Tag Archives: Rumson

Retro Rumson Island Ploppers

It’s a case of summer island plopping. Yes, that’s right. Island plopping.

That would be the more accurate term when telling the pretty common story of some Fair Haven and Rumson kids taking their own eight-hour tour of the Navesink and Shrewsbury rivers and ending up settling down for some adventure on Starvation Island in Rumson on pretty much any summer day.

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Rumson Police Report: Truck, Equipment and Scooter Thefts, Criminal Mischief, Disorderly, DUI

The following June criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel Advisory

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity continues again this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting. There is some rain in the forecast.

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Rumson Police: Traffic Alert for Rumson, Sea Bright

Rumson police have advised that …

Due to a water main break at the Goose Neck Bridge on the Oceanport side heading toward Little Silver, Seven Bridges Road in Little Silver is will be closed for the next 10 hours.

Because of the road closure, traffic delays are expected on Rumson Road and into Sea Bright on Ocean Avenue, which will be where traffic is detoured, during the Seven Bridges Road closure.

Please plan your travel accordingly.

Retro Rumson Beach Boys’ Stand-Off

Rumson boys’ beach time circa 1960s
Photo/ courtesy of Cindy Crowley

A reprise in honor of those “just beachy” days of summer … Here’s to summer days in Sea Bright!

Call them the 60s beach boys of Rumson. They were … from Rumson and on the beach. Boys on the beach. Yeah, that’s it.

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Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Holiday & Summer Travel Alert

Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity continues this week Monday through Wednesday, weather permitting, with some new advisories concerning roads, summer Shrewsbury River activity and July 4th holiday time off.

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