It’s a classic snow story worth repeating …
Our Retro Pic of the Day takes us back to a blizzard that was true to its word.
What was dubbed The Blizzard of ’96 hit the Rumson-Fair Haven area with full force in early January of 1996. This one lived up to its promise to render everyone in the area immobile.
Continue reading Retro Blizzard of ’96 Among RFH Friends New year, new council members, emergency responder line officers and all sorts of political appointees and contracts. That’s how it goes every new year in every municipality. And Fair Haven is no exception.
Continue reading Scene Around: In with the New Community Leaders in Fair Haven Another year, more milestones, tradition and connection. That’s how went in the Rumson-Fair Haven community in 2025.
Continue reading Focus: Faces and Places; Community Cousins and Anchors of 2025 
New year, new fire department line officers. That’s how it goes. Since the dawn of Rumson, Fair Haven and all towns’ time, reorganization has been a New Year rite of passage.
Continue reading Retro Prized Rumson Firemen Line-Up 
Well, we know full well that in the rare event auld acquaintance be forgot, there’s always a reminder of what was — and how unforgettable it is. This time the auld acquaintance is among a gaggle of girls who are all still friends from the RFH Class of ’83.
Continue reading Retro RFH ’80s Girls Auld Ichabod’s Acquaintance
When the main Christmas festivities are over and Santa skips town, it’s time for all good RFHers who are on that first college break to reunite and resume the reunion party before their graduation year ends.
Continue reading Retro RFHers’ Christmas Break Party Time 
The annual Christmas reprise from R-FH Retro …
Merry Christmas, Rumson and Fair Havenites! Cherish your day, make those memories and hold on tight to them. One day they will be your best Christmas present.
Continue reading A First Fair Haven Christmas
A reprise of Santa trauma originally posted in 2021 … Classic!
We have a once, twice, teetering on three times the misery in this Santa pose.
Continue reading Santa Lapped: ‘Ho, No!’ 
Sometimes in the chill of the night, the way is lit toward the warmth of community.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Solstice Celebration Walk 
We’re bringing this scary Santa gem back from the 2018 archives. Originally posted on Dec. 12, 2018, this is the stuff priceless scary Santa pics are made of … This one was from 2010. We wish these older now twins a very happy holiday and thanks for the bowl full of jello belly laugh!
Sometimes you just win a trifecta when asking for a winning photo of children’s miserable experiences on the lap of Ol’ Saint Nick during the holidays.
Continue reading Retro ‘Ho No’ Santa Trauma
It’s that time of the year when the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School Tower Singers sing — in that traditional winter concert. And they’ve sung.
The instrumental groups play, too. We’ve already reprised that part of those concert times of yesteryear, ironically, with the death of RFH’s former longtime instrumental director, Ken Walters.
Continue reading Retro RFH Holiday-Spirited Tower Singing
This Retro Pic of the (George) Day is a reprise, just because it speaks to everyone so much about winter and some Sea Bright love. Sometimes you just can’t get enough of this kind of view and the memories it stirs …
If you’re winter daydreaming of snow-capped visions of warm paradise memories, your thoughts may drift to the iconic Peninsula House. It’s as if it was still there. Sometimes, if you close your eyes, like any good memory, you can see it. It all comes back — blankets you in a Tsunami of heart smiles.
Continue reading Retro Snow-Capped Peninsula House Paradise 
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