In Memoriam: Longtime Little Silver Resident, Former Dorn’s Photo Shop Owner, Bill Matlack III, 82

Longtime Little Silver resident, Red Bank High School graduate and former Dorn’s Photo Shop owner, Albert E. Matlack III, “lovingly known as Bill,” passed away peacefully on Aug. 9 in South Carolina, surrounded by his loving wife and children. He was 82.

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Retro Crazy Days of RFH Boys’ Summer

RFH Class of 1979 guys on a day at the beach Photo/courtesy of Paul Hughes, Class of '79 reunion slideshow
RFH Class of 1979 guys on a day at the beach
Photo/courtesy of Paul Hughes, Class of ’79 reunion slideshow

A reprise in honor of sizzling hot summer days on the beach with some cool RFH guys … 

Remember that horror movie When a Stranger Calls? The babysitter  gets a repeated freaky call from a stranger asking, in measured terror tones, “Have you checked the children lately?”

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Grow with Grace: Order in the Garden, Tomato, Tomahto & Cocktail Concoctions

Here we are in the middle of August. That neat, orderly garden you planted back in May is probably looking a whole lot more chaotic now. What to do to bring the garden and its harvest joy back?

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Retro Fair Haven Gals’ Fair Show Boating

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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Scene Around: Donovan’s 50th; Yesteryear ‘Cheers!’

It was something to dance about — or “Cheers!” about, at least. And while there was no dancing in the street in Sea Bright, there was what looked like some dancing on the deck at Donovan’s Reef on Aug. 10 when the iconic Sea Bright beachfront bar and grill was celebrated for its 50 years in existence by a Monmouth County official and its owners.

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Scene Around: Fair Haven’s Rice Associates Honored by River Rats

Longtime Fair Haven-based, family-owned marine construction firm, Rice Associates, was recently recognized by River Rats, the borough’s 71-year-old non-profit educational sailing club, with what has been dubbed the Beacon of Light Award. 

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