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Retro RFH Clowns Playing the Field in a Clown Car

RFH cheerleader guys and a VW bug circa 1977
Photo/George Day

A reprise in honor of David Memmott, RFH ’78, who passed away suddenly four years ago, on Sept. 29, 2022. Ride on, Dave …

Sometimes you just find yourself up a puddle without a paddle. And sometimes the way around it, or through it, is by spilling out of a VW bug like a bunch of RFH clowns in a clown car.

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Scene Around: Fair Haven Artist Paints a ‘Meet Me at the Ferris Wheel’ Connection

“Meet me at the beer booth.” Seemingly since the dawn of Fair Haven time, it’s been the mantra for friends, new and old, connecting at the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.

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Retro TGIF RFH Girls’ Night of Prank Calling and Forever Bonding

RFH girls’ night at home circa late 1970s/early ’80s
Photo/Leslie Gunther

This Retro Pic of the Day is being reprised in loving memory of RFH ’80 Jenny McCullough (top, right) who passed away very suddenly recently. Jenny knew the true meaning of unbreakable bonding among childhood friends and firmly believed that “love never dies …. ” You were so loved, Jenny, and you will be forever missed by us kids and times together you never forgot and reminded us of frequently with a good laugh and tons of love …

What do you get when you put a gaggle of RFH girls in a flowery ’70s wallpapered kitchen with a nouveau push-button wall phone? A girls’ night — starring the phone. We’re not saying that was the case here, just imagining. Follow us in this inspired daydream into the past. Hey, there was such a thing — a girls’ night starring that phone.

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Focus: Digging Sunny River Time Daze

This photo gallery/reflection are dedicated to my friend, Fair Haven-raised Jenny McCullough, RFH ’80, who passed away very suddenly recently, because “love never dies … ”

Call it falling for bucket list wish — even if you’re a kid with, literally, just a little plastic bucket to fill with river time gifts of sand, shells, water and sunny day memories. Go ahead, fall for it. Most Rumson-Fair Haven area kids do … down by the Navesink River.

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Retro RFH Home-Baked Football Game Time Fun

RFH girls’ bake sale fun
Photo/Marc Edelman, Facebook

Football season at RFH is pretty sweet. Always has been. And it’s not just because of the game. It’s about those sideline hustles, too, like, for instance bake sales.

Yes, bake sales. 

No, it wasn’t always just about football at game time back in the day — as if that wasn’t enough. Oh, as tradition has it, there were always lots of things happening before, during and after games, whether on the field, off the field, around the bend or, well, in the parking lot. Yes, the parking lot. That’s where some epic bake sales sweetened up game days — and sometimes spiced them up.

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Scene Around: Getting to Know Fair Haven’s New Cops

They’re on the Fair Haven police beat, sworn to protect and serve.

They are the Fair Haven Police Department’s two now new patrolmen, Jacob Gold and Katherine Martinez; and, they were sworn in at the Sept. 14 Fair Haven Borough Council meeting.

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RFH Student-Athlete Nominated for Football Award

Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) senior Charlie Ingrassia is running toward a touchdown with an award for his overall student character, heart and dedication to football, on and off the field.

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Scene Around: Rumson’s Nor’Easter Emergency Response Snapshot

The Nor’easter kept Rumson Fire Department’s Oceanic Hook and Ladder Fire companies busy responding to many calls for everything from electrical fires to downed wires to flooded homes to trapped cars and downed trees.

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