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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Fair Havenite, RFH 2013 Grad, Brian Morgan Duddy Jr., 29

“He was a brilliant, sweet, sensitive boy who loved sailing, skiing, golf and spending time at our beach club.” ~ family of Brian Morgan Duddy Jr.

Fair Havenite Brian Morgan Duddy Jr. passed peacefully on Sunday, April 30, surrounded by his adoring mother, Kelley, and father, Brian. He was 29.

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Retro RFH Spring Musical’s ‘Mary Sunshine’ Girls

Well, it’s “another opening, another show” for those RFH Tower Players.

The high school’s theatrical troupe has opened its spring musical production of Spamalot this past weekend to rave reviews. And another weekend of shows is in store for adoring RFH Tower Players fans.

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Schools Scene

RFH’s Matthew Leddin Named ‘Educator of the Year’

You could say that he made his own history.

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Social Studies teacher and advisor, Matthew Leddin, has been named the high school’s Educator of the Year.  

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RFH Athletic Department’s Sue Wankel Honored

RFH’s Sue Wankel
Photo/RFH

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s (RFH’s) Sue Wankel has been honored as the recipient of the Central Jersey Administrative Assistant Award for Excellence by the Directors of Athletics Association of New Jersey (DAANJ).  

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Retro RFH Sunny Daze Chat & Ride

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RFH girls of the 1970s out on a free period
Photo/RFH yearbook

Well, the sun came out and dried up all the rain, and snow, and wintery yuck yesterday.

And when the sun comes out, it’s always been a rite of passage for RFHers to get outside. No, we’re not talking about cutting class. We’re just saying that when the sun calls after a stretch of yuck, RFH students have always answered with at least a trip to the front, side, or back of the high school — or Piping Rock Park … or the old Campus Luncheonette.

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Retro RFH Irish Sweater Society Parading

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RFH Irish Sweater Club teens of 1980
Photo/Daily Register/clip, courtesy of Chris Rowett

In light of Sunday’s Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade, we are reprising this popular Retro Pic of the Day, originally posted on Feb. 28, 2022. There was an Irish Sweater Club marching with a host of mini sweater wearers on the parade route. But, back in the day …

Well, St. Patrick’s Day is looming. Considering the Irish festivities that have abounded lately in the spirit of the day, thoughts turn back to a club that took the chill out of the winter’s gala holiday — the RFH Irish Sweater Society of 1980.

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