After more than a decade’s worth of stakeholder meetings, planning, design development, final plans and, finally, construction, the long-anticipated new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge has been completed and opened for travel yesterday.
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Retro RFHer’s Sea Bright Beach Cruise

Photo/Glenn McCauley
There’s nothing quite like a beach cruise — in the parking lot of any Sea Bright beach in the 70s.
Continue reading Retro RFHer’s Sea Bright Beach CruiseNew Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge to Open for Travel
Locals have been long buzzing about when or if the new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge will ever be opened for traversing. And it will — sooner than many anticipated.
Continue reading New Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge to Open for TravelRFH Class of ’75 Set for 50th Reunion; Shout-Out to Find the Missing
Call it Dawggone golden … with purple highlights, of course.
Continue reading RFH Class of ’75 Set for 50th Reunion; Shout-Out to Find the MissingScene Around: Fair Haven Schools Upgrades Progress Report
Dubbed Vision 2020 Strategic Plan, a $15.6 million referendum for improvements to Knollwood and Viola L. Sickles schools in Fair Haven is showing some wind-up finishing touches.
Continue reading Scene Around: Fair Haven Schools Upgrades Progress ReportRetro Rumson Dock Cat-Eyed Coolness

Photo/courtesy of Paul Karinja.
Reprise from Aug. 23, 2022, because we’re having a July heat wave …
There’s nothing quite like sitting on the dock of the … river in Rumson. Though this was never seen as wasting time. Savoring it was more like it. Still is.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Dock Cat-Eyed CoolnessRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is on its status quo schedule this week, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday Aug. 1, weather permitting. Specific construction scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction AdvisorySimple Summer: The RFH Musical Mom Connection on the Dock
“This is me not crabbing on the dock during a concert! Thanks to everyone who came out to listen to The Band of the Two Rivers season finale!” ~ Joanne Formisano

Photo/Joanne Formisano
No one was crabby about it, just fishing for some music. Call it a simple summer note of musical appreciation and RFH connection. An RFH Performing Arts Society mom took center dock to play to her own tune of musical talent with the Band of the Two Rivers on Wednesday.
Continue reading Simple Summer: The RFH Musical Mom Connection on the DockRetro Hot Rumson Summer Coolness
Back in the day, Rumson summers weren’t all about going to the beach club from dawn ’til dusk.
For some, it was as simple skipping the packing up of the family, not to mention the cost, and just laying a blanket out on the lawn and catching some rays while the kids played.
Continue reading Retro Hot Rumson Summer CoolnessMeet R-FH Retro’s New Intern
You’ll see him around the towns. Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect (R-FH Retro) has a new intern and he’s on the Rumson-Fair Haven area beat and ready to help out and get the towns covered a bit more. David is eager to capture hyperlocal news, fun scenes around the towns, a little history and events.
Continue reading Meet R-FH Retro’s New InternRFH Scores High with AP Placement Exams
The statistics are in; and Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) has placed very high on its students’ Advanced Placement (AP) exam scores.
Continue reading RFH Scores High with AP Placement ExamsRetro Rumson Renegades in the Park

Photo/courtesy of Ed Pomphrey, Rumson historical archives
It’s just plain campy! There’s nothing like a nice summer day replete with some bubble-blowing, power-posing, bathing suited, short-sporting kids on a mission to make some summer fun — at camp … or something like it.
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