There’s nothing like chilling with the cool kids when you’re a middle schooler. And these Rumson boys knew just how to lead the coolness brigade back in the 1970s at Forrestdale School.
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Scene Around: Ann Dupree’s Fair Haven Farewell
Flanked on Sunday by friends, neighbors and fellow Fair Haven Fire Department (FHFD) volunteers, seemingly forever Fair Havenite Ann Dupree bade goodbye before leaving her River Road home of more than half a century.
Continue reading Scene Around: Ann Dupree’s Fair Haven FarewellRetro RFH ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Lovey Show Time
The RFH Tower Players are prepping a boatload of fun on stage with Anything Goes in a few weeks. And sometimes you just never know who will show up as an audience stowaway — or something like that.
Continue reading Retro RFH ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Lovey Show TimeRetro RFH Rainy Day Lunching
Well, rainy days like today and hangin’ in the Senior Commons at RFH were just about as cool as The Carpenters’ hit song in the 1970s. It didn’t have to be on Monday, though. And nothing got RFHers down when it came to Halloween fun and lounging. The fun just stayed inside and all RFH cozy-like.
Let’s face it. It’s not every day that you get the chance to grab a bite of good ol’ RFH cafeteria grub — or a little scary costumed sustenance, let’s say.
It’s also not every day that you get the chance to “cop a squat” in the RFH senior lounge to ingest the spirit, or spirits, of the day in the company of Harpo and Groucho Marx.
Continue reading Retro RFH Rainy Day LunchingRetro RFH Basketball Cheer Time
A little reprise to celebrate basketball season …
Yes, it’s RFH basketball season. You’ve seen these RFH “ladies” before …
They cheered on the crowd and the players in that infamous 1970s student-faculty basketball game.
Continue reading Retro RFH Basketball Cheer TimeRetro Sea Bright Corner of Melody, Sail & Cheers
It’s Sunday fun day. Do you know where your imbibing fun-seekers are? No, it isn’t Cheers. It’s a younger, hipper ’70s or ’80s Sea Bright version of it, though. The gathering spot was the iconic Melody Corner/Sail Inn.
Continue reading Retro Sea Bright Corner of Melody, Sail & CheersReunited: RFH Ladies of the Round Table
Still “imbibing and pursuing leisurely interests” after all these years. That would be the RFH Ladies of the Round Table. You’ve seen them before in a ’70s Retro Pic of the Day and they’ve been at it again “all these years” later — at a gathering in Delray Beach, FL.
Continue reading Reunited: RFH Ladies of the Round TableRetro RFH Basketball Slam Dunkin’
Photo/George Day
Well, boys basketball season at RFH is here; and, it’s usually slam dunk of a success.
Continue reading Retro RFH Basketball Slam Dunkin’Retro RFH Class Prez Stuff
It’s the stuff … ing presidents are made of — or something like that.
In honor of Presidents Day, we’re honed in on presidents of the class kind — not country. And there have been many class presidents at RFH, some of whom have stuck out like beacons of, well, zaniness. Call them fearless fun leaders.
Continue reading Retro RFH Class Prez StuffRetro RFH Cool Dudes’ Winter Swim
No, it’s not the swim team.
This Retro Pic of the Day takes us back to a time at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) when taking a dip in the ocean at the chilliest of winter times was, well, very cool as a Polar Bear Club member. Yes, it was a club back then.
Continue reading Retro RFH Cool Dudes’ Winter SwimOld News: Valentine’s Day Dough, Perfume and Vinegar
Call it Valentine’s sustenance. Since Cupid’s arrow was first slung back in the dark ages, there have been hard hits, softer ones and total misses since. But there’s always been a little bit of sweet, sour and downright doughy satisfying for the Valentine’s Day palate, with a little kooky sprinkled on top.
Continue reading Old News: Valentine’s Day Dough, Perfume and VinegarRetro Donovan’s Barren Snowcapped Tiki Daze
There’s nothing quite like a little tiki party in the snow in Sea Bright.
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