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In Memoriam: Former Fair Haven, Little Silver Resident, Model, Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Ann Gill

“It is with a heavy heart filled with amazing memories, we (family) share the sudden, but peaceful, passing of Elizabeth Ann Gill this past Friday evening at her residence in Tinton Falls.”  

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Scene Around: Swearing In Fair Haven Fire Department’s Line Officers

There’s a new chief in town. Well, there’s a new chief, deputy chief, assistant chiefs, lieutenants, captains, president and vice president in the Fair Haven Fire Department’s fire company, first aid squad, auxiliary and water rescue.

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Retro RFHers’ Cheers to Auld Lang Syne

A reprise from December of 2023, just because as a new year comes, remembering lifelong friendships and continuing to celebrate them, even when untimely loss hits, is true auld lang syne … Cheers!

Auld Lang Syne. The lyrics of the song are all about friendship — forever friends raising a glass and toasting to the good times, adventures and misadventures they’ve shared.

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Remembering Fair Haven’s Garry Allers: A Lifetime of Relative Kindness Passed On

It’s all relative. You’ve heard it before. “He was like family.” Like. And sometimes people just say someone was family, no “like” involved. Family.

That’s usually because sometimes, DNA be damned, someone is no doubt family to someone, or many, in every way but the genetics. And sometimes, that’s just because a person’s actions in life scream a louder familial compassion and love than their genes — like a bear hug that squeezes all the good into us.

One girl called forever Fair Havenite Garry Allers her uncle. Uncle Garry was laid to rest yesterday. While on this Earth, he didn’t flinch at the relative reference from his adopted niece. It was the truth in every way that mattered, after all. Yes, it’s all relative.

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