Rumson-Fair Haven Football Tops Ranking + Mayor Resignation

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First, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy throughout the day. High: 78 Low: 70.

Here are the top stories today in Rumson-Fair Haven:

1. Rumson-Fair Haven football places number one in South 3 United Power Rankings (NJ.com)
2. The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School field hockey team is "looking forward to another great season" (The Journal NJ)
3. Fair Haven Mayor Ben Lucarelli resigned last week and declined to comment on his motive to step down. His last council meeting, a day before the announcement, was marked by sparring between council members (Patch.com)

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Today in Rumson-Fair Haven:

• Open House 4-8 PM (4:00 PM)
• Free Online Lecture | "Italy’s Great Artists: Donatello" (11:30 AM)

Rumson-Fair Haven Patch Notebook

• Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School: "Check out some of our new labs! Our STEM program continues to grow at RFH. If you or someone you know is involved in a STEM-related field and is interested in opportunities to help strengthen our program through research partnerships, me..." (Facebook)
• Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School: "TBT, a picture of Mr. Giffin’s dance class circa 1978. On Thursdays we will be posting throwback RFH pics. Any RFH alumni who would like to contribute, please email pics to rfhbulldogs@rumsonfairhaven.org" (Facebook)
• Congregation B'nai Israel Rumson: "6:30 pm (sharp): Kol Nidre – Sanctuary Service" (Facebook)
• Alzheimer's Association Greater New Jersey Chapter: "It was a fantastic day at today's Mercer-Middlesex #Walk2EndAlz. Especially being with some of our GNJ Board Members - Adam Rubin, Connie Roberson and Beth Beers!" (Facebook)
• Rumson H3: "At Saturdays Co-Vid-Rat-Hash" (Facebook)
• Bridge of Books: "Grateful to have Patrick on our Junior Council! Susan Deehan Murray" (Facebook)
• Alzheimer's Association Greater New Jersey Chapter: "Muchas gracias, Paula Muller, for discussing how Alzheimer's affects the Hispanic population. #ENDALZ" (Facebook)
• Holy Cross Academy Rumson: "📣LET’S GO HOLY CROSS!📣 ••• Our HCA Cross Country Team had their first run this weekend! Coach Gallo expressed how exceptional all our runners are and how proud she is of them! We can’t wait to see what this season brings! #hcarumson #c..." (Facebook)
• The Rumson Country Day School: "Take it from our students, school is much better when the learning community is guided by The Four Pillars – Kind, Honest, Responsible, Respectful." (Facebook)
• Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce: "#EMACCMemberMonday features Red Bank RiverCenter! "We work to make Red Bank the people’s choice to live, work, play, dine and shop." Find out more about them at www.redbank.org/rivercenter. Are you an #EMACC member? Join our growing numb..." (Facebook)
• First Presbyterian Church of Rumson: "Jesus repeats the core of his mission, and his disciples still don’t get it. Looks like this is going to take some time for them to grasp. Is the same true for us? Readings: James 3:13-4:3 & Mark 9:30-37" (Facebook)
• Fair Haven PTA: "🗓Attention Class Parents and Committee Chairs! See you Wednesday in the Knollwood APR. Enter through the main entrance and don’t forget your mask 😷 we know it’s short notice - but we just got the okay to be in the building ✔️ . We can’..." (Facebook)
• Eastern Monmouth Area Chamber of Commerce: "Summer is over, time to get back in to the "swing" and network at #EMACC’s Business After Hours, "Networking with a Shot of Fun!" Wednesday, September 29th at 4:00pm, join us at Bluegrass Miniature Golf in Oceanport for a round of 18 hol..." (Facebook)

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— Catarina Moura

About me: I am a Breaking News Editor for Patch, covering towns in Monmouth County. I started my journalism career in Lisbon, Portugal, where I worked for publications such as Público and Sábado. I have also worked as a breaking news reporter for the New York Daily News and graduated from NYU with a MA in Journalism. Feel free to email me with any questions, comments or tips, at catarina.moura@patch.com

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