All posts by Elaine Van Develde

Obituaries

In Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised Longtime Area Resident, Jim Beardsley

Red Bank-raised longtime Monmouth County resident, Jim Beardsley, passed away on Friday, July 19.

Jim spent his childhood in Red Bank. He attended Rumson Country Day School, St. George’s School, in RI, and Princeton University. Jim and his wife, Jennifer, raised their family in Monmouth County.

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Local Life

Retro Rumson Island Mooring Improv

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Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale … about an eight-hour tour, or hundreds, on the river in Rumson.

The part about this typical eight-hour tour in Rumson that doesn’t jibe with the three-hour tour Gilligan’s Island folks is that the kids on these “tours” sailed right into a marooning of their own making on what’s known as Starvation Island, just minutes from home. Who knew or cared, though? No one except the jolly river adventurers.

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Police and Fire, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Monmouth University Lockdown Cleared; Investigation Ensues

From the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office …

“Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, July 23, the Monmouth University Police Department received reports indicating that students and faculty had received an email from an individual alleging that they were armed and hiding on campus, where a dangerous device had also been placed.

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Local Life

Retro Fair Haven Gals’ Fair Show Boating

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The FHFD girls on the boat to be raffled at the fair circa 1960s
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The heat is on and the countdown has already begun to the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.

And, back in the day, the 1960s day, the fire department, rather than raffling off a car, SUV or a big chunk of cash (as in Super 50/50), decided to make a boat the prized prize of the fair. And they advertised that with the help of some fire department-affiliated bathing beauties.

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