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Old News: RFH’s ‘Damn Yankees’ Summer Theatrics

Leave Lola and the Devil out of it. Whatever RFHers want, RFHers get …

And, back in the summer of ’75, they wanted summer stock theater. And they got it — a brutally fun load of it crammed into five dramatic dancing, singing, acting weeks among RFHers.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

A Rumson side view of the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge, with finished new gate house, under construction
Photo/David Vilacoba

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo schedule this week, with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction projects for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Construction & Travel Advisory

The summer’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction is on a status quo schedule again. Work is scheduled for the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction activities scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Alert

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction
Photo/Nick Lencyzk

Post-Fourth of July holiday, Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is scheduled to continue during its usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hours from Wednesday through Friday, weather permitting, with specific construction activities listed below the travel advisory information.

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Retro Rally for the Naked Sandy Hook Truth

Summertime … and the swimming is easy … and breezy without a suit. So goes the tale of the start of nude sunbathing and swimming at Sandy Hook. It’s been that way for some time now; but, there was a time when the nude beach debate was on like the heat these days and taken to the bridge, of course.

Years ago, in fact, there were some RFH teens rallying via that classic Rumson “bridge” mode of advertising to get a nude beach going on Sandy Hook. Everyone knows how that went.

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Retro Fair Haven Bathing Beauty Firecrackers

Bathing beauties of a Fair Haven neighborhood in 1965
Photo/Sally Van Develde

Reprise … just because it’s time to sizzle, sparkle and boom in the summertime …

Back in the summer of ’65 …  the heat was on in Fair Haven, and some pint-sized bathing beauties were set to walk the walk, if the suit and the bathing cap fit. In the spirit of the season, call them little firecrackers. Celebrity neighborhood sparklers. Whatever the name, they were set for a good, simple backyard game. This one was easy — the suited up line-up. On cue, they struck the pose and gave a big “Cheese!”

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