Prosecutor: Couple Charged with ‘Possession of Dangerous Dog’ in Alleged Aggression Incident Resulting in Dog’s Shooting

A Keyport couple is facing charges after their dog allegedly acted in an aggressive manner toward a resident, prompting an officer to shoot the dog on Saturday evening, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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Scene Around: Coffee & Fall Fest Time

It was all about falling for the fall season with some sips, pets and socializing. The coffee was on and company came to celebrate the fall with festivities at Coffee Corral in Red Bank this past sunny Saturday.

Turns out that the Corral’s Fair Havenite owners, Courtlyn (Crosson) and Erich Reulbach, had the timing just right to offer up some free fall fun, food and feting before the rain came, cancelling lots of other fall and Halloween fetes on Sunday.

And the sun shone bright on the chicks and goats and sheep and folks scurrying to socialize and soak it all up. We’re told a sunny good time was had by all — even the animals.

Cheers to fall and coffee!

Take a look at the photos above, courtesy of R-FH Retro friend Magdalena Aders, for a glimpse into the day. (Click on one to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!).

Retro RFH Hippies’ Hunt Hill Chill

It’s that time the year again when thoughts of old-time Hunt times come flooding back for many Rumson-Fair Haven area folks. There still may be a Hunt, but not this one. So, we are offering a glimpse back to the days of the Haskell Hunt from a non-tailgating vantage point with a reprise of the following Retro Pic(s) of the Day piece originally posted on Oct. 20, 2017 … 

We went on the hunt for more Hunt photos and stumbled onto a couple of glimpses at the happening scene up on hip, hip Hippie Hill.

It was probably the late 1970s. These peacefully assembled cool long hairs and renegades likely snuck into the Haskell Hunt through the fence and onto that infamous hill on ol Amory Haskell’s elegant estate.

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Prosecutor: Couple Charged with Endangerment in Toddler Opioid Overdose

A Monmouth County couple has been charged with endangering the welfare of a child after their toddler overdosed on alleged opioids in the family home, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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Police Report: Drugs, Weapons, DUIs, Shoplifting

The following September arrests were reported by Middletown police. Dates and locations for each were not included in the report. In all, police reported that department officers responded to 4,383 calls for service, including 355 first aid calls, 162 burglar alarms, 14 fire calls, and 149 motor vehicle crashes. 
An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Prosecutor: Softball Coach Gets 5 Years’ Probation and $12K Restitution for Stealing Team Money

A Monmouth County youth softball coach has been sentenced to five years’ probation after he pleaded guilty to pilfering thousands of dollars of the team’s travel and tournament cost funds, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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Scene Around: Rom-Com Filming Action in Fair Haven

It’s not every day that a movie cast and crew come to film in Fair Haven. Just today.

All was set up and rolling to film portions of the romantic comedy (Rom-Com) Which Brings Me to You at the Columbus Club on Fair Haven Road. Scenes for the film have been shot in other towns in the area — Rumson, Red Bank, Highlands and Keansburg.

According to IMBd, it’s about “two romantic burnouts (who) meet at a wedding and almost hook up in the coatroom before putting the brakes on. They agree to exchange candid confessions about their pasts on the off chance that this might be the real thing.”

Starring Genevieve Angelson, Lucy Hale and Nat Wolff and directed by Peter Hutchings, Fair Haven Mayor Josh Halpern caught the above scenes and posted them on social media, saying …

“How cool is it of the Columbus Club to accommodate the cast and crew of the movie Which Brings Me To You … As always, Fair Haven is in the center of it all. Can’t wait to see the results on the big screen!”

And that’s what was scene around in the Rumson-Fair Haven area today.

Thanks to the mayor for the photos.

Retirement Celebration Set for Fair Haven Fisk Chapel’s Rev. Thomas Johnson

The people of the historic Fair Haven Fisk Chapel A.M.E. Church have announced the coming retirement of their longtime pastor, Rev. Thomas P. Johnson and have extended a retirement celebration invite to the parish’s extended family in Fair Haven and beyond.

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Retro 80s RFHers’ Hunt Hoopla

RFHers of the 1980s at the Hunt
Photo/Jill Sorrentino

A hunting they did go … RFHers in the 1980s, that is.

Where there was a Hunt, there was a way to party back in the day when the infamous Hunt came to the Haskell estate in Middletown. Yes, there’s still a Hunt, but it’s not this one — the one that became a decades-long rite of passage for RFH students and grads, among many others.

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