Summer skies have cleared, humidity is low and it’s the weather is perfect for some Rumson river time and a few end-of-summer wins down the road at the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.
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Fair Reflections: An Ode to Opening Night of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair
Our annual reprise in celebration of opening night of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair …
All’s fair. The night before. The decades later. It’s something a Fair Haven kid will always see … a shooting star that they grabbed and tucked away in their heart, holding onto the glistening, magical light.
The night is still. A light is on. Trucks are out of the bays. Cartoony faces and ghosts in empty seats on unassembled carnival rides stare back in the dark. Someone’s cooking at the Fair Haven firehouse. It’s fair time.
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Retro Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Carousel Riding
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
More than three decades ago, in 1993, a little girl got on the carousel at the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair and took a ride.
Retro RFH Class of ’78 First Reunion Girls
The year was 1988. It was a decade past graduation, yet, The Hustle was still happening. So was Saturday Night Fever. And three besties had the fever getting set to dance to the tune of the RFH Class of ’78’s first reunion — the 10th in 1988.
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Retro Wheel of Fair Fortune
Photo/FHFD
Reprise, because the countdown to Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair time has begun! Yes, there are games of chance at the fair, but most would agree that everyone’s a winner with the fair and its cache of memories for any area-raised kid. Spin …
“Round and round she goes; and, where she stops, nobody knows.”
That usual was the sing-song mantra echoed through the grounds of the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair back in the day. It was emanating from the guys manning the game of chance booths that still line the grounds — the loud ticking of the wheel with the spin, numbers going round and round, fingers crossed, breath held … until they stopped on that winning number. “Aaaaaand we have a WINNER!” Woohoo!
Retro TGIF Shot of Frank’s Bar & Rumson Spirits
Photo/courtesy of Jim Mellaci
When doing the TGIF thing, everyone could use a little shot of cheer, good spirits and great memories to kick off the weekend.
Simple Summer: Fishin’ for Some Crabby Dock Time
What a catch! It doesn’t get more simple or summery than crabbing and fishing on the Fair Haven Dock. It’s a time-honored tradition.
New restrictions? Not a 10-gallon cooler in sight. No mattresses. No fires. Nothing but a few fishermen and their bait, poles, traps and some good simple summer times down by the river. It’s how it’s always been on the dock on any given simple summer day to remember.
Take a look and remember your simple summer daze on the Fair Haven Dock …
— Photos by David Vilacoba
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- Retro Happy Road Trippin’ RFH Campers
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- In Memoriam: Former Longtime Sea Bright Resident and Teacher, Rosemary Walters, 90
Retro Classy RFH Officers of ’75
You could say they had class. The senior officers of the RFH Class of 1975 definitely had that class. They presided over, represented and ran all things having to do with the Class of ’75.
Cooking Up ’50s-Style Fun on Starvation Island
It’s all fun and island-hopping games until they have to start a fire.
Yes, there comes a time when summer Rumson island-hopping coolness sets in, parents rang the unheard dinner bell and a bunch of hungry, wayward, marooned kids try to cook that fish they caught and toast their own little buns.
Retro Fair Havenites’ Day at the Beach
Retro RFH 50th Reunion Party Time
Photo/Paul Karinja
They partied like it was 1973.
Focus: National Night Out Fun in Fair Haven
It was National Night Out on Tuesday — a night when police and other emergency responders come together with those they protect and serve for a little community interaction, learning and fun.
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