Focus: Moonlighting the Murky Way into 2024

With the New Year on the horizon, sometimes it takes some moon glow to light the way.

The murky skies may mask the stars, but the moon tells us they’re there and always within a dreamer’s reach. And what’s not to reach for when the fuzzy picture becomes perfect with a moon waxing full standing in for the hidden star atop the evergreen.

Evergreen. It’s not just the live tree’s forever color that has a bright meaning. It’s what the murky sky masks — that evergreen riverfront scene. Always there. Always lit by the moon and stars behind the sky’s dank weather veil. Always attainable as we reach for the light, dazed into the New Year.

** Thanks to Fair Havenite Susan Culbert for the misty weather pics! She spotted the spectacular moon-topped tree on a trek down River Road before Christmas and the rest by the river. **

Here’s the weather forecast for the days ahead, courtesy of the National Weather Service

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

With a murky, drizzly post-Christmas week in the weather forecast, Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, depending on just how drizzly it gets. Work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, Dec. 29.

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Prosecutor: Area Man Indicted on Armed Home Invasion, Vehicular Homicide Charges

A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 19-count indictment against an area man in connection with armed home invasion and vehicular homicide charges stemming from an Aug. 14 incident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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Prosecutor: Area Cop Pleads Guilty to $115K Theft from PBA & Other Charities

An area police sergeant has pleaded guilty to stealing more than $115,000 from his local Police Benevolent Association (PBA) chapter and various PBA-tied nonprofits, including a youth football organization, breast cancer research drives and a fund to benefit the survivor of a serious neurological injury, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.    

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Retro Santa House Call

Santa comes to the Connor-Kelly home in Fair Haven circa 1980s
Photo/Connor-Kelly family

A classic reprise, just because … it’s Santa time!

Santa has begun making the rounds around the towns lately. You’ve likely seen him being whisked through the Rumson and Fair Haven neighborhoods on the firetruck over the weekend. It’s that time of the year.

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