The Fourth of July was about more than fireworks shows. The moon had a special show of its own going on — a lunar eclipse coupled with a buck moon.
Continue reading Scene Around: Bella Fourth of July LunaProsecutor: Ex Cop Pleads Guilty to Witness Tampering
A 14-year police veteran pleaded guilty on Thursday to third-degree witness tampering in connection with a narcotics investigation involving him, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Ex Cop Pleads Guilty to Witness TamperingHackensack Meridian RMC Foundation Fireworks to Go Boom Over Navesink, Sans Crowd
There will be Fourth of July fireworks over the Navesink River this year, courtesy of the Hackensack Meridian Riverview Medical Center Foundation; but, due to COVID-19 concerns, there won’t be an audience, exclusive or not.
Continue reading Hackensack Meridian RMC Foundation Fireworks to Go Boom Over Navesink, Sans CrowdScene Around: Rumson Rainbow Luck & Weather
If you’re looking for a pot of gold, you just might find one or two in Rumson somewhere.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Rainbow Luck & WeatherSimple Summer: Fair Haven Dock Sunset Solace
Summertime can be hectic. Not quite as much these post-quarantine pandemic days of summer, though. Most are pretty tired of alone time. Still, there’s nothing better than some an end-of-day solo time to unwind, distanced, in the fresh air … embraced by a familiar, comforting scene.
Continue reading Simple Summer: Fair Haven Dock Sunset SolaceRetro Rumson Barn Summer Theatrics
The following piece was originally posted on July 8, 2015. It’s just the right time for a reprise. As we dive into summer season and word comes that the lights have gone out on Broadway for the rest of 2020, we thought it only fitting to remember good summer times in a premier summer theater in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. Once upon a time, there was a special little creative niche in Rumson … Take a trip back with us to simple summers and magical, theatrical times …
Remember The Barn Theater in Rumson?
Well, if you don’t, you missed out and are probably significantly younger than those who do and didn’t — miss out, that is.
It’s a plus if you’re that young. But, it’s definitely a factor in the minus category if you didn’t work, play or get entertained there.
It was a community theater that cast hundreds, maybe thousands, from the area, including many Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) students.
The building is still there, only a few blocks away from the high school on Avenue of Two Rivers near the intersection at Ridge Road. The reason why it was called The Barn was, well, because it was an old barn, gutted (if there is such a thing with a barn) and converted into a small arena-type stage theater, with the stage at floor level and risers around it as seats, though not all the way around.
You get the picture. Now, here’s what’s behind the place’s show folk and shows …
Continue reading Retro Rumson Barn Summer TheatricsRetro Neighborhood Kids: Bathing in the Beauty of Firsts
This Retro Pic of the Day is being run again as an ode to priceless firsts with your first friend, your first real neighbor and the warmth of those times under the summer sun. It is a thank you to that neighborhood kid, the tallest of us kids, with the fancy, flouncy, skirted bathing suit, the flowery bathing cap and the chutzpah to give this Fair Haven kid many firsts with questionable veracity, but always loyalty and love.
Continue reading Retro Neighborhood Kids: Bathing in the Beauty of FirstsIn Memorium: Longtime Monmouth Beach Resident Maddy Sheprow, 89
Longtime Monmouth Beach resident Madeline “Maddy” Frances Sheprow passed away peacefully in the early morning of June 25. She was 89.
Continue reading In Memorium: Longtime Monmouth Beach Resident Maddy Sheprow, 89Retro RFH BFFS’ Summer Ride
There’s nothing quite like a summer drive in a classic car with the top down. So, we’re re-running this piece just because the sun needs to shine on friendships and good times like these. There’s nothing quite as warm. Put the top down and take a drive back with us again …
The drive is all the better if it’s made with best friends. So, as a continuing ode to summer fun of the past at the hands of RFH teens, the Retro Pic of the Day encapsulates the whole idea — best friends, a cool ride and warm memories.
Continue reading Retro RFH BFFS’ Summer RideProsecutor: Man Charged with Stealing More Than $175K from Payroll
A Burlington County man has been charged with stealing more than $175,000 in payroll checks from an Eatontown company, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Man Charged with Stealing More Than $175K from PayrollFair Haven Police: Car Thieves & Burglars are Back; Lock Up!
June 26 update:
The message couldn’t get much clearer. Rumson police have been stressing it for years and more recently have repeated it and taken it to the streets. Now Fair Haven police have joined in: Lock your cars!
Continue reading Fair Haven Police: Car Thieves & Burglars are Back; Lock Up!A Happy 98th Birthday Tribute to a Fair Haven Icon: Ray Taylor
Fair Haven’s iconic Ray Taylor is two years shy of a centenarian today. That means he’s just about as old as his hometown. It also means that he has a cache swelling with love, memories and future plans for the place he has called home for longer than most.
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