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A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
Retro RFH Springy Mime Cheer
Spring has arrived! And despite the bit of a chill in the air, the fever has broken. Warmth and sunnier days are ahead; and what better way to celebrate than with a giant leap and cheer?
Retro RFH Baseball Batting 1,000
Photo/George Day
Spring is in the air — sort of — and it’s just about batter up time at RFH.
So, on the cusp of spring, our Retro Pic of the (George) Day also commemorates the coming of the baseball season — the warm-up, the game and all.
Here’s a shot from the 1970s of some RFHers playing ball. The batter up? Recognize him? How about those teammates on the sideline?
Remember these uniforms?
Thanks, again, to George Day for this and so many other great photos!
- In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Dory Reagan, 95
- In Memoriam: Former Longtime Sea Bright Resident and Teacher, Rosemary Walters, 90
- Retro River Cruise into Sunny Daze
- Prosecutor: Former Cop Gets 17 Years for 2021 Vehicular Homicide, DUI
- In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’72 Grad, Former Policeman, Fireman, Mike Raleigh, 72
Retro RFHers’ Rainy Day NYC St. Pat’s Parade
It rained on their parade. Yes, RFH Drill Team and Marching Band members took a traditional trek to the NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade to march back in 1977 and it rained — it poured.
Prosecutor: Skeletal Remains Found; Investigation Underway
Skeletal remains have been found on a Wall Township property and, as an investigation ensues, authorities advise that the public should stay away from the area and no danger has been posed to the community.
Scene Around: For the Love & Art of Cooper Ley
It has been said that to honor someone best who has passed is to craft a remembrance of them as they lived — in all their color, vibrance and black-and-white finite detail. A sketch, a painting, a doodle expressing the intricate beauty within a soul.
Continue reading Scene Around: For the Love & Art of Cooper Ley
Focus: Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parading
The Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade passed by on Sunday with much fanfare and plenty of smiling Rumson Irish eyes.
Focus: Rumson St. Pat’s Day Parade VIP Partying
Before the parade passed by, VIPs gathered at Val’s and celebrated stepping out into the 11th Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade on Sunday.
The R-FH Area Weekend: St. Pat’s Parading, Partying & Art
The headline really should just say “The R-FH Area Sunday,” as Sunday seems to be the day for all events R-FH area related.
Retro RFH Rainy Day Clowns in a Clown Car
Photo/George Day
Sometimes you just find yourself up a puddle without a paddle. And sometimes the way around it, or through it, is by spilling out of a VW bug like a bunch of RFH clowns in a clown car.
Retro Cool in the Rumson Forrestdale Gang
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.
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.
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