Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction work remains status quo, with a lot of road realignment work on the Rumson side continuing. All construction continues this week on the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. schedule though Friday, weather permitting. And the weather forecast, so far, looks cooperative, calling for mostly sunny days.
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Scene Around: A Local Paperboy, Musician, Actor/Writer and a Street Naming
Call it an esteemed happening in their hometown.
They’re three Middletown-raised celebrities in their own right — famed news anchor Brian Williams and brothers Stevie and Billy Van Zandt. But it was all about the Van Zandt brothers on Friday. Middletown honored the duo in their hometown with the naming of the street where they lived, Wilson Avenue in the New Monmouth section, after them — Van Zandt Way. Williams was there to host and bask in it all with the brothers. He, as a youngster, was a paperboy for the now defunct Courier newspaper.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Local Paperboy, Musician, Actor/Writer and a Street NamingRetro RFH Baseball Dugout Daze
This baseball season at RFH promises to be a home run hit, as bases are loaded with team cheer all about playing the field again. It’s spring and high school baseball season is officially in full swing.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Dugout DazeRetro RFH Batty Gym Suit Home Run
A reprise in honor of the girls, baseball season and not having to wear these horrific mandatory gym suits anymore! Strike! The suits are out! Phew! Remember the fun and the horror with us … (Be sure to CLICK on one photo to enlarge and scroll to fully experience the horror. Ha!)
It’s just plain batty! Batter’s up at RFH as baseball season is in full swing. But, looking back at some RFH 1970s games, you have to wonder when or why, exactly, there was ever a season of the ol’ gym suit, baseball or softball aside.
Really. Ponder it. Those things that made girls look like Stay Puff marshmallows, or, worse, a big baby with a onesie that had enough space for a diaper or, well … you get the picture.
Continue reading Retro RFH Batty Gym Suit Home RunRetro Little Tykes’ River Time
Photo/courtesy of Robin Drake Fitch
Quality river time. It’s a rite of passage for any Rumson-Fair Haven area kid.
When the spring air hits, the banks of the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers call to kids like mythological Sirens. And they burrow themselves in the sand and tides like hermit crabs.
Continue reading Retro Little Tykes’ River TimeScene Around: RFH Stage Mom Standing Ovation
Call it stage mom magic.
There’s nothing like going on with the show from behind the scenes. And most don’t realize what’s really happening behind those scenes with the parents who birthed and backed their teens’ talent with infinite pats on the back and a pushes into that spotlight.
Continue reading Scene Around: RFH Stage Mom Standing OvationRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction work remains status quo, with a lot of road realignment work on the Rumson side continuing. All construction continues this week on the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. schedule though Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AdvisoryRetro RFH Baseball Tackle Time
In an effort to pay homage to baseball season, these RFH baseball of a more casual kind retro pics, originally posted on April 10, 2019 are being reprised. Have you ever had a tackle strategy like this in your ball game?
Isn’t football the tackle sport? Well, that may be, but by the looks of things in this 1970s home run classic in the outfield, these RFH baseball players paid no mind to standard sports protocol. It was really all about the fun and laughs for them.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Tackle TimeRetro RFH Cool Girl Cruisin’
They’ve got the fever — spring fever! And the ’70s chariot awaits these girls for the coolest of cruises — or something like that.
Continue reading Retro RFH Cool Girl Cruisin’Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction work remains status quo, with work continuing from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. though Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AdvisoryScene Around: Rumson’s New Police Chief on the Beat
It’s official. There’s a new police chief in town — Rumson, that is. In fact, he’s been sworn in for about a month, since March 12. He’s former Rumson Police Lt. Robert Boyer.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson’s New Police Chief on the BeatRetro RFH Girls’ Track Run-On
Photo/George Day
It’s time for the girls to make a run for it at RFH. Yes, it’s track season.
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