There’s nothing quite like a burger at Rumson’s Barnacle Bill’s and a sunny, clear day’s river view. It’s a rite of passage for Rumson-Fair Haven area dwellers.
Continue reading Focus: A Barnacle’s River View
A reprise from last year in honor of the return of the graduation walks and festivities … Congrats to all the eighth grade grads!
There are two different graduation walks when you’re an eighth grade graduate of Fair Haven’s Knollwood School.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Eighth Grade Graduation Walk
In honor of eighth grade graduations, a reprise of that look back to Knollwood School Class of 1974 and best buds …
It’s half past eighth grade graduation time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
Every year photos up all over social media. And these crews of grade school cronies seem to have a panache we eighth graders of the 1970s lacked. There they all are … posing, arms wrapped around one another, sporting stylish clothes, tans and toothy grins.
Continue reading Retro Knollwood Grad FashionistasLittle Silver resident and Christian Brothers Academy graduate Brian Ronald Riddle passed away on June 7 at Monmouth Medical Center. He was 52.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Little Silver Resident, CBA Grad, Brian Riddle, 52Area artist Charlotte “Shirley” A. Cunneff passed away peacefully, two of her five sons by her side, on June 3. She was 93.
Shirley “was especially fond of the watercolor medium, earning membership to various art societies and exhibiting her work for sale and in juried competitions.
Loved ones of Shirley Cunneff in her obituary
She received numerous accolades for her art, including the Garden State Watercolor Society’s Award for Excellence for a painting of abalone shells in 1996.
Private collectors from Hawaii to Paris have displayed her work in their homes.
Other passions included travel, cooking and speaking out against the Vietnam War. In October 1967, she attended the March to End the War in Vietnam in Washington, D.C., wearing her mink coat to show that it wasn’t just ‘hippies’ protesting the war.
Doctors’ wives were opposed to it, too.
It was a day to pay homage to the rivers.
Clean Ocean Action (COA) and the Rumson Environmental Commission (Rumson EC) hosted the 3rd Annual Rally for the Two Rivers Eco-Fest at Victory Park in Rumson on Saturday.
Continue reading Focus: Rallying for River Health in RumsonAll’s fair, after all! It’s the post-quarantine, pandemic state-of-emergency news all Fair Havenites at heart, near and far, have been waiting for: The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair will return this year.
The highly-anticipated news, that was expected by mid-June came via the fair chairmen via social media within the past hour or so:
“We are thrilled to be able to announce that after review with our members, vendors and of course NJ safety protocols, 2021 will see the return of the Firemen’s Fair — Friday, August 27 – Saturday, September 4 (closed Sunday)!
The fair will continue traditions of rides, game booths, Outback and our 50/50 raffles. More details to be announced at a later time.
Our Seafood Dining room will *not* be open at this year’s Fair but will be back in 2022! In the meantime, look forward to planning your Fair week and when the call for volunteers goes out,
please join in the fun!”
Here’s a glimpse back to the last fair in 2019 to boost the good-time memories … (Click on one to enlarge and scroll!)
A former employee of noted Asbury Park hotels has been indicted on theft charges alleging he pilfered more than $400,000 from the business between 2018 and 2020, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey announced.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Asbury Hotel, Lanes & Ocean Club Manager Indicted on $486K Theft Charge
It never gets old, or cold, for that matter — a little time down by the Navesink River in Rumson. It warms the soul.
And when the sun shines, a certain glow is cast over a familiar waterfront scene that can only be described as a locals’ utopia. River time is golden, enduring. The image, the mindset, the enveloping warmth come together in a snapshot that is a forever best friend — always there, always smiling at you, for you, with you. Nothing but bright, pristine sunshine.
Focus on the soothing snapshot (click on one to enlarge and scroll), as some stormy weather lies ahead …
Continue reading Focus: Sunny Daze River Time
It’s an 80s pastel parade of RFH prom queens. There’s no other way to put it.
Continue reading Retro RFH 80s Prom Girl Stylin’Lifetime Little Silver resident, noted attorney, judge former state assemblyman, Little Silver borough councilman and volunteer, Chester “Chet” Apy, died on May 30 surrounded by family and friends. He was 89.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Noted Attorney, Judge, Former Assemblyman & Little Silver Councilman, Volunteer, Hon. Chet Apy, 89The uncle and nephew charged in connection with a 2019 Howell murder have been indicted, Acting Monmouth County Prosecutor Lori Linskey said.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Uncle & Nephew Indicted for 2019 Murder
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