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A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
Retro ‘Just Ducky’ McCarter Pond Daze
Photo/Kathy Robbins
Duck, duck … goose? Nope. This is more like the “Duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck, duck … kid, kid, kid … and a pond” game. Yeah, that’s it. Whatever way you look at it, it’s a pretty simple concept, just like that old Duck Duck Goose game.
Retro RFH Girl Gang On the Fence
Photo/RFH yearbook
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here — the Rumson Rail Gang, that is. Where’s here? On the fence, of course, in at least one way.
Retro RFH Track & Field Warm-Up
Photo/George Day
Spring is in the air; and, especially considering the recent indoor track championship, RFHers are on track for good run in the season’s start to outdoor RFH Track & Field.
Retro RFH Sunny Daze Chat & Ride
Photo/RFH yearbook
Well, the sun came out and dried up all the wintry yuck.
And when the sun comes out, it’s always been a rite of passage for RFHers to get outside. No, we’re not talking about cutting class. We’re just saying that when the sun calls after a stretch of yuck, RFH students have always answered with at least a trip to the front, side, or back of the high school — or Piping Rock Park … or the old Campus Luncheonette.
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Scene Around: Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parading 2025
The Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade passed by for the 12th year on Sunday.
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Retro Getting In Step with an RFH Icon
Photo/RFH Yearbook
A reprise originally posted on, no fooling, April 1, 2021, because on a dreary day, sometimes an RFHer just has to get up and dance. Cheers to the leader, the iconic George Giffin …
“OK, pick your dance partners,” RFH’s iconic George Giffin said at a 70s ballroom dance class.
The cool guys scurried to get the most popular girls as the tune countdown ticked away. I was the last girl left. Left footed, Lainey. Yep. Giff chuckled a little, looked at the two boys left as they backed into the wall like frightened wallflower turtles.
Retro RFH Spring Fever Drive
Photo/George Day
A reprise to warm hearts as the sun comes out and spring is on the horizon …
Spring is coming, folks. The weather is warming up. Sort of. People are shedding coats for sweaters and getting out and about a little more each day.
The sun has been peering brightly, albeit with a sting in the air. Call it classic spring fever. Thoughts of sunny, warm, spring-is-almost-in-the-air antics are racing through minds, especially those of high schoolers.
Retro RFH Spring Bug Fever
Photo/RFH Yearbook
With the first hint of spring in the air today, you could say that these RFH guys caught the spring bug — and soaked it and its sunny vibe right up!
Retro RFH Basketball Slam Dunkin’
Photo/George Day
A slam dunk of a reprise to honor the RFH Boys Basketball season … Go Bulldogs!
Yes, it’s basketball season. And there’s some championship kind of playing going on with the RFH Boys Basketball team, as usual.
And while some things never change, including family names still involved in the sport at RFH, there are also many changes — like uniforms and, of course, the audience.
Retro Forrestdale Basketball Court Jestering
Photo/George Day
These courts are made for basketball — and jokesters. Maybe not. But, a couple of Rumson’s Forrestdale guys somehow stole center court, or stage, at a basketball game in the 1970s.
Retro RFH Twirly Halftime Show Directors
The usual chatter about the Super Bowl halftime is always incessant. It’s still going on all over social media. And much like the seemingly nonstop beat, beat, beat of the music, those memories of the steady ol’ high school marching band rhythm drone on in the minds of retro thinkers.
So, we march to the beat and remember those RFH halftime shows of yesteryear. The memories are all about the high school band and a timeless show that hasn’t seen its football field stage or basketball court in decades.
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