Call it Dawggone golden … with purple highlights, of course.
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Retro Rumson Dock Cat-Eyed Coolness

Photo/courtesy of Paul Karinja.
Reprise from Aug. 23, 2022, because we’re having a July heat wave …
There’s nothing quite like sitting on the dock of the … river in Rumson. Though this was never seen as wasting time. Savoring it was more like it. Still is.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Dock Cat-Eyed CoolnessRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is on its status quo schedule this week, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday Aug. 1, weather permitting. Specific construction scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction AdvisorySimple Summer: The RFH Musical Mom Connection on the Dock
“This is me not crabbing on the dock during a concert! Thanks to everyone who came out to listen to The Band of the Two Rivers season finale!” ~ Joanne Formisano

Photo/Joanne Formisano
No one was crabby about it, just fishing for some music. Call it a simple summer note of musical appreciation and RFH connection. An RFH Performing Arts Society mom took center dock to play to her own tune of musical talent with the Band of the Two Rivers on Wednesday.
Continue reading Simple Summer: The RFH Musical Mom Connection on the DockRetro Hot Rumson Summer Coolness
Back in the day, Rumson summers weren’t all about going to the beach club from dawn ’til dusk.
For some, it was as simple skipping the packing up of the family, not to mention the cost, and just laying a blanket out on the lawn and catching some rays while the kids played.
Continue reading Retro Hot Rumson Summer CoolnessRetro Rumson Renegades in the Park

Photo/courtesy of Ed Pomphrey, Rumson historical archives
It’s just plain campy! There’s nothing like a nice summer day replete with some bubble-blowing, power-posing, bathing suited, short-sporting kids on a mission to make some summer fun — at camp … or something like it.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Renegades in the ParkOld News: RFH’s ‘Damn Yankees’ 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: RFH’s ‘Damn Yankees’ Summer TheatricsRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Advisory

Photo/David Vilacoba
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo schedule this week, with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction projects for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction AdvisoryRetro RFH TGIF Party Pals

Don’t try this at home!
It’s the balloons. Yeah, the balloons are the dangerous party tools, not the girls. Yet, while it’s doubtful that anyone would call these “innocents” of the ’70s tools, it’s a sure bet that the combination of RFH girls could be dangerous — dangerously fun, that is.
Continue reading Retro RFH TGIF Party PalsRetro Rumson Boys and Their Boats

There’s nothing quite like river time in the summertime, especially if you’re a Rumson kid with a boat and a best life to bait.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Boys and Their BoatsRetro Summer Beach Babies’ Bingo

Ahoy! Ship Ahoy, to locals beaching it back in the summer of ’63, that is.
Yes, it’s a locals’ summertime. Always has been. And the locals’ summer spots have always been a place of respite from the out-of-towner beach crowd in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. They call them beach clubs.
Continue reading Retro Summer Beach Babies’ BingoSimple Summer: Twirling into a Mini RFH Reunion
Mini high school reunion? Give it a whirl. It was more like a twirl for this gaggle of RFH girls from the Class of ’78.
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