They made a splash! That’s for sure! There’s nothing cooler than chillin’ RFH dudes taking a summer-mandatory dive, or 1,000, into the ocean and making a little mischief in Sea Bright.
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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity remains status quo this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel AdvisoryRetro RFHers’ Donovan’s Reuniting

Photo/Lisa Mazurek D’Amato
Yes, it’s reunion season. So, we’re taking you back again to a hoot of a 25th for that RFH Class of ’78 at an iconic spot in its original little-shack- on-the-beach form — Donovan’s Reef.
Before Sandy, a “DO” at Donovan’s meant something entirely different for RFHers reuniting. Rather than a symbol of “We can do it. We can rebuild.” it was more like a simple “Let’s do the Donovan’s thing!”
Continue reading Retro RFHers’ Donovan’s ReunitingRetro RFH Bridge to a Reunion Invite
Well, it’s a summer of revived RFH reunions and RFHers love a good reunion and embrace them by reuniting however and whenever they can.
As far as getting the word out, though, things have changed quite a bit since those first 10-year reunions for the classes of the 60s, 70s and even 80s and 90s and before. But, there’s one iconic mode of invite that has been missing for quite some time. The painting of the bridge!
There was a time when communication was limited to phone books, landline phones, snail mail and word of mouth. Of course, there were paper invites. But, there was nothing better than getting the word out by just reverting to old school days and painting that bridge.
Continue reading Retro RFH Bridge to a Reunion InviteRumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity remains status quo this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel AdvisoryRetro Rumson Dock Gang

Photo/courtesy of Alice Mansfield
A reprise … because on hot summer days everyone needs to take a trip back to the coolest of Rumson Dock days of the late 1950s in honor of summertime in the Rumson-Fair Haven area …
You’ve seen the girl from the Rumson Dock. And, behind every good postcard-famed dock girl, there’s a gang — of dedicated dock dwellers.
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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity remains status quo this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel AdvisoryScene Around: Rumson Kids’ Wetdown

They got hosed. It was a modern suburban scene that looked like a vintage city kids’ summer spree. But it wasn’t. It was just yesterday. And it was in a small town — Rumson.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Kids’ WetdownScene Around: Fire Company Hose, Ladder & Spirit Win
Call it Fire Company No. 1 — number one as in first place winner.
Continue reading Scene Around: Fire Company Hose, Ladder & Spirit WinRFH Tower Singers Get ‘Distinguished’ at NJ Teen Arts Festival
You could say that the Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Tower Singers have distinguished themselves among vocal musicians.
Continue reading RFH Tower Singers Get ‘Distinguished’ at NJ Teen Arts FestivalRetro Rumson Island Mooring Improv


Just sit right back and you’ll hear a tale … about an eight-hour tour, or hundreds, on the river in Rumson.
The part about this typical eight-hour tour in Rumson that doesn’t jibe with the three-hour tour Gilligan’s Island folks is that the kids on these “tours” sailed right into a marooning of their own making on what’s known as Starvation Island, just minutes from home. Who knew or cared, though? No one except the jolly river adventurers.
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The heat is on and the countdown has already begun to the Fair Haven Firemen’s Fair.
And, back in the day, the 1960s day, the fire department, rather than raffling off a car, SUV or a big chunk of cash (as in Super 50/50), decided to make a boat the prized prize of the fair. And they advertised that with the help of some fire department-affiliated bathing beauties.
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