Focus: Halloween Decoration Drive-By

Halloween is in the air — and on lawns — in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.

All you have to do is take a drive to get into the spirit — or crash into a few out of amazement, shock or fright. Do try this at home. Just leave the crashing part out and take in the sights of the creepy, kooky, mysterious, spooky and altogether ooky decorations around the towns, as the Addams Family title song says.

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Focus: Celebrating Fair Haven History in a Pastor’s Retirement

“If you’re gonna worry, don’t pray. And if you’re gonna pray, don’t worry.”

Following his own advice, Fair Haven Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Church Rev. Thomas Johnson will tell you that he never did much worrying. In fact, if you you’ve ever even known him for a minute, you likely haven’t seen a scowl or worried furrow on his brow. Just a bright smile that speaks self-proclaimed countless blessings.

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Retro Fair Haven Classroom Halloween Classic

Halloween in Fair Haven’s Sickles School in 1985
Photo/Kathy Robbins

It’s cool to be a good ghoul in school, right?

Wait. Is that a lobster raising its claw to answer the teacher? Why, yes, it is. The teacher is unfazed. But the lesson? Well, it seems that this day in a Fair Haven 1980s classroom is all about costumes and little to nothing about reading, writing and ‘rithmetic.

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Prosecutor: Area Man Charged with 2017 Robbery of $700K from Check-Cashing Business

An area man has been arrested and charged with the 2017 robbery of $700,000 from a check-cashing business, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.   

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Prosecutor: 33-Year-Old Arrested, Charged with Carjacking, Auto Theft & More

The man who was shot by police in Holmdel yesterday, in an incident that caused Route 35 corridor traffic jams, has been arrested and charged with carjacking, car theft, a weapons charge and related offenses, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.  

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RFH Tower Players Set Stage for Haunting Production of ‘The Canterville Ghost’

RFH Tower Players rehearse The Canterville Ghost
Photo/RFH

Call it a spirited play time.

The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Players are staging their fall production of The Canterville Ghost, set for Nov. 18 to 20 on the RFH stage.

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Prosecutor: Area Man Convicted in Family Friend’s 2019 Murder

A Monmouth County Jury has returned guilty verdicts on nearly all charges against the area man who in 2019 was charged with murdering a longtime family friend and setting her home on fire in an attempt to cover his tracks, Acting Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Michael J. Wojciechowski announced on Wednesday.  

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Prosecutor: Rt. 35 Corridor Road Closures Stem from Police-Involved Shooting of Suspect

From the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office …

The following is an MCPO statement related to road closures and police activities taking place along the Route 35 corridor this morning:

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