
Photo/courtesy of David Marx
Another Saturday night and he’s got his buddies. And some sunshine. That’s how the RFH ball, or prom, or just plain dressed-up night or day out rolled back in the 1970s.
Continue reading Retro RFH Date Night
Another Saturday night and he’s got his buddies. And some sunshine. That’s how the RFH ball, or prom, or just plain dressed-up night or day out rolled back in the 1970s.
Continue reading Retro RFH Date NightSometimes it’s just time to ride into the spring sun with the tide — down by the river, of course.
Now’s the time. When isn’t the time right, though? The bright light shows the way to the clarity of it all, though. The sun comes out, the water glistens and calls. The ride has begun. The ride into a tsunami of the simplest best of time-honored times at the Fair Haven Dock.
The dock may have changed over the years since Fair Haven’s existence, but the Navesink River it juts out to still plays the same part, ebbing and flowing with each ride down by its shores. Holding each ride with the times close. A piece of the dock etched indelibly.
The anchor is never lifted on the ride to river times. The moments stay. They will never leave. The sun is always there somewhere, casting its light on them. Always.
Take a look (click one photo to enlarge and scroll) and remember your time that stayed.
— Photos/Elaine Van Develde
There are some rainy days ahead, but the sun will return. Here’s the weather forecast from the National Weather Service …



There’s nothing quite like a dapper boys’ line-up on junior prom night.
Saturday night was the night for the stylin’ cool freeze frame of that classic pre-prom moment for Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) juniors. The moment? It was one taken at Rumson Country Club’s Riverhouse. In keeping with prom picture and celebratory precursors to the main event, different groups of friends, dates and even snap-happy, sentimental parents gather at different spots to be posers and get set to prom the night away.
Continue reading Scene Around: Boys of RFH Junior Prom Night
The Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement continues with some change in construction activity for this week, Monmouth County officials advise.
The 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. work schedule remains Monday through Friday, weather permitting. Anticipated activity on and in proximity to the bridge is as follows:
Continue reading Weekly Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AdvisoryThe way that spring has sprung into summer days and back these days could give a spring fevered kind of person whiplash. But, hey, if the weather fits, you just have to ride it out. And enjoy the ride.

It’s a common sense win.
Common Sense, the national nonprofit organization dedicated to helping kids and families thrive in a world of media and technology, has again recognized Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) as a Common Sense School.
Continue reading RFH Wins Honor as ‘Common Sense’ School
Construction activity related to the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement has remained status quo.
Continue reading Weekly Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel AdvisoryIt was a shore thing. On Saturday, volunteers hit the beaches from Sandy Hook to Cape May for Clean Ocean Action’s slightly stalled Beach Sweeps.
Continue reading Scene Around: COA Beach Sweeps & Ridiculous Finds
Well, the sun is shining quite bright right now; and, even though rain is in store, the beach clean-up, good eats and contest scheduled for the weekend will go on, rain or shine.
On Saturday …
Continue reading The R-FH Area Weekend: Beach Sweeps, Pic Contest & Soul FoodThere’s nothing quite like branching out to a budding riverfront perspective — down by the Navesink at the Fair Haven Dock, of course.
Yes, spring has sprung. The buds are budding. And when it comes to seeing the river for the trees, the view is always the most flattering panoramic close-up of sunshine on an old friend.
It always smiles back and reaches out to hold with a tight hug. The buds on the trees branch out pulling you in to a new season, new day down by the river.
Happy budding river time 2023! (CLICK on one of the photos in the above gallery to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!)
— Photos/Elaine Van Develde for R-FH Retro exclusively
Here’s what’s in store for the end-of-the-week into weekend weather forecast …



Spring is in the air and all good RFHers are thinking about the game — the baseball game. The sun is out, the birds are chirping and bats are swinging — baseball bats, that is.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Home Base Slider
This week, as construction work on the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement continues, Monmouth County officials advise that work will be done during more expanded hours this Monday through Friday. from 7 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., weather permitting.
Specifically, travelers in the area should anticipate some added travel time and be aware of …
Construction vehicle activity in close proximity to the bridge. This means …
The continued closure of the sidewalk on the eastbound side of the bridge. This means …
The continued work activity in the Shrewsbury River. This means …

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