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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.
Continue reading Retro RFHer’s Spring Day Tripping
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.
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.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Longtime Rumsonite, Tilda O’Connor, 88
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.
Continue reading Retro RFH Pre-Prom Fun
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.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial Day
Well, there’s nothing like a good Memorial Day grilling.
And there’s also nothing like getting your kid to flip those burgers and tend to the grill like a serious party master — like this barbecue scene back from 1974 in Fair Haven.
Sing it! Row that boat ashore, Michael, Mary, Karen, Lynn, and whoever else has an oar. And, whatever you do, don’t rain on their parade! You couldn’t if you tried.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Folk Singers’ Americana Parading
Road trip, happy campers! Yes, when the spring air hits, a fever spikes to pack it in and get away by going back in time with old buddies.
It’s for the birds — and area nature lovers.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Fair Haven Sanctuary Rededication for the Birds
Call it a boatload of waterborne sunshine.
On the cusp of the unofficial start of summer in less than two weeks, thoughts turn to sunny cruising on the Navesink River.
We know it’s National Police Week. It was kicked off with the annual Police Unity Tour culminating in Washington D.C.. Rumson Police Sgt. Bryan Dougherty has always been a regular on the ride.
In recognition of National Police Week, we are reposting this Retro Pic of the Day of Fair Haven police …
It’s National Police Week, so it’s only fitting that we take a look back at the Fair Haven Police Department. This look goes back to 2001. It features some officers who have since retired, some who have moved on and some who have passed.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Police Line-Up
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