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They were on the hunt for a great time filled with tradition. That was the crew of ’78 on this very day, Oct. 22, 47 years ago, on that infamous Hippie Hill on the Haskell Estate in Middletown, where The Hunt was held annually back in the day. Remember? We do.
It’s elementary … Halloween haunting in the classroom.
Here they are — a group of ghosts, ghouls and other Halloween friends in Fair Haven’s Knollwood School in the 1990s.
It’s October and it’s Hunt season. And any RFHer knows what that means — a sporty party in the great outdoors.
Oops! Looks like someone’s skeleton is out of the closet … and roaming the neighborhood in Fair Haven.
So, a karate kid, a baseball player, a cop, two witches, a vampire and a boxer walk onto a school stage …
That means only one thing. It’s Halloween season and that means that soon it will be school pageant time — or whatever they call it. Yes, it’s that time when all the little guys and ghouls in school get dressed up and parade through the classroom, down the hall and into the auditorium for a spooky show of Halloween spirit — or something like that. Nowadays there’s a Halloween egg hunt in the area towns. That’s something that still has this 1960s and ’70s kid a bit baffled. But, hey, whatever floats your Halloween gondola, Jack-O-Lantern or whatever. It’s still a fun time of year at school.
It’s spooky and kooky Halloween party season.
And there’s nothing quite like a costume party full of festive, fun fiends who take full advantage of the season to say the devil made them do it when it comes to tricks and the sometimes questionable treat of their disguises.
Well, the sun is out and it’s time to start the Halloween parading and take it outside. It’s never too soon to start the festivities, after all.
Continue reading Retro RFH Halloween Parading
What started out as a simple locals’ summer Sunday swim turned, with a deceptive tempestuous tide, into an ocean rescue at the skilled hands of off-duty Long Branch Ocean Rescue and Jersey Shore YMCA lifeguard Cameron Rice, a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior and Fair Havenite.
Continue reading Scene Around: An RFH Senior and a Heroic Locals’ Summer Save
Yes, soccer season has kicked in.
They’re falling for it — that last bit of locals’ summer.
Continue reading Focus: Falling for Sea Bright Locals’ Summer
Hey, brew tender, spend a little time with us!
Continue reading Retro Rumson Cold Brew Tenders’ TGIF
Reprise in honor of the RFH Marching Band’s recent big win in the Tournament of Bands competition …
It’s that time of the year. It’s football season. And that means it’s also time for the RFH Marching Band to play the field, too.
Continue reading Retro RFH Band Marching Times
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