It’s half past pandemic graduation time. The RFH Class of 2020 had its drive-by celebration last night. A virtual ceremony is to come and still more.
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Scene Around: Copping COVID Storytime Bloopers
After a three-month-long daily pandemic story time on film, Fair Haven police officers are taking their final bow and exiting stage left from their brief career in pictures.
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Retro RFH ‘Pomp & Circumstance’ Street Walk
Photo/courtesy of Nancy Welchel
The last time capped and gowned RFH grads were lining the street was more than four decades ago when the Class of ’78 graduated on the front lawn of the high school.
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Scene Around: Butler’s & Umberto’s; a Conscious Iconic Coupling
Just in case you’re having a hankering for a bite from an iconic eatery with a side of icon to serve it up, the folks at Butler’s in Rumson say that this very thing is on the menu now.
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Prosecutor: Middletown Cop Charged with Falsifying Accident Report
A Middletown police officer has been charged with falsifying an accident report nearly a year ago after backing his police cruiser into a parked car and reporting he hit a telephone poll, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Wednesday.
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A COVID Era RFH Class of 2020 Graduation
The year 2020 has brought a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduation of a different kind — the COVID-19 pandemic kind.
Continue reading A COVID Era RFH Class of 2020 GraduationProsecutor: Couple Charged with Animal Cruelty in Connection with Death of Four Puppies
A couple is facing charges of animal cruelty in connection with the death of German shepherd puppies in their care died due to alleged neglect, Monmouth County Prosecutor Christopher J. Gramiccioni announced on Tuesday.
Daniel McDonald, 25, and Tricia Jaccoma, 24, are charged with four counts of third-degree animal cruelty four puppies were found dead on a property in Howell where they were temporarily living.
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In Memorium: RFH Grad Carol Halligan Shaffery, 60
The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of ’78 will be setting yet another place at its reunion memorial table.
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Outdoor Dining Returns to R-FH Area; The COVID-19 Rules & Governor’s Update
A sunny Monday marked a COVID-19 era milestone in New Jersey with the opening of outdoor dining as Gov. Phil Murphy remained cautiously optimistic about the second-stage restart of the economy amidst a pandemic.
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Rumson Police Take Their Car Theft Message to the Streets
Frustrated with a years’ long problem looming over the area in surge spurts and the unheeding of advice regarding it, Rumson police have taken their message to the streets with lit signage: “Car thieves are back! Lock your cars!”
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Beaching it on Sandy Hook: The COVID Era Update
The maximum capacity has been reduced. Access has been free. But, this weekend, as New Jersey COVID-19 restrictions ease in the second phase of reopening, some of Gateway National Recreation Area’s Sandy Hook beaches will open for swimming and will have lifeguards as of Saturday.
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Retro Eighth Grade Class Tripping
Photos/Jeanne Murphy Wnorowski
A reprise Retro Pic(s) of the Day from the Knollwood School Class of ’74 to the Class of 2020 …
There’s nothing quite like a final class trip — with class clowns, friends, foes and teachers. Yes, teachers. It was a tradition for Fair Haven schools back in the 1970s. And we’re not talking Stokes.
Of course, that wouldn’t be the last for Knollwood schoolers. We’re talking a final group trip. The last leisurely day trip disguised as a class trip. They had those back then.
This particular trip was taken in 1974 to a dude ranch somewhere with Fair Haven’s Knollwood School soon-to-be grads and teachers. Where? None of the old folks in the pictures can remember. Hey, some of us don’t even remember the trip. We know there were horses, perhaps some riding and some swimming. And, apparently, there was lots of lounging and sunning. Hmmmmm …
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