Category Archives: Local Life

A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.

Retro RFH Twirling Halftime

With all the usual buzz about the Super Bowl and its halftime still swirling all over social media, thoughts go back to a time at RFH when twirling made for a dazzling halftime show — on the basketball court. That’s one way to celebrate RFH Basketball season.

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Retro RFH Senior Lounge Groovin’

RFH seniors of 1974 lounge in the Senior Commons
Photo/RFH Yearbook

The year was 1974 and the top hits were The Way We Were and Seasons in the Sun. Ironic …

And back in that year, the seniors at RFH had plenty of joy and fun and some seasons out of the sun. That was OK, though, because they had they had the Senior Commons for those chilly, wintry dank days. It was just the way they were — literally sinking into the groove, known as the groovy floor, in the lounge.

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Retro RFHers’ Cool Campus Hangout

RFHers in the 1970s/RFH Class of ’75 hanging out at The Campus Luncheonette
Photo/RFH Class of ’75 reunion page, Kim Conley

A winter version reprise, by popular demand in the comments about where RFH students went on “frees,” from July 30, 2022 … This was a “free period” hot spot …

It’s all about being cool these winter days. It was in the 70s for RFHers, too.

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Old News: Stirring the Pot at the Spaghetti Dinner

The following is a reprise of our Old News column, originally posted on Jan. 30, 2024, about the Fair Haven Fire Department’s Spaghetti Dinner, because tonight’s the night for the longtime annual tradition. Mangia!

People have been filling their gullets with a heaping helping of spaghetti and meatballs at the Fair Haven Fire Department’s annual spaghettini dinner for several decades. And tonight will be no exception.

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Retro RFH Snow Day Drive

RFH snow day
Photo/George Day

To go along with the second snowfall and snow day by default for R-FH area schools on MLK Day … A snowy reprise and musing about snow days at RFH …

Well, they’re calling it a snow day. It seems like these days it doesn’t take much of the fluffy white stuff to blow the snow day whistle — broadcast it on social media is more like it nowadays.

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