Monthly Archives: July 2021

Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: 85-Year-Old Pleads Guilty to Role in Fatal Hit & Run

An 85-year-old has pleaded guilty to his role in the 2018 death of a fellow Asbury Park resident, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Saturday.

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Local Life, Opinion

Retro Crazy Days of RFH Boys’ Summer

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RFH Class of 1979 guys on a day at the beach Photo/courtesy of Paul Hughes, Class of '79 reunion slideshow
RFH Class of 1979 guys on a day at the beach
Photo/courtesy of Paul Hughes, Class of ’79 reunion slideshow

A reprise in honor of sizzling hot summer days on the beach with some cool RFH guys … 

Remember that horror movie When a Stranger Calls? The babysitter  gets a repeated freaky call from a stranger asking, in measured terror tones, “Have you checked the children lately?”

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Haven Teacher & ‘Register’ Editor’s Wife, Ginny Kamin, 88

Beloved for her kindness and generosity, Fair Haven resident Virginia P. Kamin taught for more than 40 years in the Fair Haven Public Schools and played a wider role as the wife of the late Arthur Z. Kamin, longtime editor of The Daily Register.  

Mrs. Kamin, who was 88 and known as “Ginny,” died Friday (July 2) at The Atrium at Navesink Harbor, with her son and daughter at her side, after a long battle with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.

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Local Life

Retro Icon’s Summer Spirit

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Sea Bright icon Dizzy Dave parties on in his haunt
Photo/Facebook photo of Joanne DiStefano Garelli

A reprise in honor of the Sea Bright icon known as Dizzy Dave on his 70th birthday … There’s a birthday fundraiser going on for Dizzy Dave with a goal set for $4,000 to help him out. So far, $1,175 has been raised. Click here to contribute to making Dave’s 70th monumental. “Dave turns 70 on July 5th and it would be really nice for him to feel the love of all the people who know him in our wonderful town that takes care of its own,” said David Van Vliet, the organizer.

Nothing says local and summer quite like a glimpse into the past of a Sea Bright icon in his local beach element, albeit a likely polar bear plunge scenario here.

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Local Life

Focus: Dawn of a New Week at the Dock

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Down by Fair Haven Dock at sunrise
Photos/Susan Culbert

Oh, what a beautiful morning! The tune is an ear worm of background music for this scene that started the day and week today in Fair Haven. And it’s not Oklahoma, either. It’s the Fair Haven Dock at sunrise.

The serene scene never gets old. And while the focus may be honed in on the familiar scene in this utopia, it changes every so slightly with each ripple of water, each sigh of contentment with each capture.

This dawn of this new day in the Rumson-Fair Haven area was freeze framed in warmth by Fair Havenite Susan Culbert.

A snapshot of embracing calm. Ahhhhhh …

The week starts with a forecast of sunny skies and warmth through Wednesday and some thunder and rain toward the end of the week, according to the National Weather Service. Take a look …

Police and Fire, Red Bank Police & Fire Files

Police Report: Criminal Sexual Contact, Theft, Assault, DWI, Drugs, Harassment, Disorderly

The following June criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Gert ‘Gigi’ Read Massey Murphy Stratton, 96

“GIGI HAS LEFT THE ROOM AT 5:30 THIS MORNING. REST IN PEACE.
LOVE YOU.”

It was the simple phrase that former Sea Bright Councilman Read Murphy left on his Facebook wall on June 27, the morning of his well-liked, vibrant mom’s passing.

Gertrude Read Massey Murphy Stratton, known as Gigi or Gert, of Red Bank and Tequesta, FL, passed away at 5:30 that morning “with her loving family at hand.” She was 96.

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