Rumson-raised Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of 1976 graduate Craig E. Widmaier, a 34-year Red Bank resident, passed away peacefully on Sunday, May 21, at Riverview Medical Center. He was 64.
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Scene Around: RFH Senior Pre-Prom Stylin’
Yes, they were all dressed up with a couple of places to go — a pre-prom party and the actual Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Senior Prom.
The proms of these days are not your ’60s, ’70s, ’80s or ’90s proms. And that makes sense, of course. These days, the pre-prom party is a show of its own. All the prom goers, with or without dates, and their families go to a host’s house to get their prom on sans any alcohol before the main event. The prom goers are even breathalyzed to ensure a safe, fun night.
This year the pre-prom party was at a home on Rumson Road. And, from what we hear and the looks of things, a banner time was had by all. Why not? All the elements of a good gathering were there: the place, the people, the mood and, of course, the fashion.
Speaking of fashion … The guys’ dress is a whole event unto itself this era. These days they sport anything from pretty formal to smart casual and pretty preppie shorts and dress sneakers, if there is such a thing — and there is. Gone are the days of polyester pastel tuxedoes with frilly shirts. Thank the fashion gods. Though, these guys sported an awful lot of preppie pastels. Very sharp and fitting for each boy’s personal taste and personality.
The girls? Well, they were fashionably gowned out and coiffed. Looks like long has remained fashion forward. In fact, it looks like red carpet time for these girls.
It’s been rolled out and rolled up. The party’s over, but the freeze frames remain. Until next year … Prom party on!
— Photos/Jenny Costello, Joanne Formisano and Chris Rodriguez
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In Memoriam: Fair Haven Native, Rumson High Grad, Parker Family Health Clinic Founder, Shirley Parker, 100
Fair Haven native Shirley Parker “peacefully and gracefully rose to her reward of everlasting life, surrounded by love, on May 21.” She had turned 100 on Jan. 17.
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In Memoriam: Rumson Native & Longtime Fair Havenite, Ruth Bertell, 93
Longtime Fair Havenite and Rumson native, Frieda “Ruth” Bertell, passed away at Navesink Harbor in Red Bank on May 22. She was 93.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson Native & Longtime Fair Havenite, Ruth Bertell, 93In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Rod Shea, 66
Rumson-raised U.S. Navy veteran, Roderic Shea, passed away on May 19 in Jasper, Georgia. He was 66.
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Rumson Police Investigating Sunday Car Theft
With the theft Sunday night of a vehicle from Rumson, police are again pleading with residents take what they deem simple precautions to dissuade car thieves.
Continue reading Rumson Police Investigating Sunday Car TheftIn Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Charlie Gross, 76
Rumson-raised Charlie Gross, “loving husband, brother, stepfather and grandfather, whose dedication to Monmouth County maritime history was reflected in his love of boatbuilding, passed away on Tuesday in Lincroft due to complications from a chronic neurological illness.”
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In Memoriam: Longtime Rumsonite, Joan Marie Keogh
Longtime Rumsonite, Joan Marie Keogh, died on Sunday, May 14, after a very long fight with a form of Lou Gehrig’s disease.
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A Mother’s Day Salute to R-FH Area Moms Through the Generations
Reprise! We’ve said it every year; and we’re saying it again this year …
Happy Mother’s Day to Rumson-Fair Haven area moms of the past and present!
You put the coffee on. You called for us when dinner was ready. You held on tight when we needed a hug. You wiped our dirty little faces, sopped up tears and runny noses. You were there, front and center, at many a school open house, game, play, concert and, yes, principal’s office visit.
You welcomed the neighborhood kids as if they were your own. You wrote all those notes to get us out of gym class (because some of us were clods). You shook your heads in disbelief over our antics and yelled our full names like a loving banshee when you were mad. You had our backs. You were just plain there — the unshifting foundation of a community through the years, building a legacy.
Thank you. We remember those who are gone and salute those who carry on …
— Elaine Van Develde
Photos/courtesy of Facebook friends
Retro Appreciated RumsonTeachers’ Beach Tripping
Photo/Cindy Crowley
A must of a reprise from 2020 in honor of Teacher Appreciation Week …
There’s nothing like some fine elementary school teaching moments … at the beach … with ice cream … and cool teachers sporting cat-eye sunglasses and pedal pushers.
Continue reading Retro Appreciated RumsonTeachers’ Beach TrippingRumson Police: Man Charged with Criminal Sexual Contact in Alleged 2022 Groping Incident
After the arrest of an Ocean County who allegedly groped a bartender at an unnamed Rumson restaurant last year, Rumson police have investigated, lodged criminal charges and turned the case over to the Monmouth County Prosecutor’s Office, police said.
An investigation into the alleged incident, led by Rumson Police Sgt. Daniel Campanella, “determined that the man groped a female bartender while she worked at a local restaurant on East River Road in October of 2022,” a released statement from police said.
The accused, Daniel E. Boswell Jr., 52, of Long Beach Township, Ocean County, has been charged with criminal sexual contact, a fourth-degree crime, via a complaint summons.
“That is all the information we have at this time since the case is now with the Prosecutor’s Office,” Sgt. Christopher Isherwood said in an email.
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In Memoriam: Rumson-Raised Rumson High School ’52 Grad, Lillian Shea Briskey, 88
Rumson-raised Rumson High School 1952 graduate and longtime former Oceanport resident, Lillian Kathrine Shea Briskey, passed away peacefully on April 29 in Lake Bluff, IL. She was 88.
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