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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised RFH 2016 Grad, Athlete, Artist, Writer, Becca Ley, 28

It is with great sadness that the passing of Rebecca “Becca” Edith Ley is announced. Becca passed away on March 8 at 28 — a beautiful soul taken too soon.

The Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 2016 graduate was born at Riverview Medical Center in Red Bank on Jan. 18, 1998. After graduating from RFH, Becca then attended Monmouth University, graduating in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health and Physical Education.

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Local Life, Opinion

Retro Forrestdale Basketball Slam Dunk

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A 1970s RFH basketball moment Photo/George Day
A 1970s RFH basketball moment
Photo/George Day

It’s basketball season these school days, and a particularly winning one at RFH. So, we’re bringing this up again …

It’s no secret that RFH has had some slam dunk success with the sport. So has Rumson’s Forrestdale School. 

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Local Life

Retro RFH NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade March

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RFH Marching Band and Twirlers in NYC St. Patrick’s Day Parade circa 1984
Photo/Kitty Beeman

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.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Longtime Fair Havenite, RFH Grad, Pauline Sorrentino Smith, 85

Rumson-raised longtime Fair Havenite and Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduate, Pauline Ann Sorrentino Smith, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Feb. 25. She was 85.

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Local Life

Retro RFH Boys’ Wintry TGIF Toast

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RFH guys spread winter cheer circa 1970s
Photo/courtesy of George Day

Raise your plastic cups and party on! It’s time for a little chill and retro toast to the impending weekend of breaking out of all the snow and taking the snap out of the cold snap with the warmth of some RFH guys of the late ’70s and early ’80s.

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Obituaries

In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, ‘Queen of Social Intoxication,’ Diane Dey, 95

Diane M. Dey

Longtime Rumsonite Diane Merrall Dey, 95, more recently of Atlantic Highlands, “received her angel wings on Saturday evening, Feb. 7. She departed peacefully at home, in the presence of her loving daughter, Merrall, while the Commendation of the Dying was invoked by Father Hank Hilton.”

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