A Thursday afternoon fatal three-vehicle accident is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Fatal Three-Vehicle Accident Under Investigation
A Thursday afternoon fatal three-vehicle accident is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Fatal Three-Vehicle Accident Under InvestigationA 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.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Accident Claims Life of Pedestrian; Investigation EnsuesAn 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.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 22-Year-Old Area Man Pleads Guilty to 2025 MurderRumson-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.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Longtime Fair Havenite, RFH Grad, Pauline Sorrentino Smith, 85“It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of our mom,” longtime Rumson resident, real estate agent, wife, grandmother and great-grandmother as well, Ann Doran, on Feb. 21. Just eight days shy of her 96th birthday, Ann was 95.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Real Estate Agent, Ann Doran, 95
Longtime Rumsonite, Lorraine “Lori” Slavin, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 28, surrounded by her loving family. She was 86.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Lori Slavin, 86An area teacher has been charged with the possession of an illegal weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Teacher Charged with Weapons OffenseMary Gagliardi, “a treasured soul known for her loving nature and friendly demeanor,” passed away on February 20, 2026, at the age of 88. Her final days were spent in Rumson, where she passed, surrounded by the love and warmth of her family.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Mary Gagliardi, Mom, Grandmother to Rumson Family, 88Our 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.
Continue reading A Birthday Wish: Going Back Home with MomA 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.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Teacher/Coach Gets 51/2 Years for Sexual Assault of StudentPlates weren’t just full, they were overflowing — with spaghetti, meatballs and community love.
Continue reading Focus: Filling Up On Community, Spaghetti and Meatballs
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.”
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Queen of Social Intoxication,’ Diane Dey, 95
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