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.
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A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
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.
Retro RFH ‘Gilligan’s Island’ Lovey Show Time
The RFH Tower Players are prepping a boatload of fun on stage with Anything Goes in a few weeks. And sometimes you just never know who will show up as an audience stowaway — or something like that.
Retro RFH Basketball Cheer Time
Photo/George Day
A little reprise to celebrate basketball season …
Yes, it’s RFH basketball season. You’ve seen these RFH “ladies” before …
They cheered on the crowd and the players in that infamous 1970s student-faculty basketball game.
Reunited: RFH Ladies of the Round Table
Still “imbibing and pursuing leisurely interests” after all these years. That would be the RFH Ladies of the Round Table. You’ve seen them before in a ’70s Retro Pic of the Day and they’ve been at it again “all these years” later — at a gathering in Delray Beach, FL.
Retro RFH Cool Dudes’ Winter Swim
Photo/RFH yearbook
No, it’s not the swim team.
This Retro Pic of the Day takes us back to a time at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) when taking a dip in the ocean at the chilliest of winter times was, well, very cool as a Polar Bear Club member. Yes, it was a club back then.
Retro Donovan’s Barren Snowcapped Tiki Daze
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
There’s nothing quite like a little tiki party in the snow in Sea Bright.
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Foundation of Fair Haven Saddles Up for Hoe-Down
Saddle up, Fair Haven! The Foundation of Fair Haven has announced its first Haven Hoe-Down, promising a rootin’ tootin’ good time while raising funds for the Fair Haven Day and other community initiatives.
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Retro FHFD Installation Dinner Times
Photos by Kathy Robbins … Slideshow by Elaine Van Develde
A reprise celebrating Fair Haven Fire Department Installation Dinners of the past with good line officers and department members of the past, many now gone, because the department reprised its traditional Installation Dinner over the weekend. Look back with us and remember the faces of those who served and leave behind a strong legacy to help.
It’s an honored, good-time tradition. The Fair Haven Fire Department recently had its Installation Dinner. Every New Year, new line officers are officially installed and honored and outgoing officers and members are honored in a thank you dinner dance.
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