Retro RFH Thanksgiving Touchdown

RFH Thanksgiving Day football game
Photo/George Day

If some old RFHers had a pre-Thanksgiving turkey wishbone to yank on, they may be hoping to pull the bigger end to make a wish to revisit their own RFH Thanksgiving Day Homecoming game. Yes, the homecoming of today is already over and the RFH Dawgs are already on the state championship path.

But, back in the day, Thanksgiving, to be exact, the RFH football season used to peak with what then was the classic rivalry homecoming/Thanksgiving Day game between Red Bank Catholic and RFH. Two days before, everyone was headed home from college for the big homecoming reunion, dance and, of course reunited partying at Ichabod’s (now Woody’s, owned by RFHer Chris Wood).

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Prosecutor: Area Man Arrested, Charged with Sexual Assault of 13- and 16-Year-Old

An area man has been arrested and charged with committing sexual crimes against two children, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Monday.

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In Memoriam: Red Bank-Raised, RBH ’53 Grad, Community ‘Firebrand,’ Barbara ‘Bobbie’ Thorpe, 89

Barbara R. Thorpe

Red Bank-raised Red Bank High School graduate, Barbara “Bobbie” Thorpe, of the Lincroft section of Middletown, passed away on Nov. 20, “just four days shy of her 90th birthday.” She was 89.

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