
Photo/courtesy of Jim Mellaci
When doing the TGIF thing, everyone could use a little shot of cheer, good spirits and great memories to kick off the weekend.
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When doing the TGIF thing, everyone could use a little shot of cheer, good spirits and great memories to kick off the weekend.
Continue reading Retro TGIF Shot of Frank’s Bar & Rumson SpiritsWhat a catch! It doesn’t get more simple or summery than crabbing and fishing on the Fair Haven Dock. It’s a time-honored tradition.
New restrictions? Not a 10-gallon cooler in sight. No mattresses. No fires. Nothing but a few fishermen and their bait, poles, traps and some good simple summer times down by the river. It’s how it’s always been on the dock on any given simple summer day to remember.
Take a look and remember your simple summer daze on the Fair Haven Dock …
— Photos by David Vilacoba

You could say they had class. The senior officers of the RFH Class of 1975 definitely had that class. They presided over, represented and ran all things having to do with the Class of ’75.
Continue reading Retro Classy RFH Officers of ’75
It’s all fun and island-hopping games until they have to start a fire.
Yes, there comes a time when summer Rumson island-hopping coolness sets in, parents rang the unheard dinner bell and a bunch of hungry, wayward, marooned kids try to cook that fish they caught and toast their own little buns.
Continue reading Cooking Up ’50s-Style Fun on Starvation IslandThe cause of a motor-vehicle crash that resulted in the driver being hospitalized and in critical condition is under investigation, Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Serious Accident Under Investigation
While the new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge is fully open to motorists and pedestrians, some finishing touch work on and around the bridge continues.
Continue reading New Rumson Sea Bright Bridge Open with Roadway and Sidewalk Travel Advisory in Effect
They partied like it was 1973.
Continue reading Retro RFH 50th Reunion Party TimeIt was National Night Out on Tuesday — a night when police and other emergency responders come together with those they protect and serve for a little community interaction, learning and fun.
Continue reading Focus: National Night Out Fun in Fair Haven
Yes, it’s RFH reunion season. And the RFH Class of ’75 has a big one coming up in September — a 50th.
RFH reunions always involve a lot of partying, gab festing and celebrating. After all, that’s what reunions are for, right?
Continue reading Retro RFH Reunion DancingReprise … in honor of the best of National Night Out times …
Every year there’s a Fair Haven National Night Out.
It’s a night, celebrated on the national level, designed to familiarize residents, from kids to seniors, with police and other emergency responders in town. That Night Out is always the first Tuesday in August. So, Tuesday it is in Fair Haven. There are plenty of Night Out memories to recall, but this featured one is a classic from 13 years ago.
There are games, demonstrations, looks at emergency equipment, food, smiles and handshakes — and a dunk tank.
Continue reading Retro ‘Night Out’ Mayoral Dunkin’The new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge is fully open to both motorists and pedestrians. Monmouth County officials advise, though, that there are still some final roadway and sidewalk work being done as well as new traffic patterns.
Continue reading Focus: Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Open; Roadway, Traffic Pattern Alerts
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