It’s shore time for DWI checkpoints this weekend, Two are running in seaside towns from north to south in Monmouth County.
DWI Checkpoints Set for All Weekend in Shore Towns
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Living the Dream: A Tale of ‘Growing with Grace’ and Purple Magnificence
By Elaine Van Develde
How does your garden grow? Gracefully, some might say.
Grace. It’s a thing we feel we must have, say and do to make life go more smoothly. Say grace. Give grace. Have grace. Age with grace. Do it with grace. Why not grow with grace? Better yet, grow with Grace — with a capital G, that is.
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Retro Happy Summer Scout Campers
Photo/Frank Boesch
Heigh-Hoh! It’s off to scout camp they went …
Back in the 1970s, that is. These days, it’s half past camping time for the scouts in Fair Haven and beyond.
Prosecutor: Area Woman Charged with Murder, Related Charges in April Incident
An Ocean Township woman has been charged with murder stemming from the April death of a West Long Branch resident , Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Prosecutor: 32-Year-Old Fugitive in 2025 Murder Found, Jailed
A 32-year-old fugitive who was sought in connection with a September 2025 murder and attempted murder has been found in Pennsylvania and arrested, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Prosecutor: Area Teacher Charged with Repeated Sexual Assault of Student
An area teacher has been charged with several counts of sexual assault and child endangerment stemming from an alleged sexual relationship he had with a student at his school in several places, including Red Bank, Monmouth County First Assistant Prosecutor Julia Alonso announced on Tuesday.
In Memoriam: Red Bank Native Mitzi Copperthwaite, 62
Red Bank native Mitzi Copperthwaite passed away on July 9, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. She was 62.
Retro Rumson Island Mooring Improv
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.
In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Marilyn Siegler, 91
Former longtime Fair Havenite and Little Silver resident, Marilyn Bernice Siegler, passed away on Friday, July 10. She was 91.
DWI Checkpoint Set for Start of Weekend
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.
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.
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