Monthly Archives: January 2026

Local Life

Retro Fair Haven Snow Day Creation

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Photo/Picture of Register photo clip by Dave Kingdon

A reprise from February of 2017 in honor of the next snowfall due today … 

With the onslaught of icy snow lately and the freeze over, there’s been a lot of chatter about snow days and how to get creatively constructive with the white stuff.

Well, in the 1970s, a few R-FH area kids took their creativity farther than most would be allowed to these days. And that chatter could have well been the chattering of teeth in the freezing weather — more like in the comfort of some kids’ self-built ice hut, or igloo. Woohoo!

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Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Area Teen Indicted on Attempted Murder Charges in Shooting

An area teen has been indicted on attempted murder and related weapons charges stemming from a September shooting incident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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Local Life

Retro Ice Storm Chillin’

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The 1973 ice storm in Fair Haven. Photo/Elaine Van Develde (age 12)
The 1973 ice storm in Fair Haven.
Photo/Elaine Van Develde (age 12)

Our Retro Pic of the Day is a reprise from an original 2015 post to commemorate a real chill of an ice storm that paralyzed the Rumson-Fair Haven area in ’73. A reminder in heaps of melting snow and cold that it could be worse … 

Chill out with thaw and the reminder that, though it is pretty cold outside, and it’s been a pretty snowy, icy January, yes, it could be worse. 

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Former Little Silver Resident and Councilman, Bill McQueeney, 82

“May the road rise to meet you, may the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face, The rains fall soft upon your fields. And until we meet again. May God hold you in the palm of His hand.” ~ Irish blessing

Former Little Silver Borough Councilman and volunteer, William “Bill” McQueeney passed away peacefully on Jan. 22. He was 82.

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Police and Fire, Red Bank Police & Fire Files

Police Report: Theft, Burglary, Assault, Weapons Possession, Drugs, Terroristic Threats

The following December criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Local Life

Retro RFH Snow Day Drive

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Snowy weather at RFH in the late 1970s
Photo/George Day

A reprise in honor of the first major R-FH area snowfall of the New Year and nostalgia for the days of waiting for the snow day whistle to blow and goofing off. Yes, before the morning phone call and electronic communications, there was only the fire horn to listen for on what all kids wished would be a snow day. Then came the snow day misadventures …

It may or may not have been a snapshot of the infamous Blizzard of ’78, but there was not an SUV in sight, that’s for sure. Yes, those slick sedans slipped and slid their way right to school. Or not. There was a lot more fearlessness of the white stuff. That was the RFH golden rule of the era.

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