Retro Stokes Tripping

A trip back in time to Stokes State Forrest with the sixth graders of Knollwood in the early 1970s. Photo/Peter Mauger
A trip back in time to Stokes State Forrest with the sixth graders of Knollwood in the early 1970s.
Photo/Peter Mauger

Post-Memorial Day week is what used to be a longtime tradition of Fair Haven sixth graders taking that trip to Stokes State Forrest. The time of the year has since been switched to fall. So, in honor of the original timing of this rite-of-passage trip to Stokes, we, again, invite you to take a trip back with us. Remember?

It’s that time of the year when Fair Haven schools tradition used to take hold and all good Knollwood sixth graders packed it in and went on their trip to Stokes State Forrest. The buses rolled out of town right after Memorial Day. It’s now been more than 50 years’ worth of Stokes adventuring. Wow.

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In Memoriam: Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Borough Council President, Jerry ‘Murph’ Murphy, 80

Former longtime Little Silver resident and Middletown native, Gerald F. Murphy, known as Jerry and “Murf” to some, passed away on May 22 in Naples, FL. He was 80.

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Prosecutor: Area 31-Year-Old Gets 20 Years for Luring, Kidnapping Child

A 31-year-old area man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for luring and kidnapping a then pre-teen girl off the street in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.   

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