“Happiness lies not in doing what you like to do, but in liking what you have to do.”
That was the motto of longtime RFH metal shop teacher, Bob Carter, in his happy life that was “lived with passion,” his daughter Alison said. And for a bunch of RFH teens who had to go to school, Bob Carter gave them a creative, hands-on something to like a lot while drudging through the sometime doldrums in the “have-to-do” academics of RFH.
Another closing, another bow for the year …
Red Bank-raised longtime Shrewsbury resident, Walter Maurer passed peacefully on May 31 with his loving family by his side. He was 76.
“Rumson Bulldogs put it in gear,” the ’78 RFH Yearbook caption for the photo said.
Well, about half a century later, the RFH Girls Track team put it in high gear and crossed the finish line into the NJSIAA state championship.
They made a run for it and won. The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Girls Outdoor Track and Field team has been named New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) winner.
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, with a schedule of the new bridge openings in effect. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River travel advisory information is also included.
It’s a science that Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) junior Henry Gaus has mastered.
The RFH Class of 2026 academic standout has been selected as a New Jersey Governor’s School scholar for the 42nd Governor’s School of New Jersey in the Sciences.
Cheers to the spring sun, fun and RFH alum weekend warrior times!
Yes, there’s nothing quite like a toast to warmer times retro RFH-style! The spring sun is finally out, things are warming up to a summertime temperature and it’s time for a time honored party — or at least a partying spirit.
Summer has unofficially started. And, as is customary with the season, DWI checkpoints have begun. There’s one in Monmouth County tonight, the Monmouth County DWI Task Force announced.
Post-Memorial Day week is what used to be a longtime tradition of Fair Haven sixth graders taking that trip to Stokes State Forrest. The time of the year has since been switched to fall. So, in honor of the original timing of this rite-of-passage trip to Stokes, we, again, invite you to take a trip back with us. Remember?
It’s that time of the year when Fair Haven schools tradition used to take hold and all good Knollwood sixth graders packed it in and went on their trip to Stokes State Forrest. The buses rolled out of town right after Memorial Day. It’s now been more than 50 years’ worth of Stokes adventuring. Wow.
The cause of a fatal Monday crash in Marlboro is under investigation, Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Wednesday.
Former longtime Little Silver resident and Middletown native, Gerald F. Murphy, known as Jerry and “Murf” to some, passed away on May 22 in Naples, FL. He was 80.
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