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.
Continue reading Focus: A Forrestdale Graduation Selfie PeekRetro 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.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation BlurRumson-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.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel AdvisoryIn 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.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Adele Meny, 89Prosecutor: 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.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Area Teen Gets 5 Years for Torture, Killing of Pet CatDWI 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.
Continue reading DWI Checkpoint Set for Friday NightA 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.
Continue reading A Little Retro ’70s Fair Haven Graduating ClassScene 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.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Students Have a Field DayProsecutor: Area Man Convicted of Armed Robbery of 7-Eleven
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-ElevenIn Memoriam: Longtime Red Bank Resident, RBR ’82 Grad, John Jennings, 59
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, 59In Memoriam: Red Bank Resident Al Lynch, 92
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, 92Retro RFHers’ Great Summer Adventure
A reprise in honor of these summer days and close encounters among RFH friends …
When summer hits in the Rumson-Fair Haven area, teens tend to flock to the Sea Bright beach clubs … the river … the public beach (yes) … Donovan’s … or they hit the road and set out for a great adventure, albeit a sweaty one on some long lines to a big ride, a log flume, a dip in a crowded wading pool or something else that veers away, like a preppy style train wreck, from the R-FH area summer norm.
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