It’s that time. Time to get seriously crabby on the river.
Nothing fishy about it. It’s a rite a passage in Fair Haven. It has been since the dawn of time in the borough and surrounding area. Kids, even entire families, buckets and nets in hand, get down to the Navesink River and start netting the crabbiest of crabs.
Continue reading Retro Fair Haven Crabby Catch on the Navesink Clam diggity! Call it mollusk mayhem. So, three RFH guys go clamming in Rumson …
Continue reading Scene Around: Clamming Up Among RFH Buds Someone walked away from the bench. The sun hid behind the clouds. The river’s tide went out. Yet, it never left. Never does.
Continue reading Reflection: Benched in Riverfront Sunset Solitude
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement activity for the next two weeks, Monmouth County officials announced, is scheduled, weather permitting, as follows:
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory 
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.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Channel and Roadway Travel Alert 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.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite Jack McMahon, 90 
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.
Continue reading Retro River Cruise into Summer Daze 
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.
Continue reading Retro Little Tykes’ River Time 
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.
Continue reading Focus: A Seat and a River Time Spell Cast
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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You could call these sunny fall days the dog days of river time. Really.
Continue reading Focus: Sun-Sopped River Dog Days
The sun has set on summer, leaving the glass empty with promise of another intoxicating locals’ fall refill after the rain.
Continue reading Focus: Empty Glass Toast to Summer’s Sunset
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