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Old News: Political Street Fight, Drunk on ‘Hootch,’ Hallowe’en Hoopla, Hay, Dunking & Fiery Mischief

Woolworth’s Halloween costume ad of 1975/Red Bank Register

Sometimes you just have to live a little … in the past. It’s an eye-opening, or stabbing, thing. Nothing wrong with a clearer view or jab. When it’s spooky season — with Halloween and politics rolled into one big scare or thrill — it’s all the more fun, insightful and inspiring to take a little glimpse back. Boo! Live a little …. in the past, this scary old dinosaur says.

Oh, you’ve heard it. When someone is told they’re living in the past, it’s usually considered somewhat of an insult. It implies that the person is paralyzed, incapable of moving forward. Not always true, especially when it comes to old news that educates, stimulates, gives a greater perspective of the present or is just plain fun to revisit.

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Cooking Up ’50s-Style Fun on Starvation Island

It’s all fun and island-hopping games until they have to start a fire.

Yes, there comes a time when summer Rumson island-hopping coolness sets in, parents rang the unheard dinner bell and a bunch of hungry, wayward, marooned kids try to cook that fish they caught and toast their own little buns.

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In Memoriam: Lifetime Little Silver Resident, Former Police and Fire Chief, Walter Stearns, 94

Lifetime Little Silver resident and former police and fire department chief, Walter Stearns, passed away peacefully at home on Saturday, May 10. He was 94.

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Prosecutor: Area Man Arrested for String of Arsons

An arrest has been made stemming from an investigation into a string of arsons taking place on adjacent residential properties in Hazlet over the last five months, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago and Hazlet Police Chief Robert Mulligan jointly announced on Monday.    

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Prosecutor: 24-Year-Old Red Bank Man Arrested in Connection with Red Bank Arsons & Little Silver Robbery

A 24-year-old Red Bank man has been arrested and charged with the alleged setting of three fires in Red Bank and robbing a pharmacy in Little Silver on Monday, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Thursday.

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A Major Fair Haven Fire & the Community’s Rally

No one, including pets, was hurt in the raging fire yesterday that destroyed a two-family Fair Haven home and damaged others nearby; but, it has displaced a family.

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Prosecutor: Man Indicted in Missing Woman’s Murder

A Monmouth County grand jury has returned a 16-count indictment against an Ocean Township man in connection with the murder of a woman who went missing in September of 2019, Ronald Teschner stemming from the murder of Jacqueline Terrulli, 65, who went missing on Sept. 12, 2019, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Tuesday.

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Prosecutor: 17-Year-Old Dies in Fire

A 17-year-old male died in a fire at his Neptune home shortly before midnight on Monday during the in the wake of the tempestuous storm and massive power outage that hit New Jersey, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Tuesday.

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