All posts by Elaine Van Develde

Scene Around: River Rats Reunited; Sailing on in Mayor’s Cup

River Rats congratulate youth sailors, Winston Fils, who is holding his 3rd place trophy, and Isabella Schiavetti. Standing in the back row, left to right, are: Frank Munn, Joe Malik, Jeff Siegal, and River Rats Skipper Jill Lynch.
— Photo/River Rats

A little bit of sun shone through overcast skies when a couple of Fair Haven River Rats were reunited as youth sailors sailed through fair winds and choppy waters recently to participate in the longtime borough maritime tradition, the Mayor’s Cup. 

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In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’85 Grad, Ellen Golembeski Davis, 59

Fair Haven-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH)_ graduate, Ellen Golembeski Davis, more recently of the Belford section of Middletown, passed away peacefully on June 23, surrounded by her family. She was 59.

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Retro Sea Bright Beach Clubbing

Sometimes ya just have to go clubbing … in Sea Bright … before the age of 10.

After all, what good Rumson kid didn’t? Not many, if any. And back in the summer of ’69, little Claire Hurd was one who went clubbing … to Sea Bright Beach Club, of course, with the best of them. It was just the way Rumsonites rolled in the summer. Still do.

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Grow with Grace: Squashed, ‘Bored’ and Herbal

Welcome back to Grow with Grace!

As your garden starts to hit its stride, tomatoes are beginning to ripen, cucumbers are coming in, peppers are producing, and if you planted zucchini, your kitchen is probably starting to fill up. Midseason is when the garden really begins to reward us—but it’s also when some of its biggest challenges start to appear. Let’s dig in!

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Old News: ‘Damn Yankees’ of RFH 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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Retro Rally for the Naked Sandy Hook Truth

Summertime … and the swimming is easy … and breezy without a suit. So goes the tale of the start of nude sunbathing and swimming at Sandy Hook. It’s been that way for some time now; but, there was a time when the nude beach debate was on like the heat these days and taken to the bridge, of course.

Years ago, in fact, there were some RFH teens rallying via that classic Rumson “bridge” mode of advertising to get a nude beach going on Sandy Hook. Everyone knows how that went.

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