Saddle up, Fair Haven! The Foundation of Fair Haven has announced its first Haven Hoe-Down, promising a rootin’ tootin’ good time while raising funds for the Fair Haven Day and other community initiatives.
An early morning Sunday shooting in the West End section of Long Branch is being investigated by the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office Major Crimes Bureau and Long Branch police, a statement from the Prosecutor’s Office said.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Sunday Morning Long Branch Shooting Being Investigated Lifetime Fair Havenite and U.S. Navy veteran John Sears Jr. passed away peacefully on Sunday, Feb. 4, his family by his side. He was 94.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Lifetime Fair Havenite, U.S. Navy Vet, John Sears Jr., 94 
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, weather permitting. Work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, Feb. 16.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory 
Have you heard? Probably. But this picture is worth a thousand RFH Bulldog cheers.
The snapshot, captured by RFH dad and Rumson Police Sgt. Bryan Dougherty, is all about seizing the moment of a historic win for the RFH Wrestling Team — one earlier this week that got the Dawgs a sectional title in the state’s Central Jersey Group 2 championship.
RFH beat the Point Pleasant Borough team, which was third-seeded, 66-13, getting its first sectional champ title.
This win put the Bulldogs wrestlers in the Group 2 semifinals in a match against Caldwell today (Friday).
So, TGIF cheers to a win!
These courts are made for basketball — and jokesters. Maybe not. But, a couple of Rumson’s Forrestdale guys somehow stole center court, or stage, at a basketball game in the 1970s.
Continue reading Retro Forrestdale Basketball Court JesteringLongtime Red Bank resident, Jean Montigros, passed away peacefully at home on Feb. 3, surrounded by her two daughters.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident, Jean Montigros 
“We’re captive on the carousel of time … We can’t return. We can only look behind from where we came and go round and round and round in the circle game …” ~ Joni Mitchell
The news hit his nimble-footed, intricately painted-and-penned world like a sledge hammer. Thirty-year-old Thomas “Cooper” Ley had died. He was my best friend’s beautiful boy.
The wound left by the merciless hammer’s mark was a deep one. Somehow it didn’t break the circle, though. It wouldn’t. Never could. That was the consolation, so I was posthumously reminded by his mother, if there was to be any at all in something that seemed so senseless and unfair.
Circle. It was stuck in my head. Once that hammer hit, she started whispering to me as I grappled with how to remember him best for her, for his family, for his friends, with my words.
Continue reading Cooper’s Legacy: The Art of Circle Gaming Among Childhood FriendsPhotos by Kathy Robbins … Slideshow by Elaine Van Develde
A reprise celebrating Fair Haven Fire Department Installation Dinners of the past with good line officers and department members of the past, many now gone, because the department reprised its traditional Installation Dinner over the weekend. Look back with us and remember the faces of those who served and leave behind a strong legacy to help.
It’s an honored, good-time tradition. The Fair Haven Fire Department recently had its Installation Dinner. Every New Year, new line officers are officially installed and honored and outgoing officers and members are honored in a thank you dinner dance.
Longtime Fair Havenite, Elizabeth Howard Taylor has passed away. She was 95.
Red Bank resident, Geraldine “Geri” DeFilippo passed away at home on Feb. 1 with her family by her side. She was 71.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident, Teacher Geri DeFilippo, 71 
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity remains status quo this week, weather permitting. Work is scheduled from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, Feb. 2.
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