Prosecutor: Accident Claims Life of Pedestrian; Investigation Ensues

A fatal accident on early Thursday morning that claimed the life of a young female pedestrian is under is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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Prosecutor: 22-Year-Old Area Man Pleads Guilty to 2025 Murder

An area 22-year-old man has pleaded guilty to an aggravated manslaughter charge stemming from a fatal 2025 stabbing, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Longtime Fair Havenite, RFH Grad, Pauline Sorrentino Smith, 85

Rumson-raised longtime Fair Havenite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, Pauline Ann Sorrentino Smith, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 25. She was 85.

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A Birthday Wish: Going Back Home with Mom

Our annual reprise honoring the inspiration for R-FH Retro — my mom, Sally Van Develde — on what would have been her 103rd birthday. A birthday wish … Happy Heavenly Birthday, Mom. You remain in the hearts of so many … Besides, I won’t let them forget.

“If I ever go looking for my heart’s desire again, I won’t look any further than my own back yard. Because if it isn’t there, I never really lost it to begin with! Is that right?” ~ Dorothy, The Wizard of Oz

For the love of home and a Fair Haven mom … that’s right.

Sometimes a birthday without her is about lighting the candles, making the wish, sustaining the simple legacy of going home, staying home with my mom, Sally Van Develde.

Today would have been her 102nd birthday. If she had lived to blow out all those candles on her cake, I wondered what she would have done. What her wish would have been.

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Prosecutor: Area Teacher/Coach Gets 51/2 Years for Sexual Assault of Student

A 36-year-old Middletown High School North teacher and girls’ basketball coach has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in state prison for engaging in a sexual relationship with one of his students, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Queen of Social Intoxication,’ Diane Dey, 95

Diane M. Dey

Longtime Rumsonite Diane Merrall Dey, 95, more recently of Atlantic Highlands, “received her angel wings on Saturday evening, Feb. 7. She departed peacefully at home, in the presence of her loving daughter, Merrall, while the Commendation of the Dying was invoked by Father Hank Hilton.”

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