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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Former Longtime Rumsonite, Sailor, Teacher, Sandy Huntsman, 88

Former longtime Rumsonite, avid sailor, founder of the Huntsman Yacht Club, dedicated teacher, story and joke teller, wine connoisseur, lover of good a good meal, husband, father and friend to many, Paul A. Huntsman, Jr. (Sandy), passed away on Nov. 26 the Atrium at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank. He was 88.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: A Look Back at Longtime Fair Havenite Jeanette Choma, 88

Fair Haven has lost another longtime resident. The lady who countless people saw year after year manning the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair’s Grab Bag Booth, affectionately known by many as “the balloon lady,” Jeanette Choma, passed away on Nov. 20. She was 88.

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Obituaries, Opinion

Remembering Joan Blake: Ode to the Fair Haven Mom, Schools’ Aide

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Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School teacher aides of the 1970s, Joan Blake (far right).
Photo/screenshot of RFH yearbook

When you’ve grown up in a small town, your memories often revolve around the comforting kind of feeling that anyone else’s mother, no matter their child-rearing differences or life circumstances, is a surrogate of your very own. That’s just how it is. The neighborhood concept.

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Local Life, Obituaries

Focus: Rich Chandler’s Fair Haven Goodbye

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The picture of his childhood friend caught his eye. Among the cozy chatter of old friends and family, he left the conversation at the table staring, transfixed for a brief moment. The sudden silence in his own head overcame him, welled up a bit in his eyes as he moved toward the picture of his old friend that seemed to call to him.

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Obituaries, Opinion

His Beat Goes On: Saying Goodbye to Rich Chandler

“It’s the honesty you apply to your playing that makes music enjoyable. The style of the music has little to do with it. It’s only honesty that makes it beautiful.” 

Elvin Jones

That stark, shining, honest beauty straight from the heart is what emanated a bright light to countless people from the soul of Richard Chandler. The 60-year-old professional drummer, husband, dad, uncle and friend, who was known to never skip a beat when generously giving his love and talent, lost his years-long battle with cancer on Sunday, Oct. 4.

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