The sun was shining bright and so were community spirits at Saturday’s Oktoberfest in Fair Haven.
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Focus: A Saturday Gone to the Dogs
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon that had gone to the dogs — literally.
Retro Fair Haven Oktoberfest in November
Remember that time when the Fair Haven Oktoberfest was in October?
Sun Set to Shine on a September Oktoberfest in Fair Haven
Fair Haven’s new Oktoberfest tradition continues in September. This Saturday, in fact.
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Retro First Day of School Posers
Photo/Sally Van Develde
Knock-kneed, nervous and all dressed up with somewhere to go, this gaggle Fair Haven neighborhood girls of 1965 lined up so their moms could get that classic first-day-of-kindergarten shot. And there wasn’t a smile among them.
A Mourning Walk for Maddy Massabni & Many Others
Hundreds walked A Mourning Walk on Sunday to honor their loved ones who have passed. Rumson mom Dawn Tilton Massabni was one of them. So was her son, Georgie and a host of other Team Don’t Shock Me supporters who honored the memory of Maddy Massabni.
Maddy, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School graduate, lost her life at 19 to the ramifications of toxic shock syndrome. That was Dawn’s particular cause. There were many messages to be heard in the mourning of the many others as well.
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A Mother’s Mission Endures: Walking the Mourning Walk for Maddy
They’re walking the walk in the name of Maddy.
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In Memorium: Native Rumsonite, Librarian, Mildred Younger, 94
Native Rumsonite Mildred L. Younger passed away on Saturday, Sept. 1. She was 94.
Memorial services have been set to start on Monday, Sept. 10, with a visitation from 4 to 7 p.m. at Thompson Memorial Home, Red Bank. A memorial tribute will be held at 6:30 that evening. Burial will be private.
From Mildred’s obituary …
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Going Retro with the Secret Fair Clam Chowder Recipe
Clipping Photo/courtesy of Dave Luker
The following story was first published on Sept. 7, 2016. In honor of the week-long Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair and all its tradition, including that famous clam chowder, here it is again …
The recipe for the famous Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Manhattan clam chowder was considered a highly-guarded secret. People flocked to get their fill at the fair, because they could only get it once a year. It was a secret taken to the grave with former Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Chairman James Acker.
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Focus: Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair’s Opening Night
The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair opened on Friday night under clear skies and a blanket of tradition and hometown comfort.
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Reboot: RFH Class of ’73 Reunion Time
Those Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) grads are at it again …
This time it’s reunion time for the RFH Class of ’73 — the 45th reunion. Classmates are set to reunite and party the night(s) away, starting Friday.
Focus: A 40th RFH Reunion
“Oh, what a night!”
The Four Seasons’ keyboardist Bob Gaudio and future wife Judy Parker may have written the lyrics to the song about the nostalgia of an affair “late December back in ’63,” but the title and chorus are quite fitting for the 40th reunion of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s Class of ’78.
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