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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Construction & Travel Advisory

The summer’s Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction is on a status quo schedule again. Work is scheduled for the usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting. Specific construction activities scheduled for the week are listed below the travel advisory information.

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Tim Cronin: A Rocker’s Legacy of Connection & the Life Celebration to Come

Gathering for Tim Cronin on June 22
Photo/Susan Culbert

It was just over two weeks ago that a capacity crowd gathered at The Whitechapel Projects in Long Branch to honor 63-year-old iconic rocker Tim Cronin, of Ribeye Brothers, Monster Magnet and Jack’s Music Shoppe fame, and raise funds to help ease any hardships in his battle with ALS.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel & Construction Alert

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge construction
Photo/Nick Lencyzk

Post-Fourth of July holiday, Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement work is scheduled to continue during its usual 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. hours from Wednesday through Friday, weather permitting, with specific construction activities listed below the travel advisory information.

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Retro Rally for the Naked Sandy Hook Truth

Summertime … and the swimming is easy … and breezy without a suit. So goes the tale of the start of nude sunbathing and swimming at Sandy Hook. It’s been that way for some time now; but, there was a time when the nude beach debate was on like the heat these days and taken to the bridge, of course.

Years ago, in fact, there were some RFH teens rallying via that classic Rumson “bridge” mode of advertising to get a nude beach going on Sandy Hook. Everyone knows how that went.

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Retro Fair Haven Bathing Beauty Firecrackers

Bathing beauties of a Fair Haven neighborhood in 1965
Photo/Sally Van Develde

Reprise … just because it’s time to sizzle, sparkle and boom in the summertime …

Back in the summer of ’65 …  the heat was on in Fair Haven, and some pint-sized bathing beauties were set to walk the walk, if the suit and the bathing cap fit. In the spirit of the season, call them little firecrackers. Celebrity neighborhood sparklers. Whatever the name, they were set for a good, simple backyard game. This one was easy — the suited up line-up. On cue, they struck the pose and gave a big “Cheese!”

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Retro Old Timers’ Day Tripping

A reprise Retro Pic of the Day in honor of Fair Haven Fire Department’s Old Timers’ Day. The tradition continued this past Sunday; and, the Old Timers won under the leadership of RFH Class of ’78 grad and longtime Fire Department member Bill Heath. Now, back to the 1960s with the annual FHFD tradition, now that the new of back then has turned into old. Bill Heath was far from old enough to even join …

Nothing says community spirit like a face full of dirt and smashed eggs on your Sunday casual best. Well, nothing like Fair Haven Fire Department’s (FHFD) Old Timers’ Day, anyway. Add to that the fact that the young ones from back in the day are now the old timers and the losers … of the traditional baseball game that is the day’s focal point.

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Simple Summer: Father-Daughter Fish Tales

Lori Kastner Slocum and dad Rudy Kastner after a fishing trip
Photo/Lori Kastner Slocum

No, this is not just another fish story. It’s more like a biggest catch boo hoo. It’s all about a father-daughter dance around a couple of fish. Call it, instead, a tale of two fish … and Fair Havenites.

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Honoring Littoral Society’s Tim Dillingham via the Rumson Garden Club

American Littoral Society Executive Director Tim Dillingham
Photo/Littoral Society via social media

It’s all about the smallest seed of the biggest environmental conservation plan getting that bloom that spreads down the coastline.

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