Reunited and it feels so good. Sure does.
Scene Around: RFHers Reuniting After 45 Years
Monthly Archives: June 2026
In Memoriam: Rumsonite Rob Graffeo, 61
Rumsonite Rob Graffeo passed away on June 19, surrounded by the love of his family. He was 61.
Prosecutor: Area Little League Prez Charged with Stealing more than $73K from League
An area little league president has been charged with pilfering more than $73,000 from the organization over the course of roughly three years, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Retro RFH Graduation: The Daisy Chain Girl
Photo/Daryl Cooper Ley
The following was originally posted in May of 2017. It is being re-run in honor of graduation, time honored traditions of the past, and this RFH Daisy Chain girl of ’78, who passed away in February of 2018 — Daryl Cooper Ley.
In high school social circles, it was considered a popularity status symbol to be chosen for the chain. Daryl wasn’t all too thrilled about it at the time. It had confirmed what only her closest friends knew — that she was cool. It was often repeated to her. “I didn’t think so,” was always her answer. Sorry, Dar. We win. Got the last word. You were. RIP, Dar. You are remembered … in our hearts, souls and print, like it or not! Love you forever more. Oh, she would kill me …
It was considered a privilege and honor. They were chosen from the junior class at RFH to serve as the debutante-like ushers for the graduating class. All dressed in white and supposedly gracefully toting a chain of daisies, the Daisy Chain girls were a fixture of high school finery at graduations in the 1970s.
The origins of the somewhat upper-crust tradition date back to the 1900s, but this Retro Pic of the Day was snapped in 1978.
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Cheers to the Grand Daddies of the R-FH Area
It’s Father’s Day.
And, we at Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect are of the mind that the day was really about much more than flipping a burger and patting a good ol’ dad on the back.
It’s bigger than that. It goes way beyond your own dad’s back yard and a grilling or two.
Growing up in a small-town niche like the Rumson-Fair Haven area carries with it that family tie feeling. Some of us were fortunate enough to have great dads. Some not.
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Retro RFH Graduation Traditions
Our annual RFH graduation reprise in honor of the RFH Class of 2025 … Congrats!
RFHers are doing the graduation walk tonight. 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 (when the stadium was being renovated) 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 in pandemic times, the venue was outside, masked and virtual. And, again, back to Monmouth.
Prosecutor: 33-Year-Old Area Man Gets Life in Prison for 2023 Murder
A 33-year-old area man has been sentenced to life in prison plus ten years on murder and weapons charges stemming from a fatal 2023 shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Scene Around: Fair Haven Graduation Walk Talk
They walked the walks — two, that is. Yes, Fair Haven’s Knollwood School eighth grade graduation happened last night.
In Memoriam: Former Fair Havenite Maura Hickey McCarthy, 61
Former Fair Havenite Maura Hickey McCarthy, of Red Bank, formerly of passed away on Monday, June 15. She was 61.
Retro Knollwood Grads Walking the Walk
It’s graduation day for Fair Haven’s Knollwood School Class of 2026.
In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident, Mary Trozzo, 89
Red Bank resident, Mary Trozzo, formerly of Astoria, Queens, passed away peacefully on Monday, June 15. She was 89.
Retro RFH Guys’ Summer Dive
Photo/RFH Yearbook 1976
The sun has been brutal in its summer sneak peaks these days. So, daydreaming about a cool summer time when a dive into the ocean in Sea Bright was all you needed comes a lot easier than that ball of fire and that imminent need to chill.
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