A 23-year-old man has been arrested and charged with luring an 11-year-old girl out of her home by threatening to disseminate partially nude images of her and then sexually assaulting her in his vehicle nearby, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 23-Year-Old Man Arrested on Charges of Kidnapping, Extortion, Sex Assault of 11-Year-Old GirlMonthly Archives: October 2026
In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident, Inventor, Rocket Scientist, John H. Jones, 92
Red Bank resident, John H. Jones, passed away peacefully in his sleep on Oct. 19 at the Atrium at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank. He was 92.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident, Inventor, Rocket Scientist, John H. Jones, 92Prosecutor: Two Rumson Men Arrested on 2025 Arson-For-Hire Charges
The following is an edited press release from the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office …
Two Rumson men have been arrested and are facing charges stemming from an investigation into a 2025 arson-for-hire scheme.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Two Rumson Men Arrested on 2025 Arson-For-Hire ChargesRetro Halloween Classroom Classic

Photo/Kathy Robbins
It’s cool to be a ghoul in school, right?
Wait. Is that a lobster raising its claw to answer the teacher? Why, yes, it is. The teacher is unfazed. But the lesson? Well, it seems that this day in a Fair Haven 1980s classroom is all about costumes and little to nothing about reading, writing and ‘rithmetic.
Continue reading Retro Halloween Classroom ClassicPolice Report: Aggravated Assault on Officer, Terroristic Threats, Disorderly, DUI, Shoplifting
The following September arrests were reported by Sea Bright police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction. DUI is a motor vehicle offense.
Continue reading Police Report: Aggravated Assault on Officer, Terroristic Threats, Disorderly, DUI, ShopliftingRetro RFH Football Cheer Lift

Photo/George Day
Yes, they got carried away. And why not? There was and is always something to get carried away over at RFH. This time it’s all about those RFH Bulldogs and cheer for a winning football season!
And no one lifts the Dawgs on the field more than the cheer squad — however it turns up — and away with kooky enthusiasm.
Continue reading Retro RFH Football Cheer LiftIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Rumson High Grad, Barbara Boccatello, 98

Rumson-raised (then) Rumson High School graduate, Barbara Boccellato, more recently of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Oct.13. She was 98.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Rumson High Grad, Barbara Boccatello, 98Prosecutor: Fatal Fire Under Investigation
Authorities are investigating a fatal fire that took place in the early morning hours of Saturday, a released statement from the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office said.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Fatal Fire Under InvestigationProsecutor: Man Arrested on Charges of Seeking Sexual Encounter with 15-Year-Old
A 50-year-old man has been arrested and charged with seeking a sexual encounter with an undercover detective he thought was a 15-year-old girl, then endangering the public while fleeing the allegedly proposed rendezvous scene, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Man Arrested on Charges of Seeking Sexual Encounter with 15-Year-OldIn Memoriam: RBC Grad, Volunteer, Traveler, Mary Kenny
Red Bank Catholic High School (RBC) graduate and longtime St. James Church parishioner and volunteer, Mary Cogswell Kenny, passed away peacefully on Oct. 11 surrounded by family.
Continue reading In Memoriam: RBC Grad, Volunteer, Traveler, Mary KennyIn Memoriam: Longtime Area Car Dealership Owner, Paul J. Sansone Sr., 90
Longtime area resident and nine-franchise car dealership owner Paul J. Sansone Sr., most recently of Holmdel, passed away on Sunday, Oct. 11, after a courageous struggle with Parkinson’s disease. He was 90.
Retro RFH Tower Players’ Show Builders & Shakers




Photos/George Day
Another RFH Tower Players fall show, another set to be built. So it goes in the theater world, high school or not. This and, yes, it goes like that. As actors rehearse, the behind-the-scenes scene is literally set — or built, to be exact. It takes a set … and actors … and lighting … and sound … and, bippity-boppity-boo, the show goes on. And so it goes for this year’s fall production of Cinderella.
Continue reading Retro RFH Tower Players’ Show Builders & Shakers






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