“We raise our glasses to the heavens to celebrate a man who had a life well lived.“
John “Jack” Francis Meade, 92 years young, died peacefully at home in Locust on Oct. 22, family by his side.
The following opinion piece on Halloween through the generations in Fair Haven was originally published in 2015. It is reprised annually …
The Fair Haven Halloween Parade passed by last weekend. Missed it! But, as always, this senior-aged (OUCH) kid from Fair Haven has some parading memories on which to reflect. Remember this scene?
It’s a longstanding tradition — the Fair Haven Halloween Parade.
I remember it well — from my first parade trek back in the late 1960s to the ’70s, 80s, 90s and now.
It all started at age 7 with a wish to be Dorothy from The Wizard of Oz. I’ve noticed a few in more recent years and the green-eyed jealousy monster of a near senior has reared its head. But I digress … That little dress-up fantasy of the 60s of mine was foiled when my mother couldn’t get the gingham outfit together, my pigtails were not so poised for the silver screen look and my sister refused to crawl down Hance Road as Toto.
I guess it was bad enough that from the age of 3, she was forced by this pint-sized dominatrix 5-year-old Dorothy to crawl on a makeshift Funk and Wagnall’s encyclopedia Yellow Brick Road to Oz in the living room. The neighbors never quite got over it, either.
A reprise from an original 2017 post all about The Hunt. It’s that time of the year, and we always need a little bit of retro cheer, so here’s to fond Hunt memories revisited! Happy Hunting in your dreams …
It takes a … bunch, yeah, a bunch of RFHers to get a Hunt party started.
Rumson-raised Barbara “Babs/Barb” Coffey, passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. She was 72.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The following September arrests were reported by Sea Bright police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction. DUI is a motor vehicle offense.
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.
Rumson-raised (then) Rumson High School graduate, Barbara Boccellato, more recently of Middletown, passed away peacefully on Oct.13. She was 98.
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.
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