It was a Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH) foreign exchange student experience to remember.
A little more than a week ago, 22 Spanish exchange students from Isabel de Castilla, in Avila, Spain, said goodbye to their hosts, current RFH students and their families, after a weeklong immersive visit to the United States.
Continue reading An RFH Foreign Exchange Student Experience 
The Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge replacement construction activity schedule remains status quo this week with work continuing daily from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Friday, weather permitting, and a roadway travel delay alert. Improvements to areas surrounding the bridge, such as West Park, are underway.
Continue reading Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Travel & Tides Advisory It was a day of celebration, gratitude, art, music, love and paying it all forward.
Continue reading Scene Around: Celebrating Cooper Ley, Art & Giving
All she wants for Christmas is for people to remember her brother — to gift his gift.
Of course, in facing a first holiday without him, if it were truly up to RFH grad Adrienne Ley O’Connell, she’d rather have that brother, Tom “Cooper” Ley, back. But, since she can’t have that sparkly, neatly wrapped present of her brother’s physical presence, she’s chosen to gift herself with the ethereally messy sharing of his art.
In following her Cooper-inspired Earthly journey, Adrienne is making sure he’s remembered and offering a little help and connection to those lost, as he once was, along the way.
Continue reading Scene Around: Cooper Ley’s Gift of Art Given by His SisterSanta Claus came to town in Fair Haven on Friday night. He left his reindeer at home to play their holiday games so he could get a ride in the firetruck.
Continue reading Scene Around: Santa Sleighs All in Firetruck Arrival Someone walked away from the bench. The sun hid behind the clouds. The river’s tide went out. Yet, it never left. Never does.
Continue reading Reflection: Benched in Riverfront Sunset SolitudeYes, it’s that time of the year. Tree time. And there’s no finer a time than the traditional Christmas tree sale at the Fair Haven Firehouse.
Continue reading Scene Around: Tree Time at the FirehouseIt was curtain up on Friday and final bow on Sunday for Nutcracker … the Musical at Rumson-Fair Haven Regional High School (RFH).
Continue reading Focus: On Stage with RFH Tower Players in ‘Nutcracker’ It was 11 a.m. on the 11th day of the 11th month. It was Veterans Day in Fair Haven on Monday. And the ceremony at Memorial Park was the continuation of a longtime tradition.
Continue reading Focus: A Fair Haven Veterans Day 
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Download File: https://rumsonfairhavenretrospect.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Remembering-R-FH-Area-Veterans-SD-480p.m4v?_=1Our annual Veterans Day tribute … (Click on the right corner icon to enlarge and the arrow of the above slideshow. WAIT for it to upload and play. Click one of the photos in the above gallery to enlarge and scroll.)
Their faces are the faces at the core of a close-knit community. Some have passed. Some are still with us. They are cherished. They are veterans.
They were and are neighbors, dads, and just plain friendly faces around the Rumson-Fair Haven area towns.
They served. They fought for freedom.
They lived and still do live their lives with hometown pride, honor and respect. They were, they are founding fathers, friends. They were, they are cornerstones of the sense of community that is the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
The gift of their legacies bears no upscale real estate market value. They passed along a love of country and community that is priceless.
Thank you, on Veterans Day, to the veterans of the area who have passed and those who are still with us. You are cherished, honored.
Take a look at some of their faces and remember the legacy they carry.
— Elaine Van Develde
— Photos, courtesy of families of the Rumson-Fair Haven area.
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Donate Donate monthly Donate yearlyHalloween haunts have long been the ultimate treat for Rumson-Fair Haven area folks.
Continue reading Focus: Brake-Slamming Halloween Haunts Stop, drop and roll with the lesson! That’s what Fair Haven Fire Department volunteers are teaching kids these days about fire safety.
Continue reading Scene Around: Fire Safety Lessons Taught in Fair Haven 
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