As tradition of decades has had it across the country, last night was National Night Out.
Focus: A Night Out with Fair Haven’s Finest
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Retro ‘Night Out’ Mayoral Dunkin’
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
Reprise … in honor of the best of National Night Out times …
Every year there’s a Fair Haven National Night Out. Tonight’s that night.
It’s a night, celebrated on the national level, designed to familiarize residents, from kids to seniors, with police and other emergency responders in town. That Night Out is always the first Tuesday in August. So, Tuesday it is in Fair Haven. There are plenty of Night Out memories to recall, but this featured one is a classic from 13 years ago.
There are games, demonstrations, looks at emergency equipment, food, smiles and handshakes — and a dunk tank.
Scene Around: River Rats Reunited; Sailing on in Mayor’s Cup
— Photo/River Rats
A little bit of sun shone through overcast skies when a couple of Fair Haven River Rats were reunited as youth sailors sailed through fair winds and choppy waters recently to participate in the longtime borough maritime tradition, the Mayor’s Cup.
Retro Sea Bright Beach Clubbing
Sometimes ya just have to go clubbing … in Sea Bright … before the age of 10.
After all, what good Rumson kid didn’t? Not many, if any. And back in the summer of ’69, little Claire Hurd was one who went clubbing … to Sea Bright Beach Club, of course, with the best of them. It was just the way Rumsonites rolled in the summer. Still do.
Grow with Grace: Squashed, ‘Bored’ and Herbal
Welcome back to Grow with Grace!
As your garden starts to hit its stride, tomatoes are beginning to ripen, cucumbers are coming in, peppers are producing, and if you planted zucchini, your kitchen is probably starting to fill up. Midseason is when the garden really begins to reward us—but it’s also when some of its biggest challenges start to appear. Let’s dig in!
Scene Around: Honoring a Fair Haven Heartstring Anchor
Familiar face. Familiar place. Sometimes that familiar face is an anchor to a place many call home. Call it a heartstring tug-and-hold.
Old News: ‘Damn Yankees’ of RFH Summer Theatrics
Leave Lola and the devil out of it. Whatever RFHers want, RFHers get …
And, back in the summer of ’75, they wanted summer stock theater. And they got it — a brutally fun load of it crammed into five dramatic dancing, singing, acting weeks among RFHers.
Continue reading Old News: ‘Damn Yankees’ of RFH Summer Theatrics
Scene Around: Punk Rocking and Book Talking with RFH Alum Rossi
The punk rockin’ Rumson-raised chef and author known as Rossi came back home again to Jersey talk and joke about her latest memoir The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews.
Retro Rally for the Naked Sandy Hook Truth
Summertime … and the swimming is easy … and breezy without a suit. So goes the tale of the start of nude sunbathing and swimming at Sandy Hook. It’s been that way for some time now; but, there was a time when the nude beach debate was on like the heat these days and taken to the bridge, of course.
Years ago, in fact, there were some RFH teens rallying via that classic Rumson “bridge” mode of advertising to get a nude beach going on Sandy Hook. Everyone knows how that went.
Grow with Grace: Dig In and Pick It!
Welcome to Grow with Grace! Every week I’ll share simple garden tips, seasonal advice, and a few tricks I’ve learned along the way. Let’s dig in!
Retro Rumson Barn’s ‘Birdie’ of a Summer Showtime
Reprise from 2016, just because ‘Birdie’ has made a comeback in community theater this summer, people are talking and we think more people need to remember summer theater fun at the old classic — The Barn Theatre …
Summer is in full swing. School’s out and kids are embarking on summer activities. The weekend is here. So is summer theater.
In fact, Spring Lake Theater Company’s next summer production is none other than Bye, Bye Birdie. And back in the 1970s, some RFH teens were acting that very musical out … in summer theater at The Barn Theatre in Rumson.
Simple Summer: A Gaggle of RFH Gal Pals Reunited
Photo/Corie Robinson
It’s no longer 1980. But some RFH besties really can’t tell the difference nearly five decades makes, anyway.
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