Retro Hot Rumson Summer Coolness

Summer sunning in Rumson with the Slocum family. Photo/courtesy of Jo Ann Slocum Mazzucca
Summer sunning in Rumson with the Slocum family.
Photo/courtesy of Jo Ann Slocum Mazzucca

Back in the day, Rumson summers weren’t all about going to the beach club from dawn ’til dusk.

For some, it was as simple skipping the packing up of the family, not to mention the cost, and just laying a blanket out on the lawn and catching some rays while the kids played.

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Retro Rumson Renegades in the Park

Kid congregation at Victory Park in the 1960s
Photo/courtesy of Ed Pomphrey, Rumson historical archives

It’s just plain campy! There’s nothing like a nice summer day replete with some bubble-blowing, power-posing, bathing suited, short-sporting kids on a mission to make some summer fun — at camp … or something like it.

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Old News: RFH’s ‘Damn Yankees’ Summer Theatrics

Leave Lola and the Devil out of it. Whatever RFHers want, RFHers get …

And, back in the summer of ’75, they wanted summer stock theater. And they got it — a brutally fun load of it crammed into five dramatic dancing, singing, acting weeks among RFHers.

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Police Report: Theft, Burglary, Assault, Drugs, Disorderly, Defiant Trespass, Graffiti, DWI

The following June criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

A Rumson side view of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge, with finished new gate house, under construction
Photo/David Vilacoba

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo schedule this week, with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction projects for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Prosecutor: 19-Year-Old Arrested, Charged with Murder in Fatal April Shooting

A 19-year-old man has been arrested and charged with murder and weapons possession offenses in connection with an April fatal shooting that claimed the life of another 19-year-old man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.

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