Longtime Rumsonite Kathleen Ann O’Neill passed away peacefully on Aug. 7. She was 95.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Kathleen O’Neill Marass, 95Tag Archives: Rumson
Lightning Strikes Rumson Roof, Starts Fire
Lightning struck once in Rumson on Friday and sparked a roof fire.
Continue reading Lightning Strikes Rumson Roof, Starts FireRetro Sea Bright Beach Clubbing

Sometimes ya just have to go clubbing … in Sea Bright … before the age of 10.
After all, what good Rumson kid didn’t? Not many, if any. And back in the summer of ’69, little Claire Hurd was one who went clubbing … to Sea Bright Beach Club, of course, with the best of them. It was just the way Rumsonites rolled in the summer. Still do.
Continue reading Retro Sea Bright Beach ClubbingIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Red Bank Resident, Regina Cooke Clayton, 86

Rumson-raised Regina Cooke Clayton, more recently of Red Bank, passed away peacefully at home on July 29, surrounded by the love of her family. She was 86.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Red Bank Resident, Regina Cooke Clayton, 86Scene Around: Punk Rocking and Book Talking with RFH Alum Rossi
The punk rockin’ Rumson-raised chef and author known as Rossi came back home again to Jersey talk and joke about her latest memoir The Punk Rock Queen of the Jews.
Continue reading Scene Around: Punk Rocking and Book Talking with RFH Alum RossiProsecutor: Cyclist Killed in Rumson Accident; Investigation Ensues
An accident in Rumson on Thursday afternoon that resulted in the death of a bicyclist is under investigation, Monmouth County Prosecutor Raymond S. Santiago announced on Friday.
Continue reading Prosecutor: Cyclist Killed in Rumson Accident; Investigation EnsuesThe R-FH Area Weekend: Author Chat with RFH Alum Chef Rossi
The weekend promises to be a nice one, as far as good weather goes. Ahhhhh …
Continue reading The R-FH Area Weekend: Author Chat with RFH Alum Chef RossiRetro Rumson Barn’s ‘Birdie’ of a Summer Showtime
Reprise from 2016, just because ‘Birdie’ has made a comeback in community theater this summer, people are talking and we think more people need to remember summer theater fun at the old classic — The Barn Theatre …
Summer is in full swing. School’s out and kids are embarking on summer activities. The weekend is here. So is summer theater.
In fact, Spring Lake Theater Company’s next summer production is none other than Bye, Bye Birdie. And back in the 1970s, some RFH teens were acting that very musical out … in summer theater at The Barn Theatre in Rumson.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Barn’s ‘Birdie’ of a Summer ShowtimeSimple Summer: A Gaggle of RFH Gal Pals Reunited

Photo/Corie Robinson
It’s no longer 1980. But some RFH besties really can’t tell the difference nearly five decades makes, anyway.
Continue reading Simple Summer: A Gaggle of RFH Gal Pals ReunitedEnvironmentally Speaking: Clean Ocean Action Sues NJ Over Pipeline
Making waves. It’s what Clean Ocean Action (COA) is doing once again, as its organization tagline touts, in a tidal wave of an effort to protect the area’s water.
Continue reading Environmentally Speaking: Clean Ocean Action Sues NJ Over PipelineIn Memoriam: Former Longtime Rumsonite, Jeanne McGregor, 97

Former longtime Rumsonite, Jeanne McGregor, passed away peacefully at her more recent home in Oceanport on July 16. She was 97.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Former Longtime Rumsonite, Jeanne McGregor, 97Living the Dream: A Tale of ‘Growing with Grace’ and Purple Magnificence
By Elaine Van Develde
How does your garden grow? Gracefully, some might say.
Grace. It’s a thing we feel we must have, say and do to make life go more smoothly. Say grace. Give grace. Have grace. Age with grace. Do it with grace. Why not grow with grace? Better yet, grow with Grace — with a capital G, that is.
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