Prosecutor: Area 31-Year-Old Gets 20 Years for Luring, Kidnapping Child

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.   

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Retro River Rats’ Rite of Summer Passage

A 1976 River Rats crew Photo/courtesy Marc Edelman, Facebook

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.

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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. 

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Prosecutor: 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.

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Police 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.

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Retro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the Navesink

Crabbing in Fair Haven on the Navesink River postcard circa 1937

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.

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