A 31-year-old area man has been sentenced to 20 years in state prison for luring and kidnapping a then pre-teen girl off the street in 2023, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area 31-Year-Old Gets 20 Years for Luring, Kidnapping ChildRetro River Rats’ Rite of Summer Passage

Call it a ratty reprise ode to summertime …
Summers in the Rumson-Fair Haven area are rife with river-oriented activities that have become tradition.
River Rats’ sailing “camp” is no exception. OK, nobody was camping per se. It was more like a little club. Still is. In fact, it’s that time of the year when kids start signing up for summer River Rats fun. In fact, it’s that time — to sign up for the Rats season.
It’s been a sort of rite of living on the Navesink passage for decades — since 1955. Kids learn how to boat and do a lot of summer fun bonding in the process.
Continue reading Retro River Rats’ Rite of Summer PassageIn Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Jean Kelly, 98
Longtime Rumsonite Jean Louise McConnell Kelly passed away peacefully at home on May 22. She was 98.

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., from Tuesday through Friday, May 30, weather permitting, with full channel bridge openings in effect. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River tides and travel advisory information is also included.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction AdvisoryProsecutor: 23-Year-Old Indicted on Vehicular Homicide, Leaving the Scene Charges
A 23-year-old man has been indicted on vehicular homicide charges stemming from a February incident, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Friday.

In Memoriam: Fair Haven Resident Bob Aufderhar, 94
Fair Haven resident Bob Aufderhar died suddenly, after a short illness, on May 19 at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank. He was 94.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Fair Haven Resident Bob Aufderhar, 94Retro RFH ’80s Prom Girls’ Pastel Parade

Photo/Angela Carpenter
It’s an ’80s pastel parade of RFH prom queens. There’s no other way to put it.
Continue reading Retro RFH ’80s Prom Girls’ Pastel ParadeIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Tony Gardella III, 73
Rumson-raised former longtime Little Silver resident, Tony Gardella III, more currently of Red Bank, passed away on May 16 at Riverview Medical Center. He was 73.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Former Longtime Little Silver Resident, Tony Gardella III, 73Police Report: Assault, Drugs, Defiant Trespass, Harassment, Criminal Mischief, Theft, DWIs, Disorderly
The following April criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Police Report: Assault, Drugs, Defiant Trespass, Harassment, Criminal Mischief, Theft, DWIs, DisorderlyRetro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the Navesink

It’s that time. Time to get seriously crabby on the river.
Nothing fishy about it. It’s a rite a passage in Fair Haven. It has been since the dawn of time in the borough and surrounding area. Kids, even entire families, buckets and nets in hand, get down to the Navesink River and start netting the crabbiest of crabs.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the NavesinkIn Memoriam: Longtime Shrewsbury Resident, Christina Van Pelt, 92
Longtime Shrewsbury resident, Christina Van Pelt, passed away on May 15. She was 92.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Shrewsbury Resident, Christina Van Pelt, 92In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Eliza Judd, 23
Longtime Rumson resident Eliza Judd passed away on April 21 in Livingston. She was 23.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Eliza Judd, 23



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