In Memoriam: Longtime Sea Bright Resident, Musician, Former Drummer in Tim McLoone’s Atlantic Coast Band, Carl Wendelken, 78

Longtime Sea Bright resident, musician and former drummer in Tim McLoone’s 1970s Atlantic Coast Band, Carl Wendelken, passed away on Sunday, Nov. 16, at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank after a long illness. He was 78.

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Curtain to Go Up on RFH Tower Players’ ‘Frozen Jr.’

Call it a cool production.

The curtain goes up Friday on the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Players in their fall musical production of Frozen Jr.; and the show will run through Sunday.

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Prosecutor: 24-Year-Old Man Indicted on Vehicular Homicide Charge in 2024 Fatal Crash

A 24-year-old man has been indicted on a vehicular homicide charge stemming from the death of a driver in a 2024 head-on collision, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.

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Police Report: Assaults on Police, Theft, Drugs, Weapons, Aggravated Assault, Evidence Tampering, Criminal Mischief, DWI, Disorderly

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

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Prosecutor: 36-Year-Old Middletown HS North Teacher Pleads Guilty to Sexual Assault of Student

A 36-year-old Middletown High School North teacher has pleaded guilty to the sexual assault of a student at his school, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.  

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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Mom, Travel Agency Owner, Adventurer, Terri Hidu, 88

Longtime Rumsonite, mom, travel agency business owner, adventurer, Mary Theresa “Terri” Hidu passed away, “invited to receive communion at the Lord’s heavenly table,” on Monday, Nov. 10.  She was 88, just 12 hours short of her 89th birthday.

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Scene Around: Reunited RFH Icons’ Family Prayers Answered

It was about time that three families of area icons reunited and said a little prayer or several together.

The time was Saturday and the prayers came in the form of a mass at Rumson’s Holy Cross Church for iconic Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) coaches/teachers Hal Lorme and Tom Botti and their wives, who had all passed away some time ago.

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