They’re back on the water again.
Continue reading Scene Around: RFH Rowing the Boat OffshoreIn Memoriam: Longtime Middletown Resident, ARC of Monmouth Principal, Kay Grady, 92
Longtime Middletown resident and former ARC of Monmouth principal, Katherine (Kay) Frances Grady (Leyden), passed peacefully on May 17. She was 92.
Born to Joseph and Katherine Leyden in West Orange, Kay was raised in Ridgefield Park. It was there that she met the love of her life, Douglas Grady. Doug and Kay married in June of 1951 and settled in Middletown, to raise their three children, Joanne, Douglas Jr. (Skip) and Kathy.
Kay was a communicant at St. Catherine’s Catholic Church in Holmdel for more than 25 years and St. James Catholic Church for 25 years prior to that.
Kay is survived by: her sister, Joan Tanner of Rochester, NY; her children, Joanne and husband Frank Delguercio of Hammonton; Douglas Grady, of Ft Worth, TX; Kathy and husband Ted Dlugolecki, of Hopkinton, MA; nine grandchildren and nine great grandchildren.
Kay is predeceased by her loving husband, Doug as well as her great granddaughter, Leyden.
The family would like to thank the wonderful care provided by the caregivers and staff at Arbor Terrace Shrewsbury and Embracing Hospice.
In lieu of flowers, donations in Kay’s honor can be made to the ARC of Monmouth by clicking here.
Checks may also be mailed to ARC at The ARC of the US
C/O Tamala P. Scott, Senior Director of Development, 1825 K. Street, NW Suite #1200, Washington, DC 20006 indicating that the gift is to be applied in memory of Kay Grady.
There will be a memorial gathering on Tuesday, June 15, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. at the John E. Day Funeral Home, Red Bank, followed by a memorial mass at 11:30 a.m. at St. James R. C. Church in Red Bank, and an interment at Mt. Olivet cemetery in Middletown.
— Edited obituary written by loved ones via John E. Day Funeral Home
RFH Film A Cinematography Triumph
The Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Film Club has created an award-winning Connection.
Continue reading RFH Film A Cinematography TriumphClean Ocean Action to Host Virtual Fish Die-Off Forum
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Two River area people have been fishing for answers to an unusually massive menhaden, or bunker fish, die-off problem; and Clean Ocean Action is set to offer some scientific facts and field questions in a virtual panel discussion forum on Thursday.
Continue reading Clean Ocean Action to Host Virtual Fish Die-Off ForumIn Memoriam: Native Rumsonite Rose Lukeman, 95
Native Rumsonite Rose Marie Lukeman passed away on the morning of May 12. She was 95.
Rose was born to native Southern Italians Louis and Lucia (Sorrentino) Lazaro on March 30, 1926, in Rumson.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Native Rumsonite Rose Lukeman, 95RFH Seniors’ Art Show Finale
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Senior artists from Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) did their high school swan song last month as their artwork was showcased and sold at The Guild of Creative Art in Shrewsbury.
Continue reading RFH Seniors’ Art Show FinaleScene Around: Iconic Dad Knows Best
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There’s nothing quite like a sighting of a pretty famous (around these Rumson-Fair Haven parts, anyway) 86-year-old dad doing dad stuff for his daughter “the right way” — just like a dad.
Continue reading Scene Around: Iconic Dad Knows BestFocus: Stars, Masks & RFH’s ‘Emma! A Pop Musical’
This past weekend saw another opening of another Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Players show. But, for the first time in RFH history, it was a different kind of spring musical experience — the pandemic kind.
Continue reading Focus: Stars, Masks & RFH’s ‘Emma! A Pop Musical’Prosecutor: Two Men Indicted on Child Porn & Related Charges
Two Monmouth County men have been indicted on several counts of child pornography and related charges in connection with a string of online incidents that sparked an in-depth investigation in 2018 that culminated in their arrests, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher Gramiccioni said on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Two Men Indicted on Child Porn & Related ChargesRetro RFH Show Time Curtain Up!
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Curtain up and enter stage right!
With the masked pandemic time RFH Tower Players’ debut on Friday of its first-time outdoor show, it’s only right to pay tribute to the RFH stage and show time entrances gone by.
Continue reading Retro RFH Show Time Curtain Up!Prosecutor: Longtime Cop Arrested & Charged with Operating Meth Lab from Home
A 19-year Long Branch police officer has been suspended without pay after being arrested and charged on Sunday with various offenses related to manufacturing and maintaining a methamphetamine laboratory at his home, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Longtime Cop Arrested & Charged with Operating Meth Lab from HomeBill Lang: A True Love Thy Neighbor Tale
“Hey! Where you going?!” I knew the voice. I knew it well. A Gladdis Kravitz Popeye, if you will. Gravelly, purposeful, with that guttural laugh, he’d yell to me from the porch as he, hearing my “beep, beep” call, would run outside to catch me in my disappearing act before I turned the corner.
After all, it was his neighborhood job. He took it seriously — and he relished the relentless taking care kinda ribbing he so generously doled out. Food was usually involved, too, if he could catch you to get you in for a burger, a sandwich or a Twizzler. The scoop was what he was after. He had that bait, too, but you couldn’t get away without a good grilling, burger aside, a lecture and a heaping helping of teasing. Always the scoop — on what I was up to and how my dad would feel about it all. It was a few million steps beyond nosy neighbor. He had to know. It was part of our neighborhood family pact.
Continue reading Bill Lang: A True Love Thy Neighbor Tale
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