Former longtime Fair Havenite, mom, wife, seamstress, actress, singer and adventurer, Mary Lyn Cady-Bilow, passed away peacefully in the company of her family on March 20. She was 89.
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Scene Around: Clean Ocean Action Keeps Rallying Against NESE Pipeline

A tsunami of a rally, spearheaded by Clean Ocean Action environmentalists, against the proposed methane gas pipeline 23.4 miles off the shores of the ocean took place on March 25.
Continue reading Scene Around: Clean Ocean Action Keeps Rallying Against NESE PipelineIn Memoriam: Former Longtime Fair Havenite, Garden Club Member, Dianne Kavanagh, 86
Former longtime Fair Havenite Dianne Kavanagh, more recently of the Lincroft section of Middletown, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, March 14. She was 86.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Longtime Fair Havenite, Garden Club Member, Dianne Kavanagh, 86Retro RFH Spring Fever Frolicking
A reprise in honor of the fight for a break from the chill in the winter air and some real spring fever, close encounters and emergence from omicron winter isolation …
Yes, spring fever is spreading rapidly as we all anxiously await a reprise of more sunshine and blooming of warmer days. Apparently, this retro RFH spring frolicking in the high school parking lot was about more than a little spring fever in the 1970s.
Continue reading Retro RFH Spring Fever FrolickingIn Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised RBC Grad, Judy Wolchak, 89

Red Bank-raised Red Bank Catholic High School (RBC) graduate, Judy Wolchak, more recently of Shrewsbury, passed away peacefully in her sleep on March 16. She was 89.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised RBC Grad, Judy Wolchak, 89Alert: Sewer Pipe Break on Fair Haven River Shore
Stay out of the river. There’s been a sewage seep.
That was the advisory shared by Fair Haven Borough Administrator Chris York on Tuesday morning.
Continue reading Alert: Sewer Pipe Break on Fair Haven River ShoreProsecutor: Fatal Accident that Killed Pedestrian Under Investigation
An accident last week that resulted in the death of a male pedestrianis under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Fatal Accident that Killed Pedestrian Under InvestigationRetro RFH Tower Players’ ‘My Fair Lady’ ’80s Play Time


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The RFH Tower Players have played hard, as usual, and the troupe opened its spring musical Evil Dead on Friday night. The spring musical at the high school is long standing tradition — and one that has come with much accolades for fine artistic work.
Continue reading Retro RFH Tower Players’ ‘My Fair Lady’ ’80s Play TimeIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH 2016 Grad, Athlete, Artist, Writer, Becca Ley, 28
It is with great sadness that the passing of Rebecca “Becca” Edith Ley is announced. Becca passed away on March 8 at 28 — a beautiful soul taken too soon.
The Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2016 graduate was born at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on Jan. 18, 1998. After graduating from RFH, Becca then attended Monmouth University, graduating in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH 2016 Grad, Athlete, Artist, Writer, Becca Ley, 28Retro Forrestdale Basketball Slam Dunk
It’s basketball season these school days, and a particularly winning one at RFH. So, we’re bringing this up again …
It’s no secret that RFH has had some slam dunk success with the sport. So has Rumson’s Forrestdale School.
Continue reading Retro Forrestdale Basketball Slam DunkProsecutor: Area Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Trial Witness Retaliation, Weapon Possession
An area 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty trying to intimidate a witness who testified in a 2024 murder trial and unlawful possession of a weapon, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Man Pleads Guilty to Murder Trial Witness Retaliation, Weapon PossessionRetro RFH NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade March

Photo/Kitty Beeman
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day memory reprise, just because … it’s a classic scene that must be revisited …
In the Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s aftermath, we’re looking back at the luck of the Irish and not-so-Irish at RFH and another parade — the big one. We are remembering a time when the RFH Marching Band, Twirlers and Drill Team not only marched in area St. Patrick’s Day parades, but made it to the big one in New York City. Call it an Irish step dance of sorts — the marching and entertaining sorts.
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