Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2021 graduation has made an in-person, maskless comeback.
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Closing Time: Oceanic Bridge Stuck Open
UPDATE: The bridge has been repaired and is currently in working condition.
If you’re thinking of traveling to and from Rumson and/or Middletown via the Oceanic Bridge, plan another route.
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Retro RFH Graduation Daisy Chain
Photo/Wanda Becker via Daryl Cooper Ley
The following was originally posted in May of 2017. It is being reprised in honor of the recent RFH graduation, traditions of the past and the RFH Daisy Chain girl featured who passed away in 2019 — Daryl Cooper Ley.
It was considered a privilege and honor. They were chosen from the junior class at RFH to serve as the debutante-like ushers for the graduating class. All dressed in white and supposedly gracefully toting a chain of daisies, the Daisy Chain girls were a fixture of high school finery at graduations in the 1970s.
The origins of the somewhat upper-crust tradition date back to the 1900s, but this Retro Pic of the Day was snapped in 1978.
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Focus: A Barnacle’s River View
Photos/Elaine Van Develde for R-FH Retro exclusively
There’s nothing quite like a burger at Rumson’s Barnacle Bill’s and a sunny, clear day’s river view. It’s a rite of passage for Rumson-Fair Haven area dwellers.
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Retro Fair Haven Eighth Grade Graduation Walk
Photos/Elaine Van Develde
A reprise from last year in honor of the return of the graduation walks and festivities … Congrats to all the eighth grade grads!
There are two different graduation walks when you’re an eighth grade graduate of Fair Haven’s Knollwood School.
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Retro Knollwood Grad Fashionistas
Photo/Sally Van Develde
In honor of eighth grade graduations, a reprise of that look back to Knollwood School Class of 1974 and best buds …
It’s half past eighth grade graduation time in the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
Every year photos up all over social media. And these crews of grade school cronies seem to have a panache we eighth graders of the 1970s lacked. There they all are … posing, arms wrapped around one another, sporting stylish clothes, tans and toothy grins.
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Focus: Rallying for River Health in Rumson
It was a day to pay homage to the rivers.
Clean Ocean Action (COA) and the Rumson Environmental Commission (Rumson EC) hosted the 3rd Annual Rally for the Two Rivers Eco-Fest at Victory Park in Rumson on Saturday.
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Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair Returns for 2021
All’s fair, after all! It’s the post-quarantine, pandemic state-of-emergency news all Fair Havenites at heart, near and far, have been waiting for: The Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair will return this year.
The highly-anticipated news, that was expected by mid-June came via the fair chairmen via social media within the past hour or so:
“We are thrilled to be able to announce that after review with our members, vendors and of course NJ safety protocols, 2021 will see the return of the Firemen’s Fair — Friday, August 27 – Saturday, September 4 (closed Sunday)!
The fair will continue traditions of rides, game booths, Outback and our 50/50 raffles. More details to be announced at a later time.
Our Seafood Dining room will *not* be open at this year’s Fair but will be back in 2022! In the meantime, look forward to planning your Fair week and when the call for volunteers goes out,
please join in the fun!”
Here’s a glimpse back to the last fair in 2019 to boost the good-time memories … (Click on one to enlarge and scroll!)
- A Retro Happy Thanksgiving from the Kids’ Table
- Old News: Giving Thanks for a 1948 Playground, $1 Butts, $2.50 Dinner, Missing Spouses, a Rat War & Verga’s Midnight Bath
- Pre-Thanksgiving DWI Checkpoint Set
- In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Peter ‘Pop’ Henderson, 90
- Retro RFH Thanksgiving Homecoming Touchdown
Focus: Sunny Daze River Time
Photos/Elaine Van Develde for R-FH Retro exclusively
It never gets old, or cold, for that matter — a little time down by the Navesink River in Rumson. It warms the soul.
And when the sun shines, a certain glow is cast over a familiar waterfront scene that can only be described as a locals’ utopia. River time is golden, enduring. The image, the mindset, the enveloping warmth come together in a snapshot that is a forever best friend — always there, always smiling at you, for you, with you. Nothing but bright, pristine sunshine.
Focus on the soothing snapshot (click on one to enlarge and scroll), as some stormy weather lies ahead …
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Retro Classic Fair Haven Fire Company Parading
Photo/FHFD Media
On the second year without Memorial Day parades in the Rumson-Fair Haven area, it’s a good time to remember a classic parading look of the past.
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RFH Wall of Honor Unveiled
Photos/RFH
On the cusp of Memorial Day, the Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Veterans Appreciation Club unveiled its RFH Wall of Honor in honor of alumni serving in the U.S. military.
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Retro Fair Haven Baseball Giants
Photo/courtesy of Bill Acker
Little league is in full swing for 2021, but there are no Giants.
Back in the late 60s or early 70s, there was a whole team full. That team was led by forever Fair Havenite Bill Lang, who was laid to rest recently. He was a giant of a personality and volunteer for all things Fair Haven, so the team’s name was fitting.
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