An area man is facing murder and related charges stemming from the Monday night fatal stabbing death of his roommate, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
“He merely was a mortal man who strove to find his way …” ~ Gordon Bostic, She Came to Me a Stranger (2024)
Shrewsbury resident, Gordon Ettley Bostic, passed away peacefully at home on Friday, Sept. 18. He was 72.
Our annual back-to-school reprise all about those first days of school along with some who, what, when and boogeyman parts … Take this little trip back in time with us to remember Fair Haven’s kindergarten days of yesteryear …
It was a real first and last class act of 1965 — the kindergarten class that was the last to get its first lessons learned in school at what was the Youth Center in Fair Haven. You know. It’s the building that was the police station until it was leveled to make way for a new borough headquarters. The ghosts remain, though. We Fair Haven kindergarteners of the 1960s are pretty sure of it.
Back in the day — OK, waaaaay back in the day — there was a third school in Fair Haven for kindergarten, you see. It was the Youth Center. That was also way before preschool. People now know it better as the Fair Haven Police Station and by its newly adopted name that hasn’t quite caught on yet, and may never for “older” folks still in town — Fair Haven Community Center. Phooey to that. Some things just need to keep a name for nostalgic purposes alone. Besides, the youth part soothes us old codgers.
That and it’s just a matter of what sounds like home to you. For instance, my very nice grandmother, a Matawan native, was pretty hostile about the “new” Aberdeen split and name. Paid it no mind. And if forced, said it with “blah, blah, blah” contempt. Back to the Community Center … There, I said it.
A reprise Retro Pic of the Day, originally posted on Sept. 14, 2016 in the spirit of a balmy locals’ summer day, knowing that the summer spirit never truly ends for the Rumson-Fair Haven area young and forever young at heart …
With locals’ summer and school’s start, students’ thoughts naturally turn to warmth and freedom. They start to daydream before they even hit the classroom — especially on a Friday. That’s how it goes in the R-FH area when those beaches become barren and more room is made for the locals to get down to the business of soaking up that locals’ summer partying spirit.
Continue reading Retro RFH Dudes of Caribbean Locals’ SummerFor people like me who love fall gardening, the season is just beginning. Even if you’ve decided not to plant this fall, many summer vegetables have run their course. If your garden is anything like mine, you may find yourself removing an increasing number of plants every week.
A former area youth gymnastics coach has been convicted of the sexual assault of two student-athletes while they were teens under his instruction at local gymnastic schools, Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office officials announced.
Post-Labor Day, locals’ summer DWI checkpoints resume this weekend in Monmouth County, starting on Friday night, the Monmouth County DWI Task Force announced.
Former longtime Fair Haven resident, Lucia Weber Ham, more recently of Red Bank, passed away peacefully on Sunday, Sept. 13, at the Care One Assisted Living Facility in Holmdel, She was 102.
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) students are winning academically again.
School’s back in session and it’stime for students and teachers to rise, shine and show off a little at Back to School Night.
And kindergarten is the first and best of what was formerly called Open House for kids and parents. First of all, the parents don’t need to tear up and down stairs and speed through hallways to make it to the next class when that bell rings. A little 5K training should be a prerequisite for middle- and high school Open House nights.
They made the Advanced Placement exams grade.
The following August arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction. DWI is a motor vehicle offense.
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