Sixty-four-year Fair Haven Fire Department member and former longtime Fair Havenite, actor, voice-over artist and radio broadcaster, Tom Dorick, more recently of The Villages, FL, passed away peacefully on Thursday, Oct. 9. He was 86.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Longtime Fair Havenite, 64-Year Fire Company Life Member, Actor, Broadcaster, Tom Dorick, 86Monthly Archives: October 2025
Scene Around: Skeleton Out of the Closet for Spooky Season

Oops! Looks like someone’s skeleton is out of the closet … and roaming the neighborhood in Fair Haven.
Continue reading Scene Around: Skeleton Out of the Closet for Spooky SeasonRetro Halloween Schooling & Parading

Photo/Kathy Robbins
So, a karate kid, a baseball player, a cop, two witches, a vampire and a boxer walk onto a school stage …
That means only one thing. It’s Halloween season and that means that soon it will be school pageant time — or whatever they call it. Yes, it’s that time when all the little guys and ghouls in school get dressed up and parade through the classroom, down the hall and into the auditorium for a spooky show of Halloween spirit — or something like that. Nowadays there’s a Halloween egg hunt in the area towns. That’s something that still has this 1960s and ’70s kid a bit baffled. But, hey, whatever floats your Halloween gondola, Jack-O-Lantern or whatever. It’s still a fun time of year at school.
Continue reading Retro Halloween Schooling & ParadingIn Memoriam: Former Little Silver Resident, Middletown South Grad, Kaylinn Scully, 20
“Everyone who ever met Kaylinn remembers her beautiful smile, kindness, and easygoing spirit. She had the biggest heart and was always willing to help anyone. Her willpower was strong and she always stayed true to her values and beliefs while still being the most considerate person you would have ever met.” ~ loved ones of Kaylinn Scully
Former Little Silver resident and Middletown High School South graduate, Kaylinn Ann Scully, recently of Atlantic Highlands, passed away on Wednesday, October. 8. She was 20.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Little Silver Resident, Middletown South Grad, Kaylinn Scully, 20Prosecutor: Pedestrian Killed in Saturday Accident
A Saturday morning pedestrian-vehicle accident that resulted in the death of a female pedestrian is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Pedestrian Killed in Saturday AccidentRetro Firemen’s Halloween Party Posse

It’s spooky and kooky Halloween party season.
And there’s nothing quite like a costume party full of festive, fun fiends who take full advantage of the season to say the devil made them do it when it comes to tricks and the sometimes questionable treat of their disguises.
Continue reading Retro Firemen’s Halloween Party PosseRetro RFH Halloween Parading

Photo/George Day
Well, the sun is out and it’s time to start the Halloween parading and take it outside. It’s never too soon to start the festivities, after all.
Continue reading Retro RFH Halloween ParadingRumson Police Report: Drugs, Shots Fired, Unlawful Weapons Possession, Underage Drinking, DUI, Contempt
The following September arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Rumson Police Report: Drugs, Shots Fired, Unlawful Weapons Possession, Underage Drinking, DUI, ContemptProsecutor: Bicyclist Killed in Accident; Investigation Ensues
A Monday night accident that resulted in the death of a male bicyclist is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Bicyclist Killed in Accident; Investigation EnsuesScene Around: An RFH Senior and a Heroic Locals’ Summer Save

What started out as a simple locals’ summer Sunday swim turned, with a deceptive tempestuous tide, into an ocean rescue at the skilled hands of off-duty Long Branch Ocean Rescue and Jersey Shore YMCA lifeguard Cameron Rice, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior and Fair Havenite.
Continue reading Scene Around: An RFH Senior and a Heroic Locals’ Summer SaveRetro RFH Boys of Soccer
Yes, soccer season has kicked in.
Continue reading Retro RFH Boys of SoccerFocus: Falling for Sea Bright Locals’ Summer
They’re falling for it — that last bit of locals’ summer.
Continue reading Focus: Falling for Sea Bright Locals’ Summer





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