Old News: All’s Fair in the Secret of a Clam Chowder Recipe

Fair Haven Firemen's Fair's chowder recipe in the Asbury Park Press circa 1965 Clipping Photo/courtesy of Dave Luker
Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair’s chowder recipe in the Asbury Park Press circa 1965
Clipping Photo/courtesy of Dave Luker

The following story was first published on Sept. 7, 2016. In honor of the upcoming Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair on Friday and all its tradition, including that famous clam chowder, here it is again … 

The recipe for the famous Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Manhattan clam chowder was considered a highly-guarded secret. People flocked to get their fill at the fair, because they could only get it once a year. It was a secret taken to the grave with former Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Chairman James Acker.

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In Memoriam: RBR Alum, Former Red Bank Business Owner, Drummer, George ‘Murph’ Murphy Jr., 79

Former Red Bank business owner, drummer and Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) graduate, George William Murphy Jr., known affectionately as “Murph,” passed away on Aug. 11. He was 79.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity remains status quo this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting.

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Retro Sea Bright Beach Clubbing

Sometimes ya just have to go clubbing … in Sea Bright … before the age of 10.

After all, what good Rumson kid didn’t? Not many, if any. And back in the summer of ’69, little Claire Hurd was one who went clubbing … to Sea Bright Beach Club, of course, with the best of them. It was just the way Rumsonites rolled in the summer. Still do.

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Police Report: Burglary, Assault, Drugs, Theft, Defiant Trespass, Disorderly, False Imprisonment, Criminal Mischief, DWI

The following July criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Two DWI Checkpoints Set for Weekend; Start Friday Night

Summer is heating up again and so are weekend DWI checkpoints. There will be two in the Rumson-Fair Haven area this weekend, the Monmouth County DWI Task Force announced.

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Retro ‘Night Out’ Mayoral Dunkin’

Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli gets a dunking at Night Out 2012 Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli gets a dunking at Night Out 2012
Photo/Elaine Van Develde

Reprise … in honor of the best of National Night Out times …

Every year there’s a Fair Haven National Night Out.

It’s a night, celebrated on the national level, designed to familiarize residents, from kids to seniors, with police and other emergency responders in town. That Night Out should have been last week in the borough, but it was rained out. No mind. There are plenty of Night Out memories to recall.

There are games, demonstrations, looks at emergency equipment, food, smiles and handshakes — and a dunk tank.

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Prosecutor: Area Coach Indicted on 30 Counts of Sexual Abuse Crimes Against Student-Athletes

A Monmouth County Grand Jury has returned a 30-count indictment, including additional and upgraded charges, against an area youth soccer coach who allegedly committed various sexual abuse crimes against student-athletes while they were under his supervision, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity remains status quo this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting.

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