It doesn’t get any simpler or better — best of childhood friends never parting.
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Scene Around: RFH Class of ’83 Reuniting
Photo/courtesy of Sandi Burns
They didn’t wait for that banner even numbered 40th reunion. They just couldn’t wait.
No, The Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of ’83 went ahead and had a pretty untraditional, unprecedented (at least in formal reunion style) 39th reunion over the weekend.
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Retro River Rats Summer Sail
Photo/Marc Edelman
It’s a rainy Monday, did you get your River Rat time in over the sunny weekend set for sailing on the river?
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Retro Sandy Hook Lifeguarding Muscle
Photo/courtesy of Joanne Distefano Garelli via Miguel Mejia, Facebook screenshot
Well, it’s been a sizzling summer and everyone’s been diving in … to the ocean for refreshment and, of course, in the name of locals’ tradition. And while everyone’s diving in and swimming with the summer tide, lifeguards are making sure that all make it back to shore.
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Retro Happy Summer Scout Campers
Photo/Frank Boesch
Heigh-Hoh! It’s off to scout camp they went …
Back in the 1970s, that is. Fair Haven Boy Scouts are wrapping up their return to camp at Forestburgh, NY after a two-year COVID-inspired hiatus and they’re soaking up not only the heat wave, but a lot of make-up time and tradition.
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Simple Summer: Scout Camp Revival
Retro Fair Haven TGIF Crew
Photo/Lang family
Originally posted on Feb. 25, 2022, we are reprising this one in honor of Jim Butler, who passed away a few days ago … RIP, Mr. Butler. RIP, all. It’s official, no one in this photo remains. The memories sure do, though …
Nothing says “neighborly TGIF” like a look back at what was a common kind of casual gathering of friends just because.
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Remembering Fair Haven’s Jim Butler: The Light Weight in Community Family Matters
Call it luck for some that the smallest of moments carry a ton of weight that embodies a world of light — community light.
Let me tell you about it, with a light heart full of gratitude … The last time I saw forever Fair Havenite and fireman Jim Butler was at his near lifelong friend’s funeral. That was last May.
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Scene Around: A Rumson PD Sergeant & Fair Haven Gentleman
There’s a new sergeant in town — Rumson, that is.
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Retro Old Timers’ Day Tripping
A reprise Retro Pic of the Day in honor of Fair Haven Fire Department’s Old Timers’ Day on Sunday. Now, back to the 1960s with the annual FHFD tradition, now that new back then has turned into old …
Nothing says community spirit like a face full of dirt and smashed eggs on your Sunday casual best. Well, nothing like Fair Haven Fire Department’s (FHFD) Old Timers’ Day, anyway. Add to that the fact that the young ones from back in the day are now the old timers and the losers … of the traditional baseball game that is the day’s focal point.
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Scene Around: Fair Haven Fire Department Finery
It was a banner weekend for the Fair Haven Fire Department.
The forever Fair Haven group of volunteer firefighters, first aid tenders and auxiliary helpers swept some awards at another company’s 150th anniversary on Saturday and the next day celebrated the old and new with its traditional Old Timers’ Day.
Fair Haven, with it’s unique white trucks, has always stood out at parades and celebrations. This past weekend it was at Freehold Fire Department’s 150th anniversary that the department shone bright with its sharp, gleaming white apparatus and membership.
The department garnered first-place awards for: Most Active Members Present; Best Appearing Command Vehicle; Best Appearing Pumper 6-15 Years; Best Appearing Ambulance; and Best Appearing Rescue (light or heavy). A second-place award was won for Best Appearing Motorized Antique.
Congratulations, FHFD!
Then, on Sunday, the crew gathered to celebrate fire company tradition with a blend of generations, the old and new, in Old Timers’ Day. This gathering of all that’s good in connecting through volunteering and friendship for the community is a tradition that dates way back.
There are casual contests, fun, food and fire department family bonding. This fire company kid vividly remembers a tug of war and egg toss miserably lost. There may have been a two-legged race with sister tossed in the failures somewhere. Yet, everyone wins with this fire company day.
Take a look at the above photos, courtesy of the FHFD, for a glimpse into the win and Old Timers’ Day Gathering. (Click on one to enlarge and scroll.) Cheers to FHFD tradition! And, who won the egg toss?
Retro Stokes Hip to Be Square Dancing
Photo/courtesy of Lisa Ericson
A reprise from 2019 in honor of the annual tradition of that trip to Stokes State Forrest. In honor of wrapping up the Stokes experience with that last dance … Dance on and dose doe, sixth graders!
It was truly terrifying. The mandatory square dance at the Fair Haven sixth graders’ Stokes State Forrest trip.
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