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Retro Fair Haven Easter Peep Hunters

Easter egg hunt with RFH grads from Class of 2006 Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Easter egg hunt with RFH grads from Class of 2006
Photo/Elaine Van Develde

Some bunny’s full of Peeps! Not a peep about any golden egg, either!

Well, it’s that “eggcellent” season for the classic Easter egg hunt. There have been many over the years and recently  in the R-FH area. And there are bound to be more today, Easter, in many a back yard.

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Old News: The Truth About Being the Easter Bunny

Ahhhhh, the Easter Bunny … the tradition, the joy, the mystery, and, yes, the horror.

There’s a lot more to the symbolically giant fluffy rodent with cartoon eyes in a fixed freaky stare and a head the size of one of the small children he visits on Easter. For instance, his head pops off. It’s also a sweaty death trap. Those are facts, people. I know. I was the Easter Bunny quite a few times.

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Prosecutor: Cop Pleads Guilty to $75K Theft from PBA Coffers

A police officer has pleaded guilty to pilfering more than $75,000 from his Policeman’s Benevolent Association (PBA) Chapter, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Deane-Porter Teacher, Sue Gavin, 85

“It is with heavy hearts we announce the death our beloved and beautiful” longtime Rumsonite and former Deane-Porter kindergarten teacher, Suzanne “Sue” Elizabeth Gavin. She passed away peacefully on March 21 at home after a long illness. She was 85.

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