A look, in photos, of latest area events, local everyday people and places.
It was just one of those fall Sundays — sunny, crisp and bright in every way. And Rumson-Fair Haven area was soaking in it all.
Take a look …
— Elaine Van Develde
With the advent of class picture time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area schools, memories come to mind of favorite teachers striking that pose with students through the years.
Continue reading Retro Deane-Porter Class Pic Days with a Favorite Teacher
— Photos/Fair Haven Fire Department media
That’s no dummy? Well, yeah, it is. You may have seen this guy, girl or, more accurately, gender neutral dummy around the towns. It’s the Fair Haven First Aid CPR dummy — or, more politely and aptly, mannequin.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Real Fair Haven First Aid Dummy
As the effects of Hurricane Florence brushed by the Rumson-Fair Haven area, they culminated in a bevy of rainbow sightings on Tuesday evening. So, with thoughts of what might be lingering Somewhere Over the Rainbow in mind, memories of a staged Oz skit at RFH come to mind.
Rumor, or a National Weather Service report, has it that the sun will come out tomorrow. And we’re not talking about the old musical Annie. It’s locals’ summer weather wish come true from a good source and the telltale sign of rainbows sightings at dusk.
Continue reading Focus: Reprise of a Rumson Locals’ Summer Down by the River
The sun was shining bright and so were community spirits at Saturday’s Oktoberfest in Fair Haven.
It was a sunny Saturday afternoon that had gone to the dogs — literally.
Remember that time when the Fair Haven Oktoberfest was in October?
Fair Haven’s new Oktoberfest tradition continues in September. This Saturday, in fact.
Continue reading Sun Set to Shine on a September Oktoberfest in Fair Haven
Knock-kneed, nervous and all dressed up with somewhere to go, this gaggle Fair Haven neighborhood girls of 1965 lined up so their moms could get that classic first-day-of-kindergarten shot. And there wasn’t a smile among them.
Hundreds walked A Mourning Walk on Sunday to honor their loved ones who have passed. Rumson mom Dawn Tilton Massabni was one of them. So was her son, Georgie and a host of other Team Don’t Shock Me supporters who honored the memory of Maddy Massabni.
Maddy, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School graduate, lost her life at 19 to the ramifications of toxic shock syndrome. That was Dawn’s particular cause. There were many messages to be heard in the mourning of the many others as well.
Continue reading A Mourning Walk for Maddy Massabni & Many Others
They’re walking the walk in the name of Maddy.
Continue reading A Mother’s Mission Endures: Walking the Mourning Walk for Maddy
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