Both Fair Haven and Red Bank police have issued alerts and advisories pertaining to the latest spike in car burglaries and attempted thefts.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Michael Burns, 78
“With full hearts and deep sadness, we announce the passing of Michael James Burns — a devoted husband, loving father, proud “Pop Pop,” and loyal friend. Michael passed away peacefully, at home, surrounded by the family he so deeply cherished.” ~ family of Michael Burns
The longtime Fair Havenite was 78.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Michael Burns, 78Scene Around: Fair Haven Schools’ Transition Day Trek
It’s a milestone that Fair Haven Viola L. Sickles School third graders rode into today — Transition Day.
Continue reading Scene Around: Fair Haven Schools’ Transition Day TrekIn Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Marie Quigley, 91
Longtime Fair Haven resident Marie Roche Quigley passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, June 8. She was 91.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Fair Havenite Marie Quigley, 91Retro Gowned-Up Fair Haven Girl Grads

Fair Haven eighth graders always do both walks this time of year — the traditional final walk down Third Street and that graduation walk.
Continue reading Retro Gowned-Up Fair Haven Girl GradsRetro RFH Weekend Warriors

Photo/courtesy of Leslie Field Bell
Cheers to the spring sun, fun and RFH alum weekend warrior times!
Yes, there’s nothing quite like a toast to warmer times retro RFH-style! The spring sun is finally out, things are warming up to a summertime temperature and it’s time for a time honored party — or at least a partying spirit.
Continue reading Retro RFH Weekend WarriorsRetro 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: 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 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 NavesinkRFH Student-Athletes Sign On to Colleges with Letters of Intent

It’s official. They’ve signed. They’re committed.
Seventeen Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) student-athletes made their college choices official on Wednesday, May 7, by signing Letters of Intent, pledging to continue their athletic and academic careers in colleges.
Continue reading RFH Student-Athletes Sign On to Colleges with Letters of IntentIn Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’70 Grad, Carpenter, Musician, David Mernick, 72
Fair Haven-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) 1970 graduate, David Mernick, “a loving, generous husband and father,” passed away on Friday, May 9, “leaving his family and friends forever missing his joy of life and kindness to all who knew him.” He was 72.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’70 Grad, Carpenter, Musician, David Mernick, 72Retro RFH Mathematical Teaching Moments

Photo/RFH Yearbook
It all adds up. Good teachers plus intriguing personalities equals motivated, successful students. And, no matter how you put the equation together at RFH, there was no zero involved when it came to high school math teachers.
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