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.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident Rich Seeman, 75
Longtime Red Bank resident Rich Seeman passed away on June 8. He was 75.
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Focus: 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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Retro RFH Graduation Blur
It’s all a blur. That’s how some RFH grads of 46 years ago, more and even less feel about their graduation day.
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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity continues this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, with some new advisories concerning roads and summer Shrewsbury River activity.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Adele Meny, 89
Longtime Rumson resident Adele Meny passed away on June 15 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 89.
Adele moved to Rumson in 2004 and was a communicant at Holy Cross Church. “Her faith was strong and she devoted time to faith formation and the rosary group.” She was also a member of the Little Silver Woman’s club for several years.
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Cheers to the Grand Daddies of the R-FH Area
Today is Father’s Day.
And, we at Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect are of the mind that the day was really about much more than flipping a burger and patting a good ol’ dad on the back.
It’s bigger than that. It goes way beyond your own dad’s back yard and a grilling or two.
Growing up in a small-town niche like the Rumson-Fair Haven area carries with it that family tie feeling. Some of us were fortunate enough to have great dads. Some not.
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Retro RFH ’60s Daisy Chain Gang
Photo/courtesy of Kim Christman
In honor of RFH graduation … Reprise of a classic originally posted in June of 2022 …
That’s the sight of the girls working on the Daisy Chain gang! When it comes to RFH graduation traditions gone, the Daisy Chain is a classic, well-remembered one. So are the links in the chain — the girls, not so much the flowers.
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Prosecutor: Area Teen Gets 5 Years for Torture, Killing of Pet Cat
An area teen has been sentenced to five years in prison after being convicted of the 2023 torture and killing of his pet cat, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced Friday.
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DWI Checkpoint Set for Friday Night
On the cusp of official summer and dads and grads weekend, a DWI checkpoint is set for the area tonight through early Saturday morning, The Monmouth County DWI Task Force announced.
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A Little Retro ’70s Fair Haven Graduating Class
Photo/Jill Sorrentino
Graduation time is near. It’s a time when Fair Haven eighth graders walk that graduation walk and that symbolic trek down Third Street. It’s their last — an ode to elementary school.
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Scene Around: Rumson Students Have a Field Day
They had a field day.
Rumson Forrestdale School students gathered outside yesterday for a traditional annual end-of-the-school-year day of fun and games outdoors. It’s literally a field day. And it’s sponsored by the PTO.
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