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.
A 21-year-old area man has been charged with attempted murder and related weapons offenses in connection with a Monday shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Tuesday.
The following May criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Red Bank police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Reunited and it feels so good. Sure does.
Rumsonite Rob Graffeo passed away on June 19, surrounded by the love of his family. He was 61.
An area little league president has been charged with pilfering more than $73,000 from the organization over the course of roughly three years, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
The following was originally posted in May of 2017. It is being re-run in honor of graduation, time honored traditions of the past, and this RFH Daisy Chain girl of ’78, who passed away in February of 2018 — Daryl Cooper Ley.
In high school social circles, it was considered a popularity status symbol to be chosen for the chain. Daryl wasn’t all too thrilled about it at the time. It had confirmed what only her closest friends knew — that she was cool. It was often repeated to her. “I didn’t think so,” was always her answer. Sorry, Dar. We win. Got the last word. You were. RIP, Dar. You are remembered … in our hearts, souls and print, like it or not! Love you forever more. Oh, she would kill me …
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.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation: The Daisy Chain GirlIt’s 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.
Continue reading Cheers to the Grand Daddies of the R-FH Area
Our annual RFH graduation reprise in honor of the RFH Class of 2025 … Congrats!
RFHers are doing the graduation walk tonight. And it’s a walk that has veered off onto different paths over the years — but always to Pomp & Circumstance.
Wow. So much has changed, yet stayed the same. The venue has gone from the RFH Borden Stadium to the front lawn to the Borden Stadium (when the stadium was being renovated) and the football field again to the RFH auditorium and mixed up and around over the years. Now it’s at the Monmouth University. And in pandemic times, the venue was outside, masked and virtual. And, again, back to Monmouth.
A 33-year-old area man has been sentenced to life in prison plus ten years on murder and weapons charges stemming from a fatal 2023 shooting, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
They walked the walks — two, that is. Yes, Fair Haven’s Knollwood School eighth grade graduation happened last night.
Former Fair Havenite Maura Hickey McCarthy, of Red Bank, formerly of passed away on Monday, June 15. She was 61.
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