It’s a set-up! When it comes to winning shots, RFH Girls Basketball has always had the right moves on and off the court. Call it a set-up for the jam. Something like that in this Retro Pic of the Day.
Continue reading Retro RFH Girls Basketball Jamming
The year was 1974 and the top hits were The Way We Were and Seasons in the Sun. Ironic …
Rainy days and Tuesdays, Wednesdays and maybe Thursdays never got RFH seniors down. After all, they had the Senior Commons.
Continue reading Retro RFH Rainy Day Senior Lounge Groove
As the new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge is in its construction phase, Monmouth County officials issue weekly traffic advisories contingent upon cooperative weather.
Here’s the advisory for this week:
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Construction Travel Advisory
With all the usual buzz about the Super Bowl halftime still swirling all over social media, thoughts go back to a time at RFH when twirling made for a dazzling halftime show — on the basketball court. That’s one way to celebrate RFH Basketball season.
Continue reading Retro RFH Twirling HalftimeThe dead juvenile female humpback whale that washed up onto the shore of the beach at Manasquan Inlet on Monday was hauled away on Tuesday for examination by necropsy specialists.
Continue reading Ninth Area Whale Death Since December Being Investigated; Environmentalists Rally
As the new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge is in its construction phase, Monmouth County officials issue traffic advisories.
Here’s the advisory for this week with one change:
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Construction Travel Advisory
Well, the hubbub of Valentine’s Day, hearts and roses is looming. And this mind is musing over its true meaning, if there must be one. And if there must be, the best would be Valentines of a different kind. The best kind. Best friends.
Continue reading Retro RFH Honey Buns of a Funny Valentine
What do you get when you put a gaggle of RFH girls in a flowery ’70s wallpapered kitchen with a nouveau push-button wall phone? A girls’ night starring the phone. We’re not saying that was the case here, just imagining. Follow us in this inspired daydream into the past. Hey, there was such a thing — a girls’ night starring that phone.
Continue reading Retro RFH Girls’ Night TGIF Calling
Bullseye! The guys of the Fair Haven Fire Department back in the 1960s hit it on a regular basis playing darts.
Continue reading Retro FHFD 1960s Darts Bullseye
Rainy days and Thursdays always get an RFHer confined to study hall … or some sort of cubicle cut off from high school antics. But, sometimes students find their own fun in a cube bound by books and school rules.
Continue reading Retro RFH Study Hall Hijinks
Raise your plastic cups and party on! It’s time for a little chill and toast to the cold snap of a weekend, courtesy of some RFH guys of the ’70s.
Continue reading Retro RFH Boys’ Wintry TGIF Toast
Punxsutawney Phil and Groundhog Day be damned! There’s more than a foreboding forecast lurking behind shadows.
Yes, that buck-toothed rodent popped out of his hole in the ground to see his shadow this morning, giving that signature six-week extension of winter to weary warmth seekers. Cold, dismal shadow be damned.
Even if you’re not a brighter side seeker, you know that shadows can also be a reminder that where they are cast there is light. If you follow the shadow, you’re bound to find light dancing all around it — respite rays.
Like the kid who superstitiously side-stepped the cracks in the sidewalk, the shadow chaser won’t disturb the beauty in the reflective shadow until he becomes a part of it.
And, one way or another, when you step into the light in that cozy hometown niche, there’s always a picturesque shadow to see, cast and become.
So, sometimes chasing the shadow is reaching for the dream in a day. That’s how it always seems for a Fair Haven kid at heart down at the Fair Haven Dock. Always casting …
Take a look at the above gallery and dream on (and don’t forget to CLICK on one photo to enlarge and scroll.) Enjoy!
— Photos/Elaine Van Develde
There will be plenty of shadows to see in the next several sunny, crisp cold snap giving way to a little warmth. Here’s the weather forecast through the weekend and into next week from the National Weather Service …
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