Meeting, Mumps, Updates in the News

Morning, friends and fans. How's that second day of school feeling? Parents? Students?

It's supposed to be another nice day today, with more sun and a high temperature of 84 degrees. Hmmm. No, I won't cut class. Can't.

In the event that you're able to recreate by or in the water, here's that tide scoop we give you every day:

2013-09-10  6:32 AM EDT   Sunrise
2013-09-10  6:40 AM EDT   0.15 feet  Low Tide
2013-09-10  1:06 PM EDT   3.68 feet  High Tide
2013-09-10  7:12 PM EDT   Sunset
2013-09-10  7:23 PM EDT   0.28 feet  Low Tide
2013-09-11  1:27 AM EDT   3.17 feet  High Tide
2013-09-11  6:33 AM EDT   Sunrise
2013-09-11  7:26 AM EDT   0.29 feet  Low Tide

And, as usual, we have some interesting tidbits about the sun and moon from www.tides4fishing.com:

"The lunar phase is a Waxing Crescent. Today we will have 12 hours and 39 minutes of sun. The solar transit will be at 12:53 pm and the length of time the moon will be visible will be 10 hours and 17 minutes."

As for what's newsworthy today …

• There's a Rumson Borough Council meeting tonight at 7:30 p.m. at, of course, Borough Hall.

• If you're interested, since it's close by, there will be an informal meeting about the proposed Walgreens at its proposed home — the former Rassas dealership on Broad Street in Red Bank from 6 to 8 p.m. Professionals will be on hand to answer questions and offer information on the plans which have not yet been heard by the borough's Planning Board.

• We have some more back-to-school tidbits from Fair Haven.

• Also, you may want to check out the latest information on the county-wide mumps outbreak issue.

• Oh, don't forget about the meal deals in the area — Burger Night at Fromagerie and Baja Tuesdays at Woody's. Did I forget any? Fill me in.

• And, there will be Fair Haven meeting stories, features, photos and news. You never know what's next. Really.

Around town note for the day:

The most adorable kid in Fair Haven saw me taking photos down by the river and asked me how the crabbing has been for me. He informed me that he caught something like 22 fish in one day and gave them to a guy who "really wanted to eat them."

After he struck up another conversation with me about how his neighbor just died and that he liked him, he said he had to go check on a friend and rode away on his bike (helmet securely fixed) wishing me luck should I decide to try crabbing.

How cute is that? All that concern for my non-existent fishing, a neighbor and a man for whom he unwittingly committed a random act of kindness. Keep it up kid! Some things just restore a curmudgeon's faith.

Let us know if we've forgotten anything.

In the meantime, I'll see you around the towns.