Someone walked away from the bench. The sun hid behind the clouds. The river’s tide went out. Yet, it never left. Never does.
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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity for the next two weeks, Monmouth County officials announced, is scheduled, weather permitting, as follows:
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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Channel and Roadway Travel Alert
The Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity schedule remains status quo this week with continuing from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., weather permitting, through Friday, Oct. 25, and a full channel closure in place, Monmouth County officials announced.
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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite Jack McMahon, 90
Longtime Rumsonite, public defender, professor, dad and “crabber of the Navesink River,” John F. “Jack” McMahon, passed away on June 18 in the arms of his wife Pat and surrounded by family. He was 90.
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Retro River Cruise into Summer Daze
Call it a boatload of waterborne sunshine.
On the cusp of the unofficial start of summer, thoughts turn to sunny cruising on the Navesink River.
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Retro Little Tykes’ River Time
Photo/courtesy of Robin Drake Fitch
Quality river time. It’s a rite of passage for any Rumson-Fair Haven area kid.
When the spring air hits, the banks of the Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers call to kids like mythological Sirens. And they burrow themselves in the sand and tides like hermit crabs.
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Focus: A Seat and a River Time Spell Cast
Sometimes you just need to sit a spell and get let the river cast its magic.
And it will. Always does. Sunshine, crisp fall air and river mystique knows no bounds. Taking that front-row seat puts the “Ahhhhhh” into the exhale. From there, it’s all about the infinite inhale of tranquility. Thanks, too, that the intoxicating view remains a best friend that transcends time, never leaving a Rumson-Fair Haven area kid’s carefree mind.
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Focus: Throwing Sunny Shade on River Time
There’s nothing like a crisp, bright fall day down by the river. It’s nothing to throw shade on, unless, of course, an umbrella or several are involved at an iconic spot along the Navesink.
That spot would be Barnacle Bill’s in Rumson. The shade? Well, when the fiery sunshine sears that fuzzy warmth into your soul, the umbrella that shades takes the glare away, calling the view into vivid focus. Call it falling for the same old, yet always new, scene. The river time scene.
River time. It’s time forever well-spent — sunny side always up under the umbrella of a day completed down by the river.
Take a look and feel the fall riverside sunshine in your soul. (Click on one pic to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy!)
The sun is set to shine bright for the rest of the week, bringing another little waft of locals’ summer. Here’s the Rumson-Fair Haven area forecast through the weekend from the National Weather Service …
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Focus: Sun-Sopped River Dog Days
You could call these sunny fall days the dog days of river time. Really.
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Focus: Empty Glass Toast to Summer’s Sunset
The sun has set on summer, leaving the glass empty with promise of another intoxicating locals’ fall refill after the rain.
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Focus: Washed in River Daze
Call it a wash. Down came that rain and washed the murky, humid muck in the air away.
And like the song, it seems like “you can see forever more,” especially from the iconic shores of the Navesink down by Barnacle Bill’s. No matter how far a hometown Rumsonite or Fair Havenite roams, the riverfront always calls them back to hold them tight.
It’s never a fishing expedition. The line was cast long ago and the anchor never rusts. This one’s a diamond. Unbreakable, it glistens with magnetic light shining, calling from deep in the river’s sandy floor.
The precious anchor stone’s gleam reflects in that hometown kid’s eyes, offering the view no one else has. It’s from that river’s shores that, murk or not, that kid at heart can see more clearly every inch of beauty that’s always been there, yet still lies ahead. They look back while looking ahead to see those little big things that brought them there. Held them there.
Those things? They’re still holding … with soothing tightness.
Hold those thoughts and keep them … like a kid collecting shells down by the river.
Click on one photo in the above gallery to enlarge and scroll. Enjoy the view!
— Elaine Van Develde
The weather forecast …
Heatwave humidity and wildfire smoke has cleared. Here’s what’s in store with the weather in the Rumson-Fair Haven area through the weekend and into next week.
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Retro Sizzling Rumson Dock Girls’ 50s Summer
Photo/Ken Card, courtesy of Alice Mansfield
Reprise, because everyone’s asking about those hot Rumson girls of the 1950s dock days. And they’re still around the towns …
Well, we are steeped in steamy summer heat. And there’s really nothing more sizzling summer hot than two Rumson girls of the 1950s who took the plunge into and out of summers together — suited up, off the Rumson Dock and into a longtime friendship.
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