History has been made in Fair Haven with the 2026 unofficial election tallies showing a win for Democrat Michal DiMiceli as mayor, with 1,170 votes, and her team of former Councilman Chris Rodriguez and newcomer Marian Croak.
The three candidates for the four-year center seat on the governing body in Fair Haven, to be vacated by present Mayor Josh Halpern, are slated to debate in a League of Women Voters of Monmouth County-moderated, non-partisan webinar forum at 7 p.m. tonight, Thursday.
The unofficial 2022 election results have put a Republican majority back on the governing body dais in Fair Haven.
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A towering Fair Haven presence has taken leave from the hometown spotlight as his legacy continues to be something to which many look up.
Continue reading Remembering Fair Haven’s Bill Leonard: Mayor, Fireman, First Aider, FriendFormer Fair Haven Mayor Joseph Szostak passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 22. He was 81.
The former longtime music professor and creator of the music program at Brookdale Community College,music director and conductor of the Monmouth Symphony Orchestra, conductor of the Monmouth Conservatory Youth Chorus and music critic for the Red Bank Register made Fair Haven his home for 35 years before relocating to Caldwell seven years ago. It is there, at at Paul Ippolito-Dancy Memorial, 9 Smull Ave., where there will be a service to honor Szosktak on Sunday, Feb. 26, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Szostak served as Fair Haven mayor for one four-year term, from 2002 to 2006. As a resident of Fair Haven, he was also a social member of the Fair Haven Volunteer Fire Company.
He was known as a man who treasured his family, good food, traveling, outdoors and Fair Haven. Szostak, his family said in his obituary, was “a generous, kind, gregarious, sensitive man whose door was always open to whoever needed his help. He made the world a brighter place with his humor, warmth, and love.”
Surviving are: his loving children, Martin and his wife, Gayle McCarthy, Phillip, and David and his wife, Jennifer; cherished grandchildren, Grace and Leo, and former wife, Barbara Armbruster.
He was predeceased by: his siblings, Anna, Florence, Helen, Mildred, Frank and John Szostak.
Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect is preparing a memorial tribute to Szostak. Please feel free to contact us at evd@rfhretro.com with comments and/or photos. Thank you! RIP, Mayor Szostak. You are remembered.
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