It’s about that time of the year. Yes, it’s that time when Fair Haven eighth graders do two walks of tradition — the final walk down Third Street and that graduation walk.
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Environmental FYI: Monmouth U, Surfrider Foundation Partner to Expand Ocean Water Quality Monitoring
Monmouth University will serve as the newest partner in the Surfrider Foundation’s Blue Water Task Force (BWTF), a nationwide network dedicated to monitoring water quality at public beaches.
Retro RFH Buds and Bridge Messaging
There’s nothing like a best buddy — or a few best buds. There was also nothing like the combination of best friends and the iconic bridge that was a leftover statue or cement billboard of sorts from the McCarter estate in Rumson.
So, to pay tribute to both buds and the bridge, the Retro Pic of the Day offers a glimpse of both in milestone moments of friends paying homage to one another by painting the bridge way back in time.
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Focus: Ending Ruth Blaser’s Love Story in Her Fair Haven
Retro Cool River Rat Daze
Photo/courtesy Marc Edelman, Facebook
All’s cool with these little rats in the pool … or, more like down by the river! A reprise from 2018 in ode to the tradition of summer recreating on the river in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. It’s all about River Rats, one summer rite of passage in the area …
Unofficial summertime is here, with the official season’s start soon to set sail. And summers in the Rumson-Fair Haven area are rife with river-oriented activities that have become tradition.
River Rats’ sailing “camp” is no exception. OK, nobody was camping. It was more like a little club. Still is.
It’s been a sort of rite-of-living-on-the-Navesink passage for decades — since 1955. Kids learn how to boat and do a lot of summer fun bonding in the process.
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Retro RFH Boys on Track
RFH Boys Track circa 1970s
Photo/George Day
You could say this bunch of RFH boys was on track for success … and some fun along the way. Note: The poser with running shoes for eyes. The shoes have eyes? Or the eyes have shoes? Which came first?
Prosecutor: Early Sunday Shooting Incident Under Investigation
An investigation is underway into a shooting incident that occurred early this morning that left one victim injured, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Sunday.
Retro RFHer’s Spring Day Tripping
Photo/George Day
In celebration of spring, a reprise featuring a popular RFH guy …
Finally. The spring rains have gone away and the thermometer has amped up to where it should be — or close, at least.
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Old News: RFH Hollywood-Style Prom Glamming
The RFH Senior Prom was Friday and people are still talking about it and its stylings — or writing about it on social media.
The photos of prom ways of 2024 gave fossils of RFH yesteryear proms something to talk about — in their vintage minds, anyway.
In Memoriam: Former Longtime Rumsonite, Tilda O’Connor, 88
Former longtime Rumsonite, Mathilda “Tilda” Donahue O’Connor, passed away peacefully on May 11, 2026, in Arlington, VA, surrounded by the family she spent her lifetime nurturing. She was 88.
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Retro RFH Pre-Prom Fun
Photo/Kathy Richardson Golden
A reprise originally posted in June of 2019 just because … it’s prom season!
It’s half past RFH Senior Prom time. And we know that some prom traditions have been upheld through generations while others have not — and sometimes that’s a good thing, depending on the trend.
One thing’s for sure, though, and that’s the prom fact that all good prom-goers gather before they set out for their quality prom time.
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Retro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial Day
Photo/George Day
It’s set to be a Memorial Day of the traditional kind in the Rumson-Fair Haven area — rain be damned. The day will be kicked off by parades in Rumson and Fair Haven and solemn services at Victory and Memorial parks, bringing people in the communities together to remember. Groups, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, honoring those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, is the usual visual.
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