Monthly Archives: April 2023

Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Area Man Gets 10 Years in Prison on First-Degree Drug Dealing Conviction

An area man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison in connection with a 2021 drug dealing bust, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.

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Local Life, Opinion

Retro RFH Batty Gym Suit Home Run

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A reprise in honor of the girls, baseball season and not having to wear these horrific mandatory gym suits anymore! Strike! The suits are out! Phew! Remember the fun and the horror with us … (Be sure to CLICK on one photo to enlarge and scroll to fully experience the horror. Ha!)

It’s just plain batty! Batter’s up at RFH as baseball season is in full swing. But, looking back at some RFH 1970s games, you have to wonder when or why, exactly, there was ever a season of the ol’ gym suit, baseball or softball aside.

Really. Ponder it. Those things that made girls look like Stay Puff marshmallows, or, worse, a big baby with a onesie that had enough space for a diaper or, well … you get the picture.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Lifetime Fair Havenite, Rumson High Grad, Volunteer, Jean Haviland Denise Rue, 90

Lifetime Fair Havenite, daughter and wife of two Fair Haven mayors, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and avid volunteer, Jean Haviland Denise Rue, passed away on Sunday, April 16. She was 90.

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Local Life

Focus: Branching Out with River Time Buds

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There’s nothing quite like branching out to a budding riverfront perspective — down by the Navesink at the Fair Haven Dock, of course.

Yes, spring has sprung. The buds are budding. And when it comes to seeing the river for the trees, the view is always the most flattering panoramic close-up of sunshine on an old friend.

It always smiles back and reaches out to hold with a tight hug. The buds on the trees branch out pulling you in to a new season, new day down by the river.

Happy budding river time 2023! (CLICK on one of the photos in the above gallery to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!)

— Photos/Elaine Van Develde for R-FH Retro exclusively

Here’s what’s in store for the end-of-the-week into weekend weather forecast …