Prosecutor: Man Convicted of Attempted Murder in Ex-Girlfriend’s 2023 Stabbing

An Asbury Park man has been convicted of the 2023 attempted murder by stabbing of his ex-girlfriend, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Alert

This week, the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity resumes its usual construction work schedule of 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, March 15, weather permitting, with road and sidewalk closure alerts.

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Retro RFH St. Patrick’s Day Parading

RFH Band marches in St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Belmar in 1993
Photo/Kathy Robbins

The Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade is set to step off on Sunday, barring rain. And we’re thinking that there’s nothing quite like celebrating St. Patrick’s Day, Irish or not, with a couple of bulldogs leading your alma mater’s marching band. That’s how RFH did it back in 1993.

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Retro RFH Rainy Day Clowns in a Clown Car

RFH cheerleader guys and a VW bug circa 1977
Photo/George Day

Sometimes you just find yourself up a puddle without a paddle. And sometimes the way around it, or through it, is by spilling out of a VW bug like a bunch of RFH clowns in a clown car.

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Scene Around: Ann Dupree’s Fair Haven Farewell

Flanked on Sunday by friends, neighbors and fellow Fair Haven Fire Department (FHFD) volunteers, seemingly forever Fair Havenite Ann Dupree bade goodbye before leaving her River Road home of more than half a century.

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