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This particular building along River Road in Fair Haven, NJ, has hosted a few different businesses over the past several years that residents in and around the area have grown familiar with.

For a long time, Umberto's Pizzeria has called this place home. Up to 35 years, to be exact. They served their last slice of pizza in March of 2020.

After that, Jack's Goal Line Stand opened its doors, which, up until recently, operated its sports-themed restaurant in that location. They closed their doors early in 2025.

Now, a new establishment has opened up in an area that's very popular for anyone both living in or visiting the Jersey Shore region in Monmouth County this summer.

The all-new Fair Haven Diner quietly opened its doors on Monday, May 5, 2025, as part of its soft launch.

Curious, I decided to stop in to check it out for myself. I've been saying for a long time that the area needed a casual diner like this. A place that served breakfast but also bridged the gap between Red Bank and Rumson.

I decided to go for breakfast right after I got my kids to school on Friday, May 9. Here's how that visit went.

Despite the gloomy and rainy weather that morning, the parking lot was filled, which is not usually a common sight so early in the morning.

The outside of the building doesn't look that different. Even going back to the days of the pizzeria, not much has changed with the physical appearance of the place.

But that doesn't hold true for the inside. It's obvious the owners put a lot of work into this place to help give it that classic, yet modern feel of a true Jersey diner.

As soon as I walked in, I was able to get seated right away. It was decently crowded considering the diner had only been open for about 30 minutes. I ended up sitting at the counter, which is toward the back of the diner.

Probably the only thing that didn't feel typical about the menus is the fact that there were no food or sauce stains stuck to them. But to be fair, the diner hasn't been open that long yet - give it time.

As for menu items? It ranges from everything, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And this is no small menu, either. And for those who are curious? There was no Taylor Ham on the menu, only Pork Roll. Sorry to all the Taylor Ham fans, but they got it right.

For this particular visit, I decided to go a different route and save the Pork Roll for another time.

I decided to go for one of their breakfast quesadillas. And it didn't take long for them to prepare it. Absolutely delicious.

Actually, the only issue I had was that I had a hard time finishing it all in one sitting. A fairly good problem to have when you're at an eatery.

This was truly a generous portion for the price (which, again, classic Jersey diner). Every item on the menu just looked so good. And trust me, there's plenty for the kids to enjoy, too.

The staff was also great. They checked up on me periodically and offered to top off my coffee every time.

When I say it felt classic, yet modern, I meant just that. The place was well-spaced, complete with a dining area and a counter to sit at.

What I really liked about the counter area was the way they had it set up. They had desserts displayed there, along with some fun signage. Plus, the old-school overhead diner lights were a nice touch.

And along the back wall is a fireplace. Not that a fire will be raging any time soon, since summer is right around the corner. The atmosphere overall is very inviting.

This was also a nice touch, having the dessert displays right by the registers. Speaking of which, that's also where you pay.

Much like how diners should be in New Jersey, you walk up to the register at the end of your meal to pay. Again, the staff couldn't be more welcoming.

It's a great addition for anyone coming to the Jersey Shore this summer to check out. And of course, for anyone living here year-round.

The Fair Haven Diner will be having a grand opening soon, which at that time will have expanded hours (they're only from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. for the time being). Check out their website here.

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The above post reflects the thoughts and observations of New Jersey 101.5 Sunday morning host & content contributor Mike Brant. Any opinions expressed are his own.

Last season, Rumson-Fair Haven’s 17-5 loss to Shawnee was forever burned into the back of the Bulldogs’ minds.

This year, when the two teams met again in a non-conference matchup on Friday afternoon, Rumson-Fair Haven was ready.

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Rumson-Fair Haven, ranked No. 7 in the NJ.com Top 20, used a strong third quarter to pull away from No. 6 Shawnee en route to a 10-8 victory.

It was the fourth-straight win for the Bulldogs, which started the season 2-3, with wins over Southern and Red Bank Regional and losses against Lawrenceville, Moorestown and Hunterdon Central.

“After last year we were really fired up and we wanted to make a comeback,” Rumson-Fair Haven’s Daisen Iwan said. “Our whole team, we started off a little bit slow but we quickly came back from this season and we’re all working as a team now and it’s been so much fun.”

Since a one-goal, overtime loss to then-No. 6 Hunterdon Central on April 12, the Bulldogs picked up wins over then-No. 17 Trinity Hall, then-No. 5 Haddonfield and Manasquan before taking down their third ranked opponent in four games.

For Shawnee, which started the season 1-1 with a win over Kingsway and a loss to No. 1 Moorestown, the loss snapped a five-game win streak.

“We know their skill, we had a pretty tough loss to them last year, so this year we were kind of just focused on writing our wrongs,” Rumson-Fair Haven’s Clara Winters said. “We have a lot of amazing players, we’re working with a similar team as last year, but defensively it was just to shut down who we know to shut down - (Mackenzie) Borbi, some other great players. Overall we just play as a unit, which is what gets us wins at the end of the day.”

On Friday, the Bulldogs opened the first quarter on a free position goal from Iwan with 10:45 to play, then took a 2-0 lead after a goal from Rachel James with 4:39 left. Maddie Goulburn then scored on an assist from Borbi to make it a one goal game after the first quarter.

Rumson-Fair Haven then took a 3-1 lead on a goal from Mia Milkowski with 9:49 left, but Shawnee scored two goals in the span of 85 seconds to tie the game 3-3 with 7:06 left in the half.

A goal from James put the Bulldogs back in front 4-3 with 4:24 left, but Borbi’s second goal of the quarter tied it 4-4 with 3:20 left.

Iwan scored her second of the day with 19 seconds left to play to put Rumson-Fair Haven ahead 504, but Goulburn scored with four seconds left to send the game to halftime tied 5-5.

“We used to get a little nervous and tightened up when games started to get close, but this time we really did keep our composure, which I think was a great impact for winning the game at the end,” Iwan said. “After halftime we all talked about how it’s 5-5, it’s completely 0-0 so we have to keep the momentum that we started with in the first half.”

Rumson-Fair Haven opened the third quarter with three-straight goals in the span of two minutes to retake an 8-5 lead with 7:19 left. Borbi scored on a free position with 6:28 remaining to cut it to 8-6, but the Bulldogs closed out the quarter with another two goals for a 10-6 lead after three.

Goulburn and Abby Davidson scored in the fourth quarter for the 10-8 final.

“Mainly we just try and keep our mindset good, stay playing as a team and don’t break down because on defense if we break down mentally then it’s kind of over,” Winters said. “We’re all friends outside of lacrosse so it’s pretty easy to stay composed together and work as a team.

“Our attack is so dynamic, we have so many amazing players which definitely helps defensively to give a little buffer, but we definitely didn’t take our heads out of the game.”

For Shawnee, Goulburn led with a hat trick and two assists. Borbi also had a hat trick and two assists and threw in one draw control. Davidson chipped in one goal and four draw controls, while Lily Purfield also scored.

Iwan finished with a hat trick and one assist for Rumson-Fair Haven, while James contributed a hat trick, one assist and five draw controls. Chloe Kelly added one goal and four draw controls and Kat O’Connor recorded a goal and four draw controls.

“I would say keeping momentum, keeping composure,” Winters said when asked what the Bulldogs did well on Friday. “Sometimes that’s where we fall a little short, is composure, and today we didn’t let ourselves get knocked down, especially towards the end of the game which I thought gave us great drive to keep going.”

By Stephen Appezzato

FAIR HAVEN – Sandy Hook Seafood, a soon-to-be seafood market with an emphasis on locally sourced products, will join the borough’s roster of small businesses after recently receiving planning board approval. The market will be open at 615 River Road, the current site of Two River Pool Co.

At a March 18 meeting, the planning board considered Sandy Hook Seafood’s site plan application and ultimately granted the business unanimous approval.

“What we’re proposing to do is to relocate the pool company towards the rear of the property and move their sign next to it, and have the 2,300 square feet in the front be the Sandy Hook Seafood market,” said attorney Jennifer Krimko of Ansell Grimm & Aaron, PC, at the hearing.

Under the site plan, Sandy Hook Seafood will reuse the existing commercial space and reconfigure the adjacent parking lot to serve the market and existing site tenants, including Two River Pool Co., Krauszer’s convenience store and Fair Haven Hardware, which leases about 800 square feet in the rear of the building for storage.

“We’re very, very pleased to be able to bring Sandy Hook Seafood, the concept of Sandy Hook Seafood, to Fair Haven. We hope to make an impact to the local community by providing fresh, locally sourced seafood,” said owner Luke Bollerman, a local real estate developer and entrepreneur. Bollerman owns Sandy Hook Bay Marina and seafood restaurant One Willow in Highlands, and is business partners with Kyle Hopfensperger, founder and owner of 2nd Jetty Seafood restaurant in Sea Bright.

“Over many, many years, One Willow and 2nd Jetty have collaborated to bring the finest seafood offerings in Monmouth County – something we’re quite proud of. The next evolution of our partnership was to open a small seafood market that could serve our customers outside of the restaurant,” Bollerman said.

Sandy Hook Seafood will offer fresh local seafood, like clams and even bluefin tuna, as well as an array of salmon, halibut, caviar, oysters, lobsters, shrimp, plat- ters, catering options and more. Bollerman said the business will be a “chef-inspired” market, “where customers can come into the store and confidently purchase seafood and work with chefs in the store to craft quality meals for their families.”

“Our chefs who are going to be in the store regu- larly hope to inspire people to eat healthy, fresh seafood with a specific focus on the local fishery,” he said. “We work very, very closely with local fishermen and purveyors to source and offer the highest quality products.”

The market will not have sit-down full-service dining but will feature a small seating area for grab-and-go convenience.

“The idea being that you walk into the seafood market, you can talk to a chef at the counter, he can guide you as to what you might do for trying to figure out what your dinner is going to be for your family, you can grab your products if you know what you want to go (with) and be on your way,” Bollerman explained.

The market will be open for business from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will receive deliveries in the early morning hours. While Navesink Avenue, a residential street, is positioned directly north of the commercial building, Bollerman said most delivery vehicles for the market will be small passenger vans and not large trucks. Additionally, deliveries for the pool company and hardware store would not interfere with the market’s schedule.

“We mostly utilize smaller purveyors in order to support the local ecosystem of Monmouth County, other farms, and other local purveyors,” he added.

According to engineer Andrew Comi of Kennedy Consulting Engineers, who testified at the hearing, Two River Pool Co. will relocate to the middle portion of the buildings and Fair Haven Hardware will retain its storage space near the rear. The parking area will be re-striped with 25 designated spaces. Bike racks will also be installed at the site.

After the business received unanimous approval from the planning board, members of the public also expressed support for the seafood market.

“I think it’s a really nice addition to the mix of businesses in Fair Haven,” council member Tracy Cole said. She was echoed by Fair Haven Business Association secretary Carolyn Ferguson, who thanked the property owners for their investment in the borough and ongoing support for the downtown business district.

The article originally appeared in the April 17 – 23, 2025 print edition of The Two River Times.

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Boys Lacrosse: Manasquan vs. Rumson Fair-Haven, SCT Final, May 19, 2025

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Rumson-Fair Haven’s Mia Milkowski made sure her teammates were all locked in for Monday afternoon’s Shore Conference Tournament final.

The top-seeded Bulldogs, ranked No. 10 in the NJ.com Top 20, were playing in their 12 conference final and on the hunt for their 11th title.

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“We’ve been harping on everyone in school, think about what you have to do,” Milkowski said. “We were locked in from this morning, from the get-go and we really knew nothing was going to hold us back. It just came down to coming out here and proving for the third time that we could do it and against a new team, usually it’s against Trinity (Hall). The emotions were so high and we were all so excited.”

Trinity Hall was defeated by third-seeded Southern in the semifinals as the Rams advanced to their first conference tournament title in program history. Rumson-Fair Haven was ready for their American Division opponent though and won its third-straight title with a 17-7 victory at Monmouth University.

“I want to credit the girls that I have because they make my job so much easier,” Rumson-Fair Haven coach Amy O’Keefe said. “It’s always just so fun each year trying to get another title.”

Monday’s final was the second time that Rumson-Fair Haven had faced Southern this season, with the Bulldogs pulling out a 17-10 win in the first game of the season back on April 1.

“We knew what we had to do to try and get them. It was a little closer than we wanted it to be the first time we played them, and I know so much season has gone by since the first time we played them,” O’Keefe said. “We still knew we had to come into this game focused, we knew we had to get the ground balls, we knew what to expect with Delaney (Falk), and if we could stop Delaney that we should be ok and I think we did pretty good.”

The start of the game was close as Southern trailed 4-3 after a goal by Avery Smith with 58.7 seconds left in the first half. But that’s as close as the Rams would get as Rumson-Fair Haven scored twice in the final 21.1 seconds and led 6-3 after one.

“We knew that they were a really good team, so we knew what to expect and we came out with the win,” Rumson-Fair Haven’s Kat O’Connor said. “Trusting each other, having the second slide there and knowing that we could defend them. They’re all great players but we had it today.”

The Bulldogs outscored Southern 6-1 in the second quarter and led 12-4 at the half. It was 15-6 after the third quarter and Rumson-Fair Haven outscored the Rams 2-1 in the fourth for the 17-7 final.

“We can handle pressure, there’s nothing we can’t do as a team,” Milkowski said. “Even the freshmen, they came in and proved that they can do everything that the seniors could do. It’s just coming in day in and day out and proving that you want to be here is what got us here.”

Top-seeded Rumson-Fair Haven, which has won six-straight games since a loss to Shore on April 29, advanced to the final with wins over ninth-seeded Barnegat and fourth-seeded Shore. Southern advanced with wins over seventh-seeded Manasquan and an upset over second-seeded Trinity Hall to advance to its first conference final.

“It’s amazing, for this program to be where we are right now is unbelievable,” Southern coach Lori Johnson said. “My seniors have been through a lot, have been in state semifinals, so they do know what it’s like to be in the top four. I’m beyond proud, we’ve done so many things this year, I think a lot of teams underestimated us in many ways. Obviously not the outcome we want but just to be here for the first time, I think it’s a great experience for our younger kids.”

Delaney Falk, who leads Southern with 266 goals and counting, was held to two goals for just the fourth time this season. She also added three draw controls and was a main point of focus for the Bulldogs’ defense.

“She’s hard because she’s insanely fast, she’s insanely strong and she’s insanely smart,” Milkowski said. “But really shutting down her right hand is what it came down to and beating her on the ride. We really have been focusing on our ride a lot in practice and I think our athleticism came into play a lot today as well.”

Smith finished with two goals and two draw controls for Southern, while Mackenzie Sininsky added one goal and three draw controls. Meri Cassidy and Kai Angelozzi also scored.

“You can’t make mistakes against a very good program that’s always been here,” Southern coach Lori Johnson said. “I said, ‘Girls you have to start playing like we belong here,’ and we had our moments but just didn’t capitalize on the ones that we needed.”

For Rumson-Fair Haven, Rachel James led with five goals and added two draw controls. Chloe Kelly contributed a career-high four goals and added three draw controls, while Daisen Iwan recorded a hat trick and one assist. Milkowski chipped in two goals and two assists and Aly Megaw scored twice.

“Rachel always is open for the look for me, she’s always in the middle,” Milkowski said. “We had so many open second cuts on the backside, taking the shooting space always that was open, and really just moving it fast. Drawing your defender and looking for the second cutter really was working for us.”

Monday’s final was most likely the last tune-up of the season for both teams before the state tournament starts next week. Rumson-Fair Haven will look to make it back to the South, Group 1 sectional final, where it lost to eventual Group 1 champion Glen Ridge last year. Southern will begin its quest in South, Group 4 where last year it fell to Cherokee in the semifinals.

“I think going into states there are big teams like Haddonfield that we’re going to have to play again, but we know what we can do individually,” Milkowski said. “We’re all insane players and bringing it all together in the end is all it comes down to, and we just proved that we could.”

Lauren Knego may be reached at lknego@njadvancemedia.com. Follow her on X at @laurenknego

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