Rumson News

Local colleges will take some time to consider how they will handle the 2010 Dad Vail Regatta's move out of town, with an eye toward bringing the premier rowing event back to the city in 2011, city and school officials said yesterday.

Police issued motor vehicle summonses to a Jersey shore fire chief who authorities said jumped off a North Jersey bridge into a river following a crash.

Some might say that Undici Italian restaurant in Rumson 'wood' go to any length to make the state's best Napoletana Pizza.

Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is planning an alternate rowing event if he can't get the Dad Vail Regatta to remain in Philadelphia.

The chief of the Fair Haven Fire Department was expected to be released from the hospital today after rescuers plucked him from the Navesink River which he jumped into following a motor vehicle accident Sunday night, authorities said.

He's a star of stage and variously sized screens who's been known as much for polarizing politics, paternal peccadillos and personal-life pugnacity as for his powerhouse performances.

When they convene here six months from now for the first Dad Vail Regatta outside Philadelphia in more than half a century, thousands of collegiate rowers on the Navesink River will race past the Salt Creek Grille and take in a view of the splendid Oceanic Bridge and riverfront homes.

It is with great appreciation that we begin our second term as councilmen for the great Borough of Red Bank.

Regatta spokesman Harry Stinger confirmed last night that the event would be moving about 90 miles northeast to Rumson, N.J. "We are thrilled that the Dad Vail Regatta has decided to relocate to Rumson," said John Ekdahl, mayor of the Monmouth County town.

In honor of Veterans Day, Army Sergeant Jeff Mullin, an Iraq veteran, presented the Deane Porter and Forrestdale schools in Rumson with two United States flags that were flown in Iraq during Mullin's tour of duty.

Organizers of the Dad Vail Regatta were to meet with the city on Friday, as the regatta committee decides whether to move the historic rowing competition to Monmouth County, NJ.

Communities along the New Jersey coast are keeping an eye on high tides as they brace for what could be the worst nor'easter in nearly two decades.

The legendary Dad Vail regatta could be leaving the muddy waters of the Schuylkill behind.

Three out of six seats on the borough council were up for election this year, and unusual for the borough, there was a full slate of Democratic candidates challenging Republican incumbents.

Aplethora of jazz and blues acts will flutter down on the Garden State in November, making winter's approach easier to bear.

Registration is now open for the Holy Cross School PTA's second annual 5-mile Turkey Trot fund raiser, taking place at 10 a.m. Nov.

They're back! Democrats, who returned to the local political scene last year with lone Borough Council candidate, Michael Steinhorn, are back in force with three candidates challenging three incumbent Republican council members in Tuesday's election.

The Holmdel, Shrewsbury, Rumson, Manalapan/Freehold and Middletown offices of Gloria Nilson GMAC Real Estate will once again be collecting non-perishable food to help the non-profit organization Lunch Break prepare holiday baskets for local residents in need.

We're hosting our 1st annual Wine Tasting event this fall on Friday, November 20th at the Salt Creek Grille located on 4 Bingham Ave., Rumson, NJ 07760 from 7 pm until 10 pm.

Claire V. Brown, 83, of Milan, Pa., formerly of Rumson, died on October 13. Born January 24, 1926, in Palisades, she was the daughter of Joseph and Clara Ferrugiari Feliu.