Longtime Navesink resident, Olive Pomphrey Newman, passed away peacefully on May 31. She was 97.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Native Rumsonite, Rumson High 1943 Grad, Olive Pomphrey Newman, 97Prosecutor: Area Man, 24, Facing Murder Charges After Attacked Girlfriend Dies
A 24-year-old area man has been charged with murder after his girlfriend succumbed to the injuries she sustained in his alleged attack on her last week, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Sunday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Man, 24, Facing Murder Charges After Attacked Girlfriend DiesRetro Rumson Cheers from Frank’s
Cheers to Friday, a Rumson icon and his iconic River Road spot!
That would be Tony Mellaci and his father’s bar, Frank’s. The door was always open at the place, welcoming Rumson friends for a cold one, a Mellaci sausage sandwich, a little camaraderie and good conversation among locals. The senior Mellaci, Frank, owned it and ran it with his son, Tony. The proprietors, they were.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Cheers from Frank’sDWI Checkpoint Set for Friday
The Monmouth County DWI Task Force has announced that a DWI checkpoint has been set for Friday night through early Saturday morning.
Continue reading DWI Checkpoint Set for FridayFocus: An RFH PAS Final Bow
It was no performance.
When Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Performing Arts (PAS) seniors got together for a banquet recently, it was more like a very real final bow to one another for a bittersweet goodbye flush with impromptu performance and love of the arts and one another.
Continue reading Focus: An RFH PAS Final BowSwimming in Retro ‘P’ House Times
It’s just one of those unofficial summer days — an everybody-in-the-pool kinda day.
It’s the kind of day when a Rumson-Fair Haven area person wishes he or she could take a swim, sit on a poolside porch overlooking the ocean and rock. Really rock … in a rocking chair at the old iconic Peninsula House.
Continue reading Swimming in Retro ‘P’ House TimesProsecutor: 24-Year-Old Man Charged with Attempted Murder of Girlfriend
A Wall Township man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly attacking his girlfriend in an apartment complex parking lot, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 24-Year-Old Man Charged with Attempted Murder of GirlfriendIn Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank & Little Silver Resident, Evelina Menna, 90
Longtime Red Bank and Little Silver resident, Evelina Menna, died at 5:30 p.m. on May 23, surrounded by her children. She was 90.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank & Little Silver Resident, Evelina Menna, 90The Fair Haven Day 2024 Story
It’s all about celebrating community spirit.
That’s what The Foundation of Fair Haven organizers are stressing about this year’s Fair Haven Day, set for June 8 — not that there’s anything new about that. It’s just that after a bit of time of doing without a Foundation and a Fair Haven Day, they felt that with the second year since the day’s full-on resurrection, the time was more than right to make the theme come to life with extra purpose. And there are new ways to celebrate the exclamation to that end.
Continue reading The Fair Haven Day 2024 StoryRetro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial Day
It’s been a Memorial Day of the traditional kind in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. The day, usually kicked off by parades in Rumson and Fair Haven and solemn services at Victory and Memorial parks, respectively, brings people in the communities together. Groups, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, honoring those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, is the usual visual.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial DayRumson-Sea Bright Bridge & Roadway Travel Alert
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction work remains status quo, with the exception of major roadwork on the Rumson side this week. All construction continues on the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. schedule though Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge & Roadway Travel AlertProsecutor: Pedestrian Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident
The cause of a pedestrian being fatally struck by a motor vehicle in Spring Lake Heights is currently under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago and Spring Lake Heights Police Department Chief Edward W. Gunnell announced in a joint statement on Sunday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Pedestrian Killed in Motor Vehicle Accident
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