Still zany after all these years. It holds true here.
When generations of RFHers collide like parallel universes on a path of together forever fate, 47 years later seems like yesterday.
Retro RFH Leaders of the Cheer for Champ Dawgs
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Scene Around: RFH Dawg Cheerleaders Still Cheering
It was something to cheer about. The RFH Bulldogs won the state football championship recently. Yet, there wasn’t pompom in sight for this Bulldogs cheerleaders’ pic. Not this time, anyway.
Scene Around: Santa Sleighs All in Firetruck Arrival
Santa Claus came to town in Fair Haven on Friday night. He left his reindeer at home to play their holiday games so he could get a ride in the firetruck.
The R-FH Area Weekend: Santa Visits, Canterbury Christmas Sale
The Christmas spirit is being awakened this weekend by lights, cameras and the sounds of sirens as Santa Claus comes to two towns via firetruck, townies get festive, trees are lit, holiday poses are struck, kid games are played and crafts are sold.
Retro RFH Football Champ Touchdown
Photo/RFH 1976 Yearbook
It’s still all about football at RFH and the winning streak for the Dawgs.
On the heels of RFH’s undefeated streak of 13-0 and latest state finals win (26-24 against Shabazz) that made them state champs, we take you back to a typical home game. The pics feature the RFH champ spirit that has endured decades — nearly half a century, in this case.
Reflection: Benched in Riverfront Sunset Solitude
Someone walked away from the bench. The sun hid behind the clouds. The river’s tide went out. Yet, it never left. Never does.
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Retro Fair Haven Stroll in a Winter Farmland
Photo/courtesy of Pat Reed Wright
Oh, I remember when these here Fair Haven parts were all … farm land?
Scene Around: Tree Time at the Firehouse
Yes, it’s that time of the year. Tree time. And there’s no finer a time than the traditional Christmas tree sale at the Fair Haven Firehouse.
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Old News: Giving Thanks for a 1948 Playground, $1 Butts, $2.50 Dinner, Missing Spouses, a Rat War and Verga’s Midnight Bath
There’s been a lot of hoopla over the new hoops at the revamped McCarter Park in Fair Haven. And it was 76 years ago that the original “playground” seed was sown and there were some pre-Thanksgiving headlines and ads that would make your gravy-sopped, turkey-lovin’ head spin.
Retro RFH Football Champs’ Cheer Lift
Photo/George Day
Yes, they got carried away. And why not? There was and is always something to get carried away over at RFH.
This time it’s all about those RFH Bulldogs and cheer for a winning football season! With a now 12-0 record and a final semi-finals win against Point Friday night, the Dawgs are headed to the state finals in December.
And no one lifts the Dawgs on the field more than the cheer squad — however it turns up — and away with kooky enthusiasm.
Scene Around: A Gem of a Happy Hour for a Former Rumson Mayor
No joke. A former longtime Rumson mayor walks into an oyster bar …
Retro RFH Tower Players’ Fall Play Time
Photo/screen shot of RFH yearbook.
As Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) actors readied for their production of Neil Simon’s Plaza Suite in 1977, more of the same is happening at the high school right now.
The Tower Players are gearing up for their production of Nutcracker … the Musical.
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