No sooner did NJ Gov. Phil Murphy sanction opening beaches for Memorial Day weekend than management at the iconic Donovan’s Reef in Sea Bright announced that only those with season badges would be permitted on the beach at their back door.
Continue reading Iconic Spot: Beaching it at Donovan’s on Memorial Day Weekend
No tickets here. Just a reward checkpoint.
Continue reading Scene Around: Pulled Over by Police for a Chat & Reward
As part of National EMS Week, homage is paid to first aid squads, particularly the volunteer squads.
Continue reading Retro Rumson First Aid by Boat
This week is National EMS Week. These are the trained volunteers who show up when you’re in an emergency health situation, an accident or you just need a little help out of a situation. They’re a 911 call away.
In both Rumson and Fair Haven, first aid squads are comprised of residents who are trained and certified to respond to all of these emergencies, day and night.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven EMS Dive Squad DoingsThere’s another new officer on the Rumson police beat and taking those calls for help.
Continue reading Scene Around: Welcoming a Rumson Officer & a DispatcherA descendant of the original Fair Haven and Little Silver settlers, Richard “Dick” Doughty, passed away peacefully on May 14 at Bayhealth Medical Center in Dover, DE from COVID-19. He was 93.
Continue reading In Memorium: Dick Doughty, Descendant of Original Fair Haven Settlers, 93Rumson Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) junior Evelyn (Evie) Manelski has been accepted into the New Jersey Governor’s School of Engineering and Technology at Rutgers University this summer.
Continue reading RFH Junior Accepted to Prestigious Rutgers NJ Governor’s Summer Program
For the first time in the history of Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH), it’s looking like there will not be traditional a graduation ceremony.
Continue reading A Pandemic Time RFH Class of 2020 Graduation Commemoration
It’s not every day that a Rumsonite takes a typical beach stroll and bumps, not so literally, into a couple of seals. It’s only a pandemic day in May.
Continue reading Scene Around: Seals on the BeachThe federal funding coffers for the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge project just got $31 million richer, making the $104 million project completely federally funded, Monmouth County officials said.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Project $31 Million Richer
It’s National Police Week. And it’s a National Police Week of a different kind this year.
Usually the week represents the culmination of the Police Unity Tour in which law enforcement officers from all over the nation ride bicycles to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor fallen officers. But, for the first time since before it began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, there is no ride due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is also no week of convergence in Washington to participate in the now longtime tradition of participation in events to honor fallen officers. But there is still remembrance.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Police Snapshot
A towering Fair Haven presence has taken leave from the hometown spotlight as his legacy continues to be something to which many look up.
Continue reading Remembering Fair Haven’s Bill Leonard: Mayor, Fireman, First Aider, Friend
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