A selfie is worth 113 students’ words. Getting the authenticity of the individuality picture was the message relayed to 113 eighth grade graduates of Forrestdale School in Rumson on Monday evening.
Continue reading Focus: A Forrestdale Graduation Selfie Peek 
It’s all a blur. That’s how some RFH grads of 46 years ago, more and even less feel about their graduation day.
Continue reading Retro RFH Graduation Blur Longtime Rumson resident Adele Meny passed away on June 15 at home, surrounded by her loving family. She was 89.
Adele moved to Rumson in 2004 and was a communicant at Holy Cross Church. “Her faith was strong and she devoted time to faith formation and the rosary group.” She was also a member of the Little Silver Woman’s club for several years.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Longtime Rumson Resident, Adele Meny, 89 They had a field day.
Rumson Forrestdale School students gathered outside yesterday for a traditional annual end-of-the-school-year day of fun and games outdoors. It’s literally a field day. And it’s sponsored by the PTO.
Continue reading Scene Around: Rumson Students Have a Field Day 
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement and associated roadway construction activity continues this week from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, with some new advisories concerning roads and summer Shrewsbury River activity.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Summer Travel Alert The following May criminal incidents and arrests were reported by Rumson police. An arrest does not constitute a conviction.
Continue reading Rumson Police Report: Vandalism, Theft, Criminal Mischief, DUI Rumson resident Mary Louise Kingsbery passed away, surrounded by her husband and children, at Riverview Medical Center on June 2. She was 67.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Rumson Resident, Mary Lou Kingsbery, 67 
Oh, it’s unofficial summertime. And Rumson-Fair Haven area folks have been soaking up the positive beaching it vibes and renewal of close encounters with their days at the beach and clubbing it, as they do.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Kids’ Beach Daze at ‘P’ House Longtime Navesink resident, Olive Pomphrey Newman, passed away peacefully on May 31. She was 97.
Continue reading In Memoriam: Native Rumsonite, Rumson High 1943 Grad, Olive Pomphrey Newman, 97 
Cheers to Friday, a Rumson icon and his iconic River Road spot!
That would be Tony Mellaci and his father’s bar, Frank’s. The door was always open at the place, welcoming Rumson friends for a cold one, a Mellaci sausage sandwich, a little camaraderie and good conversation among locals. The senior Mellaci, Frank, owned it and ran it with his son, Tony. The proprietors, they were.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Cheers from Frank’s It’s just one of those unofficial summer days — an everybody-in-the-pool kinda day.
It’s the kind of day when a Rumson-Fair Haven area person wishes he or she could take a swim, sit on a poolside porch overlooking the ocean and rock. Really rock … in a rocking chair at the old iconic Peninsula House.
Continue reading Swimming in Retro ‘P’ House Times 
It’s been a Memorial Day of the traditional kind in the Rumson-Fair Haven area. The day, usually kicked off by parades in Rumson and Fair Haven and solemn services at Victory and Memorial parks, respectively, brings people in the communities together. Groups, standing shoulder-to-shoulder, honoring those who sacrificed their lives in service to the country, is the usual visual.
Continue reading Retro Rumson Eighth Graders’ Memorial Day
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