Monthly Archives: May 2022

Local Life

Retro Good Fair Haven Grilling

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Fair Havenite Paul Croft grilled for his family circa 1974
Photo/Mary Croft

Well, there’s nothing like a good Memorial Day grilling.

And there’s also nothing like getting your kid to flip those burgers and tend to the grill like a serious party master — like this barbecue scene back from 1974 in Fair Haven.

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Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Truck Driver Charged in $27K Red Bull Heist

A local truck driver has been charged with the theft of wholesale quantities of Red Bull valued at more than $27,000, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Tuesday. 

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Local Life

Retro RFH Prom Posers

1988 RFH prom pose
Photo/Heather Andersen

A reprise, originally posted on June 10, 2021, to honor the best of RFH prom times during prom season …

The colors were deeper, the hair was higher and hemlines, too. The top song was George Michael’s Faith. The year was 1988 and the pre-prom scene for RFHers was the same, yet different.

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Fair Haven Police and Fire Files, Police and Fire

A Major Fair Haven Fire & the Community’s Rally

A massive fire destroyed a Fair Haven home
Fire photos/District 36 Rapid Intervention Team — Tinton Falls FD

No one, including pets, was hurt in the raging fire yesterday that destroyed a two-family Fair Haven home and damaged others nearby; but, it has displaced a family.

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Local Life

Retro Stokes Tripping

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A trip back in time to Stokes State Forrest with the sixth graders of Knollwood in the early 1970s. Photo/Peter Mauger
A trip back in time to Stokes State Forrest with the sixth graders of Knollwood in the early 1970s.
Photo/Peter Mauger

It’s baaaaack! So here’s a reprise in honor of the upcoming time-honored sixth grade trip to Stokes State Forrest. Take a trip back with us again. Remember?

It’s that time of the year when Fair Haven schools tradition takes hold and all good Knollwood sixth graders go on their trip to Stokes State Forrest. The buses rolled out of town this morning. Two years ago marked the 50th anniversary of the most wonderful time of the year for those sixth graders. Wow.

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Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Long Branch ‘Pop-Up Party’ of Thousands Ends in Arrests, Flash-Bang, Smoke, Curfew

Another ‘pop-up party’ on Saturday prompted by a TikTok post resulted in thousands converging on the Long Branch boardwalk, the declaration of a public safety emergency, a city-wide 9 p.m. curfew and nine arrests, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced.

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