Monthly Archives: June 2023

Local Life

Retro RFH Graduation Traditions

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Our annual RFH graduation reprise in honor of the RFH Class of 2023 … Congrats!

RFH graduation ’79 Photo/George Day

RFHers did the graduation walk on Friday. And it’s a walk that has veered off onto different paths over the years — but always to Pomp & Circumstance.

Wow. So much has changed, yet stayed the same. The venue has gone from the RFH Borden Stadium to the front lawn to the Borden Stadium and the football field again to the RFH auditorium and mixed up and around over the years. Now it’s at the Monmouth University. And two years ago, in pandemic times, the venue was outside, masked and virtual. Now it’s back to Monmouth again for the second year out of pandemic graduation times. 

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Local Life

Retro Fair Haven Fisk AME Chapel Folks

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Photo/courtesy of Fisk AME Chapel
Photo/courtesy of Fisk AME Chapel

A reprise from Feb. 5, 2016 in honor of Juneteenth …

The Fair Haven Fisk AME Chapel is steeped in tradition — Fair Haven tradition and roots that many do not realize jut very deep into the community.

Many of the founding families of Fair Haven have roots that are deeply entrenched in the church. A lot of the names and faces are traceable back to the early days of the church, back in the mid-1800s.

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News

Weekly Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

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This week’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity remains status quo. It continues Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day, weather permitting, with a few new notes to roadway and sidewalk users.

Monmouth County officials advise …

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Police and Fire, Rumson Police and Fire Files

Rumson Police Report: Smash & Grab Car Burglary

While continuing to urge residents to lock cars and valuables in them because of heightened car thefts in the area, Rumson police are alerting area residents of a different sort of criminal activity that is becoming rampant and occurred in Rumson this past weekend — smash and grab car burglary.

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Schools Scene

Scene Around: Rumson School’s Out Clap-Out

School’s out in Rumson!

And while tradition dictates that Fair Haven’s eighth grade grads to the infamous walk down Third Street to much fanfare, Rumson students do what they call a “clap-out.” And it just happened very recently.

They’re leaving the hallowed halls of Forrestdale School and moving on to the next block at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School — most of the grads, anyway.

So, as they exit the school for the last time, the students do it to applause … and a bit of fanfare, like some drum beating. Some of the teachers also celebrated their last exit from the school. It’s anyone’s guess what was going on among students at this moment, but there are some amusing clues here.

Take a look at the photo gallery above, courtesy of the Rumson School District, for a glimpse into the milestone moment.

Schools Scene

RFH’s Christina Gauss: National Geographic Society Grosvenor Teacher Fellow

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School’s (RFH’s) Christina Gauss has done it again.

The RFH Spanish teacher, advisor, mentor, avid community volunteer, 2020 RFH Educator of the Year and Monmouth County Teacher of the Year has been named a member of the 15th cohort of Lindblad Expeditions and National Geographic Society Grosvenor Teacher Fellows.

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Local Life, Opinion

Retro Stylin’ Knollwood Grads

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Knollwood School Class of 2002 Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Knollwood School Class of 2002
Photo/Elaine Van Develde

A reprise in honor of those eighth grade graduations … Congrats, grads!

The Fair Haven Knollwood School grads are styling every year. And, the truth is that the eighth grade graduation attire has improved to the point of even parents turning wannabes of that mini-fashion world.

You’d have to admit, though, that fad dress-up attire has been kinder to the male gender over the years — except for the leisure suit. That was an unforgiving polyester fashion fail.

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Local Life

Retro Knollwood Grads’ Class Trippin’

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School’s out and graduation’s near — very near. And the heat is always on to seek out a good time among class friends. So, there’s nothing quite like a final class trip to — with class clowns, friends, foes and teachers. Yes, teachers — sun bathing and all.

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.

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