They did it. They walked the walk. They flipped the tassels. They tossed the caps. The seniors of the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2025 graduated last night.
Focus: An RFH Class of 2025 Graduation Snapshot
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Retro RFH ’60s Daisy Chain Gang
Photo/courtesy of Kim Christman
In honor of RFH graduation … Reprise of a classic originally posted in June of 2022 …
That’s the sight of the girls working on the Daisy Chain gang! When it comes to RFH graduation traditions gone, the Daisy Chain is a classic, well-remembered one. So are the links in the chain — the girls, not so much the flowers.
Retro Stylin’ 2002 Knollwood Grads
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
A reprise in honor of that eighth grade Knollwood graduation on Wednesday … Congrats in advance, grads!
The Fair Haven Knollwood School grads are styling every year. And, the truth is that the eighth grade graduation attire has improved to the point of even parents turning wannabes of that mini-fashion world.
You’d have to admit, though, that fad dress-up attire has been kinder to the male gender over the years — except for the leisure suit. That was an unforgiving polyester fashion fail.
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel and Construction Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, with a schedule of the new bridge span openings in effect. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River tides and travel advisory information is also included.
Cheers to the Grand Daddies of the R-FH Area
Today is Father’s Day.
And, we at Rumson-Fair Haven Retrospect are of the mind that the day was really about much more than flipping a burger and patting a good ol’ dad on the back.
It’s bigger than that. It goes way beyond your own dad’s back yard and a grilling or two.
Growing up in a small-town niche like the Rumson-Fair Haven area carries with it that family tie feeling. Some of us were fortunate enough to have great dads. Some not.
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Retro Rumson Pier Summer Sunning Daze
Photo/courtesy of Jo Ann Slocum Mazzucca
A classic reprise in honor of those summer days down by the river. Some things never change, except maybe swimwear …
Yes, summertime is here. And the livin’ is always easy down by the river. The sunning outfits may have changed over time, but the daydreaming state of mind has always stayed the same. After all, some Rumson river time is something to dream about. The reality is even more dreamy. And it shows in this snapshot back in time to about 85 years ago.
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Scene Around: Fair Haven Schools’ Transition Day Trek
It’s a milestone that Fair Haven Viola L. Sickles School third graders rode into today — Transition Day.
Retro RFH Boys on Track
RFH Boys Track circa 1970s
Photo/George Day
You could say this bunch of RFH boys was on track for success … and some fun along the way.
Retro Gowned-Up Fair Haven Girl Grads
Fair Haven eighth graders always do both walks this time of year — the traditional final walk down Third Street and that graduation walk.
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel, Construction Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity is on its status quo construction hours schedule, from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, with a schedule of the new bridge openings in effect. The precise construction that is scheduled is listed below. Shrewsbury River tides and travel advisory information is also included.
Retro Having a ’90s Field Day at Knollwood
Photo/Elaine Van Develde
It’s half past field day time in Fair Haven schools! A reprise in honor of a traditional prequel to summertime for Fair Haven kids …
Once upon a time, in those school days right before summer, when Knollwood School kids gathered on Sportsman’s Field for, well, some Field Day fun, let’s just say it was a bit hard to keep them focused.
Scene Around: New Rumson Officers on the Police Beat
There are four new patrolmen on the police beat in Rumson. Two are new to the department and two rose up in its ranks.
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