Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....
MB Feature
Home for Monmouth Beach Firefighters
Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company has a new firehouse on Beach Road — there for all to see. Situated...
Long Branch Casino: City Crowning
Start of a City … The Long Branch Casino — majestically considered and placed where the city’s two greatest boulevards meet — had a...
Mayors of Sea Bright (1889-present)
Mayors of the Borough of Sea Bright, NJ: Mayor Term of Office • Peter L Cruser ...
Boyle’s Tavern: “Neighborhood Bar”
I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel …
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel images: The once spectacular Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel — situated around the Beach Road, River Avenue and Club Circle area...
Broadway: Ready for Business
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891, Broadway was where Long Branch did commerce. The Slocum family is...
Images of Long Branch …
Long Branch history is irresistible. The more you know, the more you want to know. The city’s remarkable heritage is vibrant and impactful. Its...
Seasons in the Sun: Our Beach Clubs
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. For Summer 2025,...
Monmouth Beach & USA — Celebrate ’76
Monmouth Beach-USA Bicentennial Celebration — 50 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation celebrating its 200th...
MB Borough Hall — History & Photos
The stately building on the southwest corner of Beach Road and Willow Avenue — the Monmouth Beach Borough Hall — has been the heartbeat...
Monmouth Beach Mayor’s Gallery
Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ — Since its 1906 incorporation as a municipality, 16 people have held the town’s highest elected...
Sea Bright Civics …
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. The first official gathering to incorporate “the borough Seabright” took place in February 1887...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a large private cottage. Mifflin Paul...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand oceanfront lodgings highlight city glory … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coast are endlessly fascinating to me....
Lady Led Learning in Tough Times
Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...
“MBI” — Hospitable & Raucous
“Where no one remembers your name …” Resting on the banks of Manahasset Creek was the landmark Monmouth Beach Inn. This hospitable and sometimes...
