] in the [[United States House of Representatives]] from 1965 to 1988<ref>[http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=H000840 James John Howard], ''[[Biographical Directory of the United States Congress]]''. Accessed August 30, 2007.</ref>
* [[Joseph P. Lordi]] (1919–1983), [[Essex County, New Jersey|Essex County]] prosecutor and first chairman of the [[New Jersey Casino Control Commission]]<ref>Flint, Peter B. [https://www.nytimes.com/1983/10/22/obituaries/joseph-p-lordi-former-chief-of-jersey-casino-commission.html "Joseph P. Lordi, Former Chief Of Jersey Casino Commission"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', October 22, 1983. Accessed October 8, 2015. "Joseph P. Lordi, the first chairman of New Jersey's Casino Control Commission, died, apparently of a heart attack, yesterday at his home in Spring Lake Heights, N.J."</ref>
* [[Balls Mahoney]] (1972–2016), professional wrestler<ref>Rosenberg, Michelle. [http://ind.gmnews.com/news/2004-10-12/Front_Page/049.html "'The American Dream' lives on in Keyport: Wrestling legend Dusty Rhodes headlines local charity event"] {{webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20130124075345/http://ind.gmnews.com/news/2004-10-12/Front_Page/049.html |date=2013-01-24 }}, ''Independent'', October 12, 2004. Accessed June 12, 2012. "Also at the event, Candido will take on John 'Balls' Mahoney, a Spring Lake Heights native of Extreme Championship Wrestling (ECW) fame, in an extreme strap match."</ref>
* [[Thomas McLernon]] ({{circa|1906}}–1986), general manager of the [[New York City Transit Authority]] and the [[Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority]]<ref>Staff. [https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/17/obituaries/thomas-mclernon-manager-of-transit-authority-in-1950-s.html "Thomas McLernon, Manager Of Transit Authority in 1950s"], ''[[The New York Times]]'', May 17, 1986. Accessed December 27, 2016. "Thomas J. McLernon, general manager of the New York City Transit Authority in the 1950s, died Wednesday at his home in Spring Lake Heights, N.J."</ref>
* [[Valentina Sánchez]] (born 1995), model, television producer and beauty pageant titleholder<ref>Williams, Carol Gorga. [https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/108573049/ "Local teen wins beauty pageant"], ''[[Asbury Park Press]]'', November 11, 2013. Accessed July 20, 2021, via [[Newspapers.com]]. "In her first try competing in an American beauty pageant, 18-year-old Valentina Sanchez newly relocated to Monmouth County and a student at Manasquan High School has been crowned Miss New Jersey Teen USA 2014.... The teen, who was born in California but moved to Venezuela when she was 3, divides her time between relatives in Asbury Park and Spring Lake Heights."</ref>