It was all about the fireworks with a morning 5K run on the Fourth of July in Fair Haven.
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Retro Patriotic Peace Pals

Photo /courtesy of Karen Allas
A red-white-and-blue patriotic reprise, just because July 4th is tomorrow …
Peace out. Patriotism. Well-played play date, kids. They were not crooks and they were no Richard Nixon wannabes. But they were at least budding impersonators. Perhaps. Or just era-inspired posers.
Continue reading Retro Patriotic Peace PalsNames in Fair Haven News: New Administrator, Volunteers

Who’s who and what? Well, in Fair Haven, starting at the literal top of the list, the borough’s new administrator, Christopher York, started work on Monday.
Continue reading Names in Fair Haven News: New Administrator, VolunteersRetro Rumson Beach Boys’ Stand-Off

Photo/ courtesy of Cindy Crowley
A reprise in honor of those “just beachy” days of summer … Here’s to summer days in Sea Bright!
Call them the 60s beach boys of Rumson. They were … from Rumson and on the beach. Boys on the beach. Yeah, that’s it.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Beach Boys’ Stand-OffRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Holiday & Summer Travel Alert

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity continues this week Monday through Wednesday, weather permitting, with some new advisories concerning roads, summer Shrewsbury River activity and July 4th holiday time off.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Holiday & Summer Travel AlertScene Around: A Fairwell to a Fair Haven Borough Administrator

It was a Fair Haven farewell.
At Monday night’s Borough Council meeting, the governing body, friends and family of retiring Fair Haven Borough Administrator Theresa Casagrande gathered for her final meeting and a little send-off.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Fairwell to a Fair Haven Borough AdministratorScene Around: Painting the Chapel with Community Love
Call it a Fair Haven of a community giving day.
The folks at Fair Haven Fisk AME Chapel would answer that with an “Amen!” A call for help in sprucing up the chapel that anchors much of Fair Haven’s history, more like its actual roots, was put out and the community heeded it.
Continue reading Scene Around: Painting the Chapel with Community LoveOld News: Heatwave of Smoking Hot Insanity
Yes, we’re having a heatwave — and there’s nothing tropically alluring about it. It’s smoking-hot sweaty-ugly.
We’re talking heatwave now. We’ll get to the smoking hot story of insanity in a minute. And you really don’t want to miss that butt of the newsreel.
Continue reading Old News: Heatwave of Smoking Hot InsanityRetro Rumson Diva Dive

Photo/Ken Card courtesy of Alice Mansfield
Dive in! Sign of the times? The “No Diving” signs are all over the docks. Well, at least the one that’s left in Fair Haven. Yet, a good dive has been known to transcend times and signs.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Diva DiveGetting the Clear Retro RFH Graduation Picture

Sometimes those ’70s RFH graduation memories are not all a blur. They’re crystal clear. In focus. Like this Pomp and Circumstance walk snapshot back in time.
Continue reading Getting the Clear Retro RFH Graduation PictureFocus: A Glimpse at RFH Grads’ Moments
It was a milestone moment met with a lot of cheers and tears. The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2024 graduated at Monmouth University, this era’s graduation venue tradition, on Friday night.
Continue reading Focus: A Glimpse at RFH Grads’ MomentsFocus: A Forrestdale Graduation Selfie Peek
A selfie is worth 113 students’ words. Getting the authenticity of the individuality picture was the message relayed to 113 eighth grade graduates of Forrestdale School in Rumson on Monday evening.
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