The summer heat is on and the historic Oceanic Bridge is up.
And there has been no movement of traffic between Rumson and Middletown over the bridge all day. Police in Rumson and Middletown couldn’t offer an estimate as to when the bridge would be passable again, but it’s a familiar issue to them.
Continue reading Heatwave: Oceanic Bridge Stuck Open A Middletown man has been arrested and charged with reckless manslaughter and related charges for allegedly causing the death of his father, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Middletown Man Arrested on Reckless Manslaughter Charges in Father’s Death 
Call it an esteemed happening in their hometown.
They’re three Middletown-raised celebrities in their own right — famed news anchor Brian Williams and brothers Stevie and Billy Van Zandt. But it was all about the Van Zandt brothers on Friday. Middletown honored the duo in their hometown with the naming of the street where they lived, Wilson Avenue in the New Monmouth section, after them — Van Zandt Way. Williams was there to host and bask in it all with the brothers. He, as a youngster, was a paperboy for the now defunct Courier newspaper.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Local Paperboy, Musician, Actor/Writer and a Street Naming 
Holy Hunt! There’s a cache of classic rite of passage Hunt memories packed in one RFH group shot right here in this Retro Pic of the Day.
Continue reading Retro RFHers’ Hunt Hill HuddleAn investigation has been launched into a Wednesday morning bank robbery in Middletown, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Middletown Bank Robbery Under Investigation
A hunting they did go … RFHers in the 1980s, that is.
Where there was a Hunt, there was a way to party back in the day when the infamous Hunt came to the Haskell estate in Middletown. Yes, there’s still a Hunt, but it’s not this one — the one that became a decades-long rite of passage for RFH students and grads, among many others.
Continue reading Retro 80s RFHers’ Hunt HooplaIt’s widespread knowledge that President Joe Biden is expected to be in Middletown this afternoon through this evening for a dinner at Gov. Phil Murphy’s home in the Navesink section.
Continue reading Police: President’s Visit Prompts Traffic Delays, Road ClosuresLongtime Middletown resident and Camp Happiness volunteer, Patricia Coughlin, passed away at Jersey Shore Medical Center in Neptune on Tuesday. She was 91.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Middletown Resident, Volunteer, Patricia Coughlin, 91Middletown resident Brianna Hernandez passed away on Saturday, April 23. She was 21.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Brianna Hernandez, of Middletown, 21A 29-year-old Monmouth County man has been arrested and charged with committing a series of bank robberies in three area towns over the course of the past month, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Monday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 29-Year-Old Arrested, Charged in String of Bank RobberiesA Middletown woman has been arrested and charged with first-degree murder and unlawful weapon possession in connection with the fatal shooting of her husband at the couple’s home, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Middletown Woman Arrested, Charged with Husband’s MurderWriter, restaurateur and singer, Mark Vasto passed away peacefully on Friday, Aug. 20 with his loving family at his side. He was 49.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Writer, Restaurateur, Singer, Mark Vasto, 49
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