Local Life, Opinion

Retro Knollwood Cool Kids’ Hangout

The cool kids of Fair Haven’s Knollwood School in 1974
Photo/courtesy of Debra Giffin Schluter

Get out! That’s what most school kids are likely wishing to do these dank spring days. And get out with the “in” crowd was always the cool thing to do before school back in the 1970s in Fair Haven.

Picture that. A picture is worth a thousand awkwardly cool moments in the memory of a middle school kid.

To a Fair Haven eighth grader of the 1970s, there was nothing cooler than being asked to hang out, before the bell rang, on the side of Knollwood School by the bushes with the clique of the coolest kids.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Fair Havenite, RFH 2013 Grad, Brian Morgan Duddy Jr., 29

“He was a brilliant, sweet, sensitive boy who loved sailing, skiing, golf and spending time at our beach club.” ~ family of Brian Morgan Duddy Jr.

Fair Havenite Brian Morgan Duddy Jr. passed peacefully on Sunday, April 30, surrounded by his adoring mother, Kelley, and father, Brian. He was 29.

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Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Pair Indicted in February Shooting Homicide

A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against the two area men charged with a February shooting murder of a 21-year-old, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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News

Weekly Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

The weekend’s drenching, flooding rainfall has stopped; and, the halt was just in time to keep Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity status quo.

Monmouth County officials have announced that construction work for Monday through Friday will continue at the latest usual hours of 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. with the slightest of changes in the travel advisory.

Here’s what’s happening this week …

Construction and delivery vehicles will continue to traverse the area. This means …

  • Temporary delays are possible on any contractor work day as construction and delivery vehicles enter and exit the work areas.

The eastbound sidewalk on the bridge is closed. This means …

  • The sidewalk on the south side of the bridge will be closed until further notice.
  • Sidewalk users should cross at the pedestrian striping at the new island at Old Rumson Road to access the north side (westbound) walkway.

Construction activity is continuing in the Shrewsbury River. This means …

  • Bridge replacement work is ongoing on both sides of the river south of the bridge.
  • The 65-foot navigational channel width is expected to remain in effect until Fall 2023.
  • Please see the Public Notice for information on future changes to channel access.
Local Life

Focus: Riding with the River Tide

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Sometimes it’s just time to ride into the spring sun with the tide — down by the river, of course.

Now’s the time. When isn’t the time right, though? The bright light shows the way to the clarity of it all, though. The sun comes out, the water glistens and calls. The ride has begun. The ride into a tsunami of the simplest best of time-honored times at the Fair Haven Dock.

The dock may have changed over the years since Fair Haven’s existence, but the Navesink River it juts out to still plays the same part, ebbing and flowing with each ride down by its shores. Holding each ride with the times close. A piece of the dock etched indelibly.

The anchor is never lifted on the ride to river times. The moments stay. They will never leave. The sun is always there somewhere, casting its light on them. Always.

Take a look (click one photo to enlarge and scroll) and remember your time that stayed.

— Photos/Elaine Van Develde

There are some rainy days ahead, but the sun will return. Here’s the weather forecast from the National Weather Service …

Crime, Regional Interest

Prosecutor: Man Gets Life Plus 35 Years for Bias-Motivated Murder of Photojournalist, EMS Volunteer

The man who attacked and killed a stranger to him, photojournalist Jerry Wolkowitz, in a Freehold Township parking lot nearly five years ago has been sentenced to life in prison plus an additional 35 years for Wolkowitz’s bias-motivated murder, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.

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