Plates weren’t just full, they were overflowing — with spaghetti, meatballs and community love.
Continue reading Focus: Filling Up On Community, Spaghetti and MeatballsIn Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Queen of Social Intoxication,’ Diane Dey, 95

Longtime Rumsonite Diane Merrall Dey, 95, more recently of Atlantic Highlands, “received her angel wings on Saturday evening, Feb. 7. She departed peacefully at home, in the presence of her loving daughter, Merrall, while the Commendation of the Dying was invoked by Father Hank Hilton.”
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Queen of Social Intoxication,’ Diane Dey, 95Old News: Stirring the Pot at the Spaghetti Dinner

The following is a reprise of our Old News column, originally posted on Jan. 30, 2024, about the Fair Haven Fire Department’s Spaghetti Dinner, because tonight’s the night for the longtime annual tradition. Mangia!
People have been filling their gullets with a heaping helping of spaghetti and meatballs at the Fair Haven Fire Department’s annual spaghettini dinner for several decades. And tonight will be no exception.
Continue reading Old News: Stirring the Pot at the Spaghetti DinnerThe R-FH Area Weekend: Spaghetti Dinner Date

Tomorrow is not just another Saturday night. And you do have someone — a whole Fair Haven Fire Department community. It’s a traditional date.
Continue reading The R-FH Area Weekend: Spaghetti Dinner DateIn Memoriam: Longtime Sea Bright Resident, Rose Corrado, 78

Longtime Sea Bright resident, Rose Corrado, passed away peacefully on Feb. 17, surrounded by her family. She was 78.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Sea Bright Resident, Rose Corrado, 78Prosecutor: 26-Year-Old Man Gets 30 Years for 2024 Fatal Shooting
A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to 30 years in state prison for the 2024 fatal shooting of a man, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Thursday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 26-Year-Old Man Gets 30 Years for 2024 Fatal ShootingIn Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite and RFH ’65 Grad, Carol Friscia Butler, 78
Longtime Rumsonite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, Carol Friscia Butler, passed away peacefully, surrounded by family, on Feb. 12 in Morgantown, WV. She was 78.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite and RFH ’65 Grad, Carol Friscia Butler, 78Retro RFH Class Prez Stuff

It’s the stuff … ing presidents are made of — or something like that.
In honor of Presidents’ Day (week), we’re honed in on presidents of the high school class kind — not country. And there have been many class presidents at RFH, some of whom have stuck out like beacons of, well, zaniness. Call them fearless fun leaders.
Continue reading Retro RFH Class Prez StuffPolice Report: 4K Theft, Assault, Weapons, Terroristic Threats, Child Endangerment, Harassment, Criminal Restraint
The following January criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Police Report: 4K Theft, Assault, Weapons, Terroristic Threats, Child Endangerment, Harassment, Criminal RestraintIn Memoriam: Rumson Resident, Barbara DeVito, 88
Rumson resident, Barbara DeVito, formerly of Colts Neck, passed away peacefully on Saturday, Feb. 14. She was 88.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson Resident, Barbara DeVito, 88Prosecutor: 33-Year-Old Area Man Found Guilty of 2023 Murder
A 33-year-old area man has been convicted at trial of murder, murder conspiracy and related weapons charges stemming from fatal 2023 shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: 33-Year-Old Area Man Found Guilty of 2023 MurderRetro RFH Presidential Spirit of ’76


Photos/RFH Yearbook
It’s Presidents’ Day, officially Washington’s Birthday. So, it seemed only appropriate to continue in that theme with retro RFH photos — class presidents, their teams and even the top administrator.
Why not? If the day fits … And, lest we forget that back in the 1970s, there was a bicentennial for the U.S.A. going on. And there was much making of the year in the theme of RFH festivities and the yearbook.
The RFH Class of ’76, in fact, reprised its own ode to our first president, George Washington, with a mock crossing of, shall we say, McCarter Pond?
Continue reading Retro RFH Presidential Spirit of ’76



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