Call it a boatload of waterborne sunshine.
On the cusp of the unofficial start of summer in less than two weeks, thoughts turn to sunny cruising on the Navesink River.
Retro River Cruise into Sunny Daze
Tag Archives: Fair Haven
In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH ’72 Grad, Former Policeman, Fireman, Mike Raleigh, 72
Fair Haven-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate and former borough policeman and fireman, Mike Raleigh, passed away after a battle with cancer on May 11 in Stuart, FL, where he had been more recently living. He was 72.
Retro Fair Haven Police Line-Up
In recognition of National Police Week, we are reposting this Retro Pic of the Day of Fair Haven police …
It’s National Police Week, so it’s only fitting that we take a look back at the Fair Haven Police Department. This look goes back to 2001. It features some officers who have since retired, some who have moved on and some who have passed.
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Sailing into River Rats Season: The FYI on Classes & Open House
Rats! It’s something that might be said if taking the plunge into a longtime classic summer ritual of learning to sail and belonging to The Fair Haven River Rats — that 70-year-old non-profit educational sailing organization on the Navesink River — is missed.
Retro Fair Haven Baseball Giants
Photo/courtesy of Bill Acker
Little league is in full swing, but there are no Giants.
Back in the late 60s or early 70s, there was a whole team full. That team was led by forever Fair Havenite Bill Lang, who was laid to rest back in 2021. He was a giant of a personality and volunteer for all things Fair Haven, so the team’s name was fitting.
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In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Longtime Fair Havenite, Teddy Bowers Clifford, 79
“She was a woman of remarkable warmth, wit, and grace, whose curiosity about the world and genuine interest in the people around her left a lasting impression on all who knew her.”
Rumson-raised longtime Fair Havenite, beloved wife, mother and friend, Theodora “Teddy” Bowers Clifford, passed away peacefully on May 5, at Riverview Medical Center, Red Bank. She was 79.
Focus: America 250 Tea Time in Fair Haven
It was tea time on Sunday in Fair Haven. Rather than a day of rest, the day was full of America 250 festivity at the Smart Start Preschool venue with a good, old-fashioned tea party. Fancy that!
Scene Around: A Polished RFH Grad and a Monumental Fair Haven Preservation Task
They’re polished, alright — RFH Class of ’78 grad Doug DiStefano and his monument subject, that is.
In Memoriam: Fair Havenite Ann Tickner Jankowski
Fair Havenite Ann Tickner Jankowski passed away peacefully at her home, surrounded by loved ones, on April 19.
Retro TGIF Fair Haven Sleepover
If there was ever a perfect night for a classic pre-teen sleepover, tonight might just be the night. It’s all about kid spring fever and celebrating the season with a little help from friends.
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Celebrating Frankie’s Fair Haven Legacy of Luck and Smiles
I could still see him. I believe everyone could. He was standing right up front in the far corner of the packed room. He could see it all from there. And, boy, was he smiling. Head tilted back a bit, to take it all in as best he could, his iconic smile spoke a thousand “How lucky we were” words. The rapturous sigh that emanated from his grin filled the room with his legacy of home-grown love.
I could see him add a wink this time as he read the room. The room, in a still-the-same Columbus Club corner nook on the street where we kids biked down the hill to school, was packed with those kids from his Fair Haven childhood.
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Focus: Liberty Tree Takes Root in Fair Haven
“I am well aware of the toil and blood and treasure, that it will cost us to maintain this Declaration, and support and defend these states. Yet through all the gloom, I can see the rays of ravishing light and glory. I can see that the end is worth more than all the means; and that posterity will triumph in that day’s transaction, even although we should regret it.” ~ John Adams in a letter to his wife Abigail, July 3, 1776.
They planted themselves at Fair Haven Fields on Sunday for the sake of a symbolic dedication of the rooting of 250 years of strength and independence in one tree dubbed The Liberty Tree.
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