Rumson News

FAIR HAVEN - With more than 10 years as a professional chef under his belt, Tony Balderose knew one day he wanted his own shop.

It's a sure sign of the May Meridian Health's Paint the Town Pink breast cancer awareness campaign - "Welcome to Pinkson." That's the sign seen hanging on the tennis courts at Victory Park in Rumson just as people get into town.

Emergency workers spent 45 minutes extricating the driver of a 2001 Dodge Vipor after the car crashed into a tree on Navesink River Road around 5:31 p.m. Monday, according to police.

Everyone in our area looks forward to the Garden Club of Fair Haven's annual plant sale, held on the Saturday before Mother's Day.

"I remember when this was all farmland." You may recall, or have emblazoned in your mind, your parents or grandparents spewing this common "quit your whining" mantra that is akin to the old "we used to trudge uphill in the snow" speech.

The beaches in New Jersey were busy Saturday, April 27, as a small army of volunteers showed up during Clean Ocean Action's 28th annual beach sweeps.

On Sunday, June 2, at 5 p.m., Congregation B'nai Israel in Rumson will honor Cantor Marla Barugel for her 26 years of dedication, professional commitment and musical leadership.

On Sunday April 28 th we brought over 300 bicycles to the Jersey Shore for kids impacted by hurricane Sandy.

A memorial service for longtime Rumson resident, World War II veteran and former teacher, Mary Telfer George, who died at 90 on May 1, is planned for Saturday at the Oceanic Free Library Raised in Newark, Mary was a 1939 graduate of Barringer High School and served in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II.

Two area men have been indicted on charges stemming from a February car burglary incident in Rumson.

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If you're thinking of heading down Seven Bridges Road tonight or any other night through May 14, think again.

A little over a year ago, Press on Your Side made its debut. It was a case involving a missing heating-assistance check.

Cue up the mariachi band-Cinco de Mayo is fast approaching. The celebration of Mexican heritage on May 5 is sometimes mistaken for Mexico's Independence Day .

The NJ Department of Transportation is paving the way to funding for the revamp of one Rumson road.

As surely as spring brings crocuses and daffodils, the need for spring-cleaning brings the Annual Town-Wide Garage Sale in Atlantic HighA lands.

Monmouth University's Woodrow Wilson Hall will be part of the Sixth annual Weekend In Old Monmouth Self-Guided Tour of county historic sites sponsored by the Monmouth County Historical Commission.

When Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School junior Matt Dell decided to do all he could to get Hurricane Sandy-afflicted kids free rides with gently used bikes, he had a goal in mind.

Rumson and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional school districts were two of 26 in the state doled out, together, roughly $35,000 of $1.25 million in federal funding for Hurricane Sandy schools recovery.

Here's what they said. Jayson Turegano, 23, of Red Bank: "It's in between all the glory of New Jersey: It's a real hot spot.