Retro River Ratting II

River Rats of the 1970s
Photo/Marc Edelman

A reprise, just because … the river is a time-honored hangout spot, great for what ails a kid or adult mid-pandemic, plenty of room to distance, and now with a possible threat of sharks. No murder hornets sighted yet … Remember the simpler times of close river encounters? The best of kids’ stuff …

It’s Friday, have you hung out with your River Rats this week?

It’s that longtime rat pack with which kids sail away the summer — River Rats.

Summers, since 1955, a group gathers at the end of Battin Road in Fair Haven to learn how to sail and bond. You’ve gotten a glimpse into those summer days down by the river with the good rats before.

This is yet another, more expansive shot.

It’s the Retro Pic of the Day circa 1970s; and it’s brought to us by RFH grad Marc Edelman.

Recognize anyone? Not in it? Rats!

Retro Night Out on a Pandemic Year Night In

Fair Haven’s National Night Out 2020 turned into Night In. And it was a night in to be remembered — for nothing except the pandemic that showed no mercy and canceled another community event.

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Prosecutor: Arrest Made in 2019 Robbery of Keyport Man

One of three men suspected of being responsible for the 2019 robbery of a Keyport man who was coming home with a large sum of cash he won at Monmouth Park Racetrack was arrested on Tuesday, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Prosecutor: Neptune Man, 29, Arrested, Charged with May Attempted Murder

,A 29-year-old Neptune Township man has been arrested and charged for his alleged role in a May attempted murder in Asbury Park, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.

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Longtime Fair Havenite, Songbird Lillian Lauer: Still Hitting the High Notes at 90

Remember those days as a kid when you thought everyone over the age of 30 was ancient? That view from the pint-sized sprouters and adolescent awkward can offer both good and bad perspectives. Better these days, as a near senior (gulp), as it seems that those people we thought were ancient are, decades later, somehow ageless.

That’s the case with one Fair Haven mom and lead Church of the Nativity songstress: Lillian Lauer. The longtime striking blonde, French twist-coiffed Fair Havenite, who loved for decades to tend to her garden, children and lead soprano singing from the church mezzanine, turned 90 on Aug. 7. And, as the Jackson Browne song that was as popular as Lauer’s twist and song in the 70s goes, she’s “still the same … still aims high” in both song and youthful spirit.

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Prosecutor: 24-Year-Old Man Pleads Guilty to Aggravated Manslaughter in 2019 Manalapan Shooting Death

An Ocean County man pleaded guilty on Thursday to aggravated manslaughter and related charges for his role in the 2019 shooting death of a Manalapan man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Friday.

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Prosecutor: Special Officer Pleads Guilty to Computer Theft

A Neptune Township Special Class 1 police officer pleaded guilty to computer theft on Friday, admitting he used a law enforcement database for a non-law enforcement purpose, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni said.

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Retro Powering Through: Light in Dark Sandy Times

Well, Tropical Storm Isaias ripped through the Rumson-Fair Haven area like an angry NIMBY, leaving lots of carnage, uncanny sun and power outages in its wake.

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