An area woman has been arrested and charged with stealing more than $15,000 from an online fundraiser she organized last year for a Florida man severely injured in a car accident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Woman Charged with $15K Theft From Accident Victim’s FundraiserMonthly Archives: December 2023
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert

With an early-week downpour and coastal flood warning in full effect, Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week. Work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, through Friday.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AlertIn Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank and Little Silver Resident, Jack McNeil, 91
Longtime Red Bank and Little Silver resident, John Francis “Jack” McNeil passed away on Dec. 10. He was 91.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank and Little Silver Resident, Jack McNeil, 91Scene Around: RFH PAS Elf on the Winter Concert Shelf

It’s not every day that the artsy elf on someone’s shelf escapes to the lobby of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) on a merry mission. It’s just at winter concert time.
And this was an elf on a mission — to promote RFH performing arts and pedal some snacks and RFH Performing Arts Society swag, of course. The elf off her shelf? Well, that’s RFH PAS President Patty Gagliardi.
Though you might have thought she was Santa Claus considering all the festive RFH PAS loot she had to sell for the good cause of keeping the performing arts going strong in the school. Shop, not workshop, set up for before, during and after the concert, there were RFH PAS ornaments, magnets, tote bags, mugs and water bottles.
It was really more like elf in a box — a holiday gift box. A box full of the myriad gifts of music and performance all wrapped up with an RFH PAS bow.
The concert wrapped up, too, those RFH PAS elves’ goodies are bound to get unwrapped somewhere. The gifts? Behind each RFH PAS piece of swag is an enduring memory and a little support.
Bravo, RFH PAS musicians and singers! Sing and play on!
- Retro RFH Prom Posers
- Celebrating Frankie’s Fair Haven Legacy of Luck and Smiles
- Focus: Liberty Tree Takes Root in Fair Haven
- In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite, Bill Mieth Jr., 83
- In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Longtime Locust Resident, Sandy Halsey, 95
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DonateDonate monthlyDonate yearlyProsecutor: Fatal Monday Pedestrian-Vehicle Accident Under Investigation
An accident in which a pedestrian was killed in Aberdeen on Monday night is under active investigation, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Fatal Monday Pedestrian-Vehicle Accident Under InvestigationScene Around: Rumson DPW Toy Drive Santas

Rumson Department of Public Works’ 24th annual toy drive was a success.
“The Rumson DPW wants to Thank You for your support this Christmas Season. Hundreds of toys were collected and will be distributed to the Salvation Army and Child Family Services for this coming Holiday Season. THANK YOU!!” a social media by employee and Fair Havenite Nick Lenczyk said.
Rewind: For Crying Out Santa!

Photo/courtesy of Ann Clark
A reprise, just because … this solitary Santa trauma was just too classic not to repeat. ‘Tis the season, after all. And, with this reprise, we kick off our Santa trauma series … just for fun. Really. Send us your most classic “happy Santa/miserable child” pics. There’s one in every photo album! Email yours to evd@rfhretro.com … We have mounted quite a collection, so don’t be left out!
Ho, ho, hoooooo and here we go again with a classic misery-doesn’t-love- Santa’s-company shot.
Continue reading Rewind: For Crying Out Santa!Prosecutor: Former Sea Bright Cop Gets 5 Years for Stalking, Threatening Ex-Girlfriend
A former Sea Bright police officer has been sentenced to five years in state prison and is permanently barred from holding any future state job or office due to a series of crimes he committed against an ex-girlfriend, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Former Sea Bright Cop Gets 5 Years for Stalking, Threatening Ex-GirlfriendRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert

With a flood watch in effect in the area, Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, with work scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., with the weather permitting condition stressed, through Friday.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AlertProsecutor: Employee Charged with Stealing $100K from Employer
An area entertainment company employee has been charged with stealing nearly $100,000 from her company, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Saturday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Employee Charged with Stealing $100K from EmployerGetting Festive in Fair Haven: Lights, Stroll, Santa!
It’s Santa and stroll time tonight in Fair Haven.
Continue reading Getting Festive in Fair Haven: Lights, Stroll, Santa!Retro Waiting for Santa Time in Fair Haven
Santa Claus is coming to downtown Fair Haven Friday night, and he’s gonna help light things up for the holiday season.
As it usually stands to reason for the season, families valiantly try to coordinate those classic photos for the ol’ memory album.
Though, it’s always fun to catch them trying to set up the pose with the typical snafus — cranky kids, losing a little balance and all saying “Cheese … and don’t drop the child!” for that camera at the same time, toothy grins intact.
So, the Retro Pic of the Day honors that time-honored moment of the pose set-up with a Fair Haven family at last year’s tree lighting.
Well, they still look pretty good … Cheese and Santa!





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