Remember when you were a kid and you thought that your probably 40-year-old teacher was ancient? It’s a pretty common notion for young ones. Then they reach their 40s and wonder what the heck they were thinking.
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Getting Artful After Dark At RFH
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For crafty community’s sake, something artsy was going on after dark at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) recently.
Members of the RFH chapter of the National Art Honor Society (NAHS) hosted its first Art After Dark, a night of fun, charity, and artistic exploration.
Continue reading Getting Artful After Dark At RFHRetro RFH Tower Players’ Tech Week
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Another RFH Tower Players show opening, another tech week. So it goes in the theater world, high school or not. This opening is for the musical Footloose and, yes, it goes like that. This week is tech week. And while tech week has always been run during the week of the show, there are lots of techie differences from decades ago to now.
Continue reading Retro RFH Tower Players’ Tech WeekFair Haven Police Report: DWI, Assault, False Imprisonment, Vehicle Burglary, Drug Possession
The following January criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Fair Haven police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Fair Haven Police Report: DWI, Assault, False Imprisonment, Vehicle Burglary, Drug PossessionRetro RFH Food for Food Fight
Juniors of the RFH Class of ’79 lounge in the Junior Lounge
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Rainy days and Wednesdays getting you down? Nothing like compounding the rainy day doldrums. Well, if the mood fits … reminisce about the old days as a Junior Lounge lizard at RFH.
Continue reading Retro RFH Food for Food FightRetro RFH Rainy Day Lounging
Since rainy days and Tuesdays sometimes get you down, it’s the perfect time to look back again on some upbeat lazy days of lounging at RFH as a junior. So, we reprise this Retro Pic of the Day originally posted in 2018 on, you guessed it, a rainy day …
Out came the sun on Monday. Then came the dank, drizzly rain on Tuesday. Everyone feels it. Even high schoolers. And everyone knows that usually with that dreary weather comes a little bit of an antsy, lackadaisical mood — especially for students cooped up in a high school all day. Yes, when it rains, it tends to pour mischief in the high school halls. Call it a little shut-in sickness.
But, back in the day, there was a remedy for what ailed RFH students when lazy, hazy days drenched with dismal weather set in. That remedy was the artfully 70s-style painted brick-and-pillar Junior Lounge.
Continue reading Retro RFH Rainy Day LoungingRumson Police Chief’s Winning Plunge
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Call it a double hail to the chief. As is now tradition for him, Rumson Police Chief Scott Patterson dove into a cause in which he believes — Special Olympics NJ — and ended up being the top fundraiser for its 2020 Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside on Saturday. This was his second consecutive year of swimming success as top individual fundraiser.
Continue reading Rumson Police Chief’s Winning PlungeRetro RFH Class President’s Play
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Speaking of presidents and their day, week, year or moment … There’s nothing quite as high school class presidential as a pack leader inspiring some hijinks. And here he is … RFH Class of ’78 President Greg Nowell.
Continue reading Retro RFH Class President’s PlayIn Memorium: Rumsonite Michele Walker Lewis, 50
Rumson resident Michele Walker Lewis passed away at her home, surrounded by family, on Feb. 11. She was 50.
“Michele touched many lives and was beloved not only by her family and friends, but also by people she interacted with on her daily routine,” her obituary said.
Continue reading In Memorium: Rumsonite Michele Walker Lewis, 50Retro RFH Presidents’ Day
Call it an RFH Presidents Day tribute. There have been many — high school class presidents. And each RFH class has had its way of voting for and honoring its presidents.
Continue reading Retro RFH Presidents’ DayRetro RFH Boys Basketball Courting
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A twirly halftime show on the RFH Basketball court was the feature of one of last week’s Retro Pics of the Day. It was all about the twirl and the traditional celebration of the game with that show of support and skilled entertainment half way through. But then there were those guys they were championing.
Continue reading Retro RFH Boys Basketball CourtingFocus: A ‘Footloose’ and Fanciful Show at RFH
The stage at Rumson Fair-Haven Regional High School (RFH) is set for some fancy entertainment footwork as the Tower Players ready their spring musical production of Footloose.
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