This week’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity will continue, weather permitting, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. More girder deliveries and curb installation is planned for most of the week.
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Prosecutor: Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Providing Inmate Boyfriend with Cell Phone
A Monmouth County Sheriff’s Office corrections police officer who worked at the Monmouth County Correctional Institution (MCCI) has pleaded guilty to providing a cell phone to an inmate, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Corrections Officer Pleads Guilty to Providing Inmate Boyfriend with Cell PhoneReflection: Retro Halloween Parading
The following opinion piece on Halloween through the generations in Fair Haven was originally published in 2015. It is reprised annually …
Before the parade passes by, this kid from Fair Haven has some parading memories on which to reflect. Remember this scene?
It’s a longstanding tradition — the Fair Haven Halloween Parade.
I remember it well — from my first parade trek back in the late 1960s to the ’70s, 80s, 90s and now.
It all started at age 7 with a wish to be Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I’ve noticed a few in more recent years and the green-eyed jealousy monster of a near senior has reared its head. But I digress … That little dress-up fantasy of the 60s of mine was foiled when my mother couldn’t get the gingham outfit together, my pigtails were not so poised for the silver screen look and my sister refused to crawl down Hance Road as Toto.
I guess it was bad enough that from the age of 3, she was forced by this pint-sized dominatrix 5-year-old Dorothy to crawl on a makeshift Funk and Wagnall’s encyclopedia Yellow Brick Road to Oz in the living room. The neighbors never quite got over it, either.
Continue reading Reflection: Retro Halloween ParadingFriday Night DWI Checkpoint Set
A DWI checkpoint will start the weekend off in Monmouth County, running from Friday night until early Saturday morning.
Continue reading Friday Night DWI Checkpoint SetRetro Fair Haven School Halloween Sit-Out
Nothing like capturing the mood of the Halloween season with a snapshot back in time of little costumed goblins all in a row — on the Sickles School stoop in Fair Haven.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven School Halloween Sit-OutRumson Police Report: Theft, Burglary, Underage Parties, Hindering Apprehension
The following September incidents and arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Rumson Police Report: Theft, Burglary, Underage Parties, Hindering ApprehensionIn Memoriam: Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Agnes Vanecek, 104
Former longtime Little Silver resident, Agnes Ann Matysek Vanecek, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 15. She was 104.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Agnes Vanecek, 104Prosecutor: 28-Year-Old Man Gets Prison Time for 2021 Drug-Related Fatal Crash
A 28-year-old Monmouth County man has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years in state prison on vehicular homicide charges stemming from the death of an 82-year-old man in a June 2021 drug-related motor vehicle collision, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso and Wall Township Police Chief Sean O’Halloran jointly announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 28-Year-Old Man Gets Prison Time for 2021 Drug-Related Fatal CrashRetro RFHers’ Hunt Hill Huddle
Photo/RFH reunion slideshow screenshot
Holy Hunt! There’s a cache of classic rite of passage Hunt memories packed in one RFH group shot right here in this Retro Pic of the Day.
Continue reading Retro RFHers’ Hunt Hill HuddleProsecutor: Area 35-Year-Old Man Gets 8 Years for Child Porn Possession
A Monmouth County man has been sentenced to eight years in state prison after being convicted of possession on various electronic devices in his home of more than 1,000 items involving child pornography, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area 35-Year-Old Man Gets 8 Years for Child Porn PossessionRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert
This week’s work schedule for the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement has been altered due to girder deliveries.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AlertRumson Police: Vehicle Thieves Strike Again
In light of another vehicle theft in Rumson, police are, once again, urging residents to be diligent in taking precautions to dissuade thieves as much as possible. Lock vehicles, homes and secure fobs, they have reiterated.
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