It’s Friday and a DWI checkpoint is set to start the summer weekend and quell impaired driving in near the Rumson-Fair Haven area in Monmouth County.
DWI Checkpoint Set for Start of Weekend
Monthly Archives: July 2026
Retro Rumson Island Ploppers
A reprise of a real classic because it’s summertime and that means it’s island cruising time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area …
It’s a case of summer island plopping. Yes, that’s right. Island plopping.
That would be the more accurate term when telling the pretty common story of some Fair Haven and Rumson kids taking their own eight-hour tour of the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers and ending up settling down for some adventure on Starvation Island in Rumson on pretty much any summer day.
Retro Rumson Renegades in the Park
Photo/courtesy of Ed Pomphrey, Rumson historical archives
It’s just plain campy! There’s nothing like a nice summer day replete with some bubble-blowing, power-posing, bathing suited, short-sporting kids on a mission to make some summer fun — at camp … or something like it.
In Memoriam: Red Bank Native Lester Carbone, 96
Red Bank native Lester Carbone, “kind-hearted soul, and all-around great man,” passed away peacefully at the New Jersey Firemen’s Home in Boonton on July 3. He was 96.
In Memoriam: Longtime Riverview Employee, Dolores Galatro, 79
Longtime Riverview Medical Center employee, Dolores Ann Galatro, passed away peacefully on Friday, July 3, surrounded by her children. She was 79.
Retro Rumson Dock Cat-Eyed Coolness
Photo/courtesy of Paul Karinja.
Reprise from Aug. 23, 2022, because we’re coming out of heat wave and some crazy July weather …
There’s nothing quite like sitting on the dock of the … river in Rumson. Though this was never seen as wasting time. Savoring it was more like it. Still is.
Rumson Police Report: Assault, Nuisance, Underage Drinking, Harassment
The following June arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Retro Rumson July 4th Pint-Sized Patriotic Posers
It’s the Fourth of July. Cheers to the pint-sized patriots of yesteryear!
Retro Fair Haven Folk Singers’ Patriotic Beat
Hey, Mr. Tamborine kid, play a song for us!
It wasn’t all about the guitar strumming, singing and parading on patriotic holidays only.
The R-FH Area July 4th Fun: Fireworks, Sandy Hook Seining, Firecracker 5K
Well, after many America 250 celebrations, the ode to the U.S.A. and its birth will culminate in a sparkly kaboom for its gala birthday.
Prosecutor: Ex-Cop Gets 5 Years in Prison for $75K PBA Theft
A police officer has been sentenced to five years in state prison for stealing more than $75,000 from his Policeman’s Benevolent Association (PBA) chapter, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
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