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.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory 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.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Adele Meny, 89 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.
Continue reading Cheers to the Grand Daddies of the R-FH Area
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.
Continue reading Retro RFH ’60s Daisy Chain Gang 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.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Teen Gets 5 Years for Torture, Killing of Pet Cat 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.
Continue reading DWI Checkpoint Set for Friday Night 
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.
Continue reading A Little Retro ’70s Fair Haven Graduating Class 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.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Students Have a Field Day An area man has been convicted of committing an armed robbery of a convenience store in 2023 and could face up to 20 years in prison, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Man Convicted of Armed Robbery of 7-Eleven Longtime Red Bank resident and 1982 Red Bank Regional High School (RBR) graduate, John Jennings, passed away peacefully on June 9. He was 59.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident, RBR ’82 Grad, John Jennings, 59 
It’s half past field day time in Fair Haven schools! A reprise in honor of a traditional prequel to summertime for Fair Haven kids …
Once upon a time, in those school days right before summer, when Knollwood School kids gathered on Sportsman’s Field for, well, some Field Day fun, let’s just say it was a bit hard to keep them focused.
Continue reading Retro Having a Field Day at Knollwood Red Bank resident Al Lynch passed away on Monday, June 3, with his children by his side. He was 92.
A private service is set for June 21.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident Al Lynch, 92 
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