Summer has officially arrived.
The living may not be quite so easy this summer, but there has been some freedom from pandemic quarantine to ease those isolation blues. And when there’s a chance to enjoy a sunny summer day by the river, all Rumson-Fair Haven area folks tend to flock right to it.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Dock Summer DazeJust in case you’re having a hankering for a bite from an iconic eatery with a side of icon to serve it up, the folks at Butler’s in Rumson say that this very thing is on the menu now.
Continue reading Scene Around: Butler’s & Umberto’s; a Conscious Iconic CouplingThe year 2020 has brought a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) graduation of a different kind — the COVID-19 pandemic kind.
Continue reading A COVID Era RFH Class of 2020 GraduationThe Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) Class of ’78 will be setting yet another place at its reunion memorial table.
Continue reading In Memorium: RFH Grad Carol Halligan Shaffery, 60Frustrated with a years’ long problem looming over the area in surge spurts and the unheeding of advice regarding it, Rumson police have taken their message to the streets with lit signage: “Car thieves are back! Lock your cars!”
Continue reading Rumson Police Take Their Car Theft Message to the StreetsThe story of a kayaking fisherman gone missing on Thursday night in the Navesink River came to a tragic end as the body of Bordentown resident Nedim Aksoy, 50, was recovered in Sandy Hook Bay near Plum Island on Monday morning, U.S. Coast Guard authorities said.
Continue reading Body of Missing Kayaker FoundIt has happened before and it’s happening again. Car theft in Rumson is on the rise. And most of the thefts involve unlocked cars with key fobs left inside.
Continue reading Rumson Police: Car Thieves are Back
No tickets here. Just a reward checkpoint.
Continue reading Scene Around: Pulled Over by Police for a Chat & Reward
As part of National EMS Week, homage is paid to first aid squads, particularly the volunteer squads.
Continue reading Retro Rumson First Aid by BoatThe federal funding coffers for the Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge project just got $31 million richer, making the $104 million project completely federally funded, Monmouth County officials said.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Project $31 Million Richer
It’s National Police Week. And it’s a National Police Week of a different kind this year.
Usually the week represents the culmination of the Police Unity Tour in which law enforcement officers from all over the nation ride bicycles to the National Law Enforcement Memorial in Washington, D.C. to honor fallen officers. But, for the first time since before it began in 1962 when President John F. Kennedy designated May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day, there is no ride due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
There is also no week of convergence in Washington to participate in the now longtime tradition of participation in events to honor fallen officers. But there is still remembrance.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Police Snapshot
The parade passed by; and, the 85th birthday of a Fair Haven man with a lot of his own townie history was celebrated in a historic way.
Continue reading Scene Around: A Fair Havenite’s 85th Pandemic Birthday Parade
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