Prosecutor: Area Man Gets Extended 10-Year Prison Sentence for Witness Tampering/Harassment in Domestic Violence Case

An area man has been sentenced to an extended term of 10 years in prison in connection with the assault and continued harassment of a female victim after violating a restraining order against him, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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In Memoriam: Former Little Silver Resident, Longtime Tower Hill Church and Ship Ahoy Beach Club Member, Don Warren, 89

“In all my life, I never heard him utter an unkind word.”

This is what people say when they learn that former little Silver resident, Donald Louis Warren, went to his heavenly home on Oct. 28. He was 89.

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Prosecutor: Four Charged in Connection with July Red Bank Shooting, Murder

Two men and two women have been charged in connection with a July Red Bank shooting that left one dead and another injured, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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Retro Halloween Schooling & Parading

Halloween parading in Sickles School in Fair Haven in the 1980s
Photo/Kathy Robbins

So, a karate kid, a baseball player, a cop, two witches, a vampire and a boxer walk onto a school stage …

That means only one thing. It’s Halloween and it’s school pageant time — or whatever they call it. Yes, it’s that time when all the little guys and ghouls in school get dressed up and parade through the classroom, down the hall and into the auditorium for a spooky show of Halloween spirit.

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In Memoriam: Longtime Sea Bright Lover, 60-Year Ship Ahoy Beach Club Member, Gloria Doughty, 93

Longtime Sea Bright lover and 60-year Ship Ahoy Beach Club member, Gloria Doughty, who raised her family in Middletown, passed away peacefully, after a very brief illness, at Christiana Hospital, DE, on Oct. 26. She was 93.

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Prosecutor: Man Imprisoned for Violent Assault Gets Three More Years for Stalking Stemming from Home Invasion

An already imprisoned man is now facing three more years in prison in connection with a 2017 home invasion and stalking incidents in Holmdel, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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Retro RFH Preppie Hippie Halloweening

RFH preppy hippies hangin' out in the 1970s Photo/George Day
RFH preppy hippies hangin’ out in the 1970s
Photo/George Day

There’s nothing like playing dress-up and drive-by for Halloween at RFH. 

In the 1970s, students really got ghostly and festive with it all. Costumes were creative. Though, given the era, it was hard to tell if a few were actually costumes or just the outfit of the day. Ah, but, of course these girls were “disguised” as those ’60s, not ’70s, hippies.

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In Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised RBC 2014 Grad, Connor Smith, 29

Red Bank-raised Red Bank Catholic High School (RBC) graduate, Connor Richard Smith, more recently of St. Paul, MI, passed away peacefully from injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident on Oct. 18, surrounded by his loving family and closest friends. He was 29.

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Retro RFH Witchy Women’s Halloween Ride

Witchy RFH women on Halloween of 1977 Bonnie Werner and Sue Brower Photo/George Day
Witchy RFH women on Halloween of 1977 Bonnie Werner and Sue Brower
Photo/George Day

A most necessary reprise …

They were headed every witch way on this Halloween in the late 1970s.

That would be Sue Brower and Bonnie Werner of the RFH Class of ’78.

So the double-dose Retro Pic(s) of the (George) Day feature them at their Halloween best.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Channel Closure and Roadway Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity remains on the usual work of 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, this week, with Shrewsbury River channel closure alerts in effect, Monmouth County officials announced.

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Retro Motley Firemen’s Halloween Party Crew

It’s spooky and kooky Halloween party season.

And there’s nothing quite like a costume party full of festive, fun fiends who take full advantage of the season to say the devil made them do it when it comes to tricks and the sometimes questionable treat of their disguises.

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