A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
There’s nothing quite like a burger at Rumson’s Barnacle Bill’s and a sunny, clear day’s river view. It’s a rite of passage for Rumson-Fair Haven area dwellers.
Continue reading Focus: A Barnacle’s River View
A reprise from last year in honor of the return of the graduation walks and festivities … Congrats to all the eighth grade grads!
There are two different graduation walks when you’re an eighth grade graduate of Fair Haven’s Knollwood School.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Eighth Grade Graduation Walk
In honor of eighth grade graduations, a reprise of that look back to Knollwood School Class of 1974 and best buds …
It’s half past eighth grade graduation time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
Every year photos up all over social media. And these crews of grade school cronies seem to have a panache we eighth graders of the 1970s lacked. There they all are … posing, arms wrapped around one another, sporting stylish clothes, tans and toothy grins.
Continue reading Retro Knollwood Grad FashionistasIt was a day to pay homage to the rivers.
Clean Ocean Action (COA) and the Rumson Environmental Commission (Rumson EC) hosted the 3rd Annual Rally for the Two Rivers Eco-Fest at Victory Park in Rumson on Saturday.
Continue reading Focus: Rallying for River Health in RumsonAll’s fair, after all! It’s the post-quarantine, pandemic state-of-emergency news all Fair Havenites at heart, near and far, have been waiting for: The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair will return this year.
The highly-anticipated news, that was expected by mid-June came via the fair chairmen via social media within the past hour or so:
“We are thrilled to be able to announce that after review with our members, vendors and of course NJ safety protocols, 2021 will see the return of the Firemen’s Fair — Friday, August 27 – Saturday, September 4 (closed Sunday)!
The fair will continue traditions of rides, game booths, Outback and our 50/50 raffles. More details to be announced at a later time.
Our Seafood Dining room will *not* be open at this year’s Fair but will be back in 2022! In the meantime, look forward to planning your Fair week and when the call for volunteers goes out,
please join in the fun!”
Here’s a glimpse back to the last fair in 2019 to boost the good-time memories … (Click on one to enlarge and scroll!)
It never gets old, or cold, for that matter — a little time down by the Navesink River in Rumson. It warms the soul.
And when the sun shines, a certain glow is cast over a familiar waterfront scene that can only be described as a locals’ utopia. River time is golden, enduring. The image, the mindset, the enveloping warmth come together in a snapshot that is a forever best friend — always there, always smiling at you, for you, with you. Nothing but bright, pristine sunshine.
Focus on the soothing snapshot (click on one to enlarge and scroll), as some stormy weather lies ahead …
Continue reading Focus: Sunny Daze River Time
On the second year without Memorial Day parades in the Rumson-Fair Haven area, it’s a good time to remember a classic parading look of the past.
Continue reading Retro Classic Fair Haven Fire Company ParadingThey’re back on the water again.
Continue reading Scene Around: RFH Rowing the Boat Offshore
There’s nothing quite like a sighting of a pretty famous (around these Rumson-Fair Haven parts, anyway) 86-year-old dad doing dad stuff for his daughter “the right way” — just like a dad.
Continue reading Scene Around: Iconic Dad Knows Best
Curtain up and enter stage right!
With the masked pandemic time RFH Tower Players’ debut on Friday of its first-time outdoor show, it’s only right to pay tribute to the RFH stage and show time entrances gone by.
Continue reading Retro RFH Show Time Curtain Up!
It’s National Police Week.
With that, the Retro Pic of the Day honors the Rumson Police Department with a glimpse of its officers of the past, courtesy of a photo from the Rumson PD Facebook page.
Whatever year it was, it looks as though there were eight officers in the department then.
Our guess, considering the uniforms, that Perri Eli was chief at the time.
The photo features: Henry Kruse, James Wallace, David Kenney, Edmond Desmond, Perri Eli, John Connett, Seth Johnson and William Zerr.
Do you know who the juvenile officer was at the time? Ranks? Who was your favorite old time police officer from when you were growing up?
Have you thanked a police officer today?
— Elaine Van Develde
There’s another centenarian in Fair Haven known to give 100 percent to its community.
The Fair Haven Fire Department Auxiliary, formerly the Ladies’ Auxiliary, turned 100 years old on March 21, making the volunteer organization just nine years younger than Fair Haven itself.
Continue reading Fair Haven’s New Centenarian: The Fire Department’s Auxiliary
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