Sometimes you just have to leave things up to chance. And there’s nothing better to personify that notion than a moment at what was the Grab Bag Booth at the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.
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Monthly Archives: April 2022
Scene Around: Proud, Pint-Sized Hoops Champs
Photo/screenshot of Zoom Borough Council meeting
They had no idea what a proclamation was, but the third grade Fair Haven Boys Basketball Team was present and proud to accept the honor for winning the 2022 Mid-Monmouth Championship from Mayor Joshua Halpern at Monday night’s Borough Council meeting.
The view of the meeting room showed a near-capacity crowd there for the boys as the mayor gathered them to explain the honor he was bestowing on behalf of a proud borough.
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In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident, Area Hair Stylist, RBC ’63 Grad, Suzy Eagan Wynne, 77
Red Bank resident Susan “Suzy” M. Eagan Wynne passed away peacefully on April 24. She was 77.
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Retro Rumson Boys of Spring Dancing & Madras Mayhem
Photo/courtesy of Bill Dey via Facebook
If there’s any way to summon the spring sun, it’s with some 70s madras fashion. That’s the way they did the spring dance in Rumson in 1973.
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In Memoriam: Rumsonite Robert Hrasna, 63
Rumsonite Robert Hrasna passed away on April 20 following a heroic battle with skin cancer. He was 63.
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Focus: Summoning a Rumson Springtime
Seasons change, so we think. We’ve been summoning a full-on spring since the season’s long-awaited onset. Yet, there seem to have been more dank than sunny, soothing days.
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In Memoriam: 60-Year Fair Havenite Carolyn Feist, 91
Longtime Fair Havenite Carolyn L. Feist died at home on April 19 after a short illness. She was 91.
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Retro RFH Baseball Coaching Hit
Photo/George Day
How could we have a Retro Pic of the (George) Day during baseball season without a photo of the unforgettable RFH coach, Hal Lorme?
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Federal Funding Garnered to Bolster Area Coastal Resilience
The Monmouth University Urban Coast Institute (UCI) will receive federal funding for two projects that bolster resilience to extreme coastal storm and flooding events in Naval Weapon Station (NWS) Earle and its surrounding communities and help economically disadvantaged New Jersey municipalities improve their resilience and readiness for climate threats.
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Prosecutor: Two Teen Passengers Die in Single-Car Crash
A single-car crash has claimed the life of two passengers in Freehold Township Tuesday evening, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced.
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Retro Fair Haven Family Posers & Neighborhood Interlopers
Two of these kids are not like the others. But, who would know when a Fair Haven neighborhood in the 1960s was pretty much a family affair anyway, right?
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Family Posers & Neighborhood InterlopersIn Memoriam: A.J. Perri Heating, Cooling & Plumbing Founder, Lifetime Middletown Fire Co. No. 1 Member, Al Perri, 82
Longtime Shrewsbury resident, lifetime Middletown Fire Company No. 1 member and A.J. Perri Heating, Cooling & Plumbing founder, Albert J. Perri, passed away on Saturday, April 16, surrounded by his loving family. He was 82.
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