Fair Reflections: An Ode to Opening Night of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair

Our annual reprise in celebration of opening night of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair … 

All’s fair. The night before. The decades later. It’s something a Fair Haven kid will always see … a shooting star that they grabbed and tucked away in their heart, holding onto the glistening, magical light.

The night is still. A light is on. Trucks are out of the bays. Cartoony faces and ghosts in empty seats on unassembled carnival rides stare back in the dark. Someone’s cooking at the Fair Haven firehouse. It’s fair time.

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Retro Fair 50/50 Booth Buds

Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair 50/50 Booth in the 1970s
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The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair’s opening night is Friday. And, with the fair come games of chance spins and wins.

From the prize booth wheel spins to 50/50 and Super 50/50 tickets taking a tumble in a big bin, there are winners every night. The winnings? Everything from candy to tens of thousands of dollars.

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Retro RFH Senior Dinner Dancing Girls & a Guy

Last dance? Last chance for fun? Not for these RFHers! Never.

Forty-five years ago, the RFH Class of ’78 kids, like these four, were off to their senior dinner dance at The Shore Casino in Atlantic Highlands. They’d have never imagined then that 45 years later, they’d be right back where they thought they’d danced their last teen-spirited dance.

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Retro Wheel of Fair Fortune

Manning a Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair game of chance booth in the 1960s
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“Round and round she goes; and, where she stops, nobody knows.”

That usual was the sing-song mantra echoed through the grounds of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair back in the day. It was emanating from the guys manning the game of chance booths that still line the grounds — the loud ticking of the wheel with the spin, numbers going round and round, fingers crossed, breath held … until they stopped on that winning number. “Aaaaaand we have a WINNER!” Woohoo!

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In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite, Avid Volunteer, Al Schiavetti Jr.

Longtime Fair Havenite, Alfred John Schiavetti Jr., “passed away peacefully surrounded by his family on June 28, overlooking the beloved Navesink River after a courageous battle with cancer.”

His memorial gathering has been slated for Sept. 9.

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Prosecutor: Pedestrian Killed in Accident; Authorities Investigating

A pedestrian early Saturday morning was struck by a vehicle in Keyport and killed. Investigating authorities are seeking witnesses to the incident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Saturday.  

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DWI Checkpoints Set for Weekend

It’s summertime and DWI checkpoints, run by the Monmouth County DWI Task Force and local police, are operating just about every weekend in Monmouth County.

This weekend, there are two set to run from 9 p.m. on Friday through 2 a.m. on Sunday in Sea Bright and Shrewsbury, respectively.

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