RFH Boys Track circa 1970s
Photo/George Day
You could say this bunch of RFH boys was on track for success … and some fun along the way.
Retro RFH Boys on Track
RFH Boys Track circa 1970s
Photo/George Day
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RFH Boys Track circa 1970s
Photo/George Day
Retro Gowned-Up Fair Haven Girl Grads
Fair Haven eighth graders always do both walks this time of year — the traditional final walk down Third Street and that graduation walk.
Retro Having a ’90s Field Day at Knollwood
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
It’s half past field day time in Fair Haven schools! A reprise in honor of a traditional prequel to summertime for Fair Haven kids …
Once upon a time, in those school days right before summer, when Knollwood School kids gathered on Sportsman’s Field for, well, some Field Day fun, let’s just say it was a bit hard to keep them focused.
Looking Back at Iconic RFH Metal Shop Teacher Bob Carter Through the Rosiest of Goggles
“Happiness lies not in doing what you like to do, but in liking what you have to do.”
That was the motto of longtime RFH metal shop teacher, Bob Carter, in his happy life that was “lived with passion,” his daughter Alison said. And for a bunch of RFH teens who had to go to school, Bob Carter gave them a creative, hands-on something to like a lot while drudging through the sometime doldrums in the “have-to-do” academics of RFH.
Retro RFH Girls’ Track Run
“Rumson Bulldogs put it in gear,” the ’78 RFH Yearbook caption for the photo said.
Well, about half a century later, the RFH Girls Track team put it in high gear and crossed the finish line into the NJSIAA state championship.
Retro RFH Weekend Warriors
Photo/courtesy of Leslie Field Bell
Cheers to the spring sun, fun and RFH alum weekend warrior times!
Yes, there’s nothing quite like a toast to warmer times retro RFH-style! The spring sun is finally out, things are warming up to a summertime temperature and it’s time for a time honored party — or at least a partying spirit.
Retro Stokes Tripping
Photo/Peter Mauger
Post-Memorial Day week is what used to be a longtime tradition of Fair Haven sixth graders taking that trip to Stokes State Forrest. The time of the year has since been switched to fall. So, in honor of the original timing of this rite-of-passage trip to Stokes, we, again, invite you to take a trip back with us. Remember?
It’s that time of the year when Fair Haven schools tradition used to take hold and all good Knollwood sixth graders packed it in and went on their trip to Stokes State Forrest. The buses rolled out of town right after Memorial Day. It’s now been more than 50 years’ worth of Stokes adventuring. Wow.
Retro River Rats’ Rite of Summer Passage
Call it a ratty reprise ode to summertime …
Summers in the Rumson-Fair Haven area are rife with river-oriented activities that have become tradition.
River Rats’ sailing “camp” is no exception. OK, nobody was camping per se. It was more like a little club. Still is. In fact, it’s that time of the year when kids start signing up for summer River Rats fun. In fact, it’s that time — to sign up for the Rats season.
It’s been a sort of rite of living on the Navesink passage for decades — since 1955. Kids learn how to boat and do a lot of summer fun bonding in the process.
Retro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial Day
Photo/George Day
It’s been a Memorial Day of the traditional kind in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. The day was kicked off by parades in Rumson and Fair Haven and solemn services at Victory and Memorial parks, bringing people in the communities together to remember. Groups, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, honoring those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, is the usual visual.
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Retro RFH ’80s Prom Girls’ Pastel Parade
Photo/Angela Carpenter
It’s an ’80s pastel parade of RFH prom queens. There’s no other way to put it.
Retro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the Navesink
It’s that time. Time to get seriously crabby on the river.
Nothing fishy about it. It’s a rite a passage in Fair Haven. It has been since the dawn of time in the borough and surrounding area. Kids, even entire families, buckets and nets in hand, get down to the Navesink River and start netting the crabbiest of crabs.
Retro Fair Haven Police Line-Up
Photo/FHPD
A classic reprise for a reason …
It’s National Police Week.
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