Curtain up! And final bow. It’s that time. Closing time for RFH Tower Players to gear closing weekend of troupe’s spring musical. And with that wind-up to opening night all through closing comes some major promoting of the big show. This year it’s Matilda the Musical. The promoting? Well, that’s show biz!
Continue reading Retro RFH ‘Pajama Game’ ’60s Show Biz 
This baseball season at RFH promises to be a home run hit, as bases are loaded with team cheer all about playing the field again. It’s spring and high school baseball season is officially in swing.
Continue reading Retro RFH Baseball Dugout Doings 
It’s a date! The RFH Tower Players never really had to make a date to play. But they have always needed to make a date for a production — like the fall show or spring musical.
Continue reading Retro RFH Tower Player Play Date “Though his life was short, Ben was determined to live the life he wanted to live. He saw things others did not, expanded every opportunity, and took full advantage of every experience. He left a distinct mark in this world in the course of his magical journey. His beautiful and complete impact on our lives will last forever.” ~ loved ones of Ben Wilson
Fair Haven-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, Benjamin “Ben” Pickett Wilson, passed away suddenly on March 17 in Cancun, Mexico while on spring break with friends. He was 21.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Fair Haven-Raised RFH Grad, Ben Wilson, 21 
Our annual St. Patrick’s Day memory reprise, just because … it’s a classic scene that must be revisited …
In the Rumson St. Patrick’s Day Parade’s aftermath, we’re looking back at the luck of the Irish and not-so-Irish at RFH and another parade — the big one. We are remembering a time when the RFH Marching Band, Twirlers and Drill Team not only marched in area St. Patrick’s Day parades, but made it to the big one in New York City. Call it an Irish step dance of sorts — the marching and entertaining sorts.
Continue reading Retro RFH NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade March 
It’s all about the skating, creating and celebrating in the spirit of one artist. That artist would have been 32 on March 10.
So, in keeping with a new tradition created by his sister Adrienne, RFH grad Tom “Cooper” Ley’s artwork and birthday will be celebrated from 2 to 6 p.m. on Saturday, March 15 at Wild Air Beerworks, Asbury Park.
The show will honor the RFH grad, artist, musician and skateboarder with a posthumous birthday bash and help others in the mix. The proceeds from sales of Cooper’s artwork prints will benefit a charity — I Heart SF Skate Club. The cause, his sister said, is one that she researched and feels aligns with what Cooper’s wish to help would be if he were here.
Cooper passed away suddenly last year on Jan. 10, a couple months before his 31st birthday. Adrienne hosted the first of pop-up art shows in his honor in March of last year. A second was held in December at another spot.
In addition to the sales of Cooper’s art, his brother, Ben, will entertain with a little music from 2 to 2:45 or so.
For the love of art, music, skating and a good cause, the family and friends of Cooper invite all to be there — and leave having helped with some Cooper Ley artwork to display.
Hail, hail, the gang’s all here — the Rumson Rail Gang, that is. Where’s here? On the fence, of course, in at least one way.
Continue reading Retro RFH Girl Gang On the Fence 
Spring is in the air; and, especially considering the recent indoor track championship, RFHers are on track for good run in the season’s start to outdoor RFH Track & Field.
Continue reading Retro RFH Track & Field Warm-Up 
Well, the sun came out and dried up all the wintry yuck.
And when the sun comes out, it’s always been a rite of passage for RFHers to get outside. No, we’re not talking about cutting class. We’re just saying that when the sun calls after a stretch of yuck, RFH students have always answered with at least a trip to the front, side, or back of the high school — or Piping Rock Park … or the old Campus Luncheonette.
Continue reading Retro RFH Sunny Daze Chat & RideThe loved ones of Paul Hatch, who passed away in 2023, recently released his obituary …
Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 1995 graduate, Paul D. Hatch, beloved and devoted son, friend, brother, and uncle passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on July 21, 2023, in Little Silver. He was 47.
The family held a private remembrance in the summer.
Continue reading In Memoriam: RFH Class of ’95 Grad, Paul D. Hatch, 47 
A reprise originally posted on, no fooling, April 1, 2021, because on a dreary day, sometimes an RFHer just has to get up and dance. Cheers to the leader, the iconic George Giffin …
“OK, pick your dance partners,” RFH’s iconic George Giffin said at a 70s ballroom dance class.
The cool guys scurried to get the most popular girls as the tune countdown ticked away. I was the last girl left. Left footed, Lainey. Yep. Giff chuckled a little, looked at the two boys left as they backed into the wall like frightened wallflower turtles.
Continue reading Retro Getting In Step with an RFH Icon Seventeen Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) seniors recently qualified for the NJ State Seal of Biliteracy for their proficiency in Spanish, French, and German.
Continue reading RFH Students Awarded State Seal of Biliteracy 
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