Seasons in the Sun: Local Beach Club History
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. During peak summer...
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“Road Scholars” — Borough Public Works Leadership
“Learning From the Best” … Monmouth Beach homeowners are absolutely and correctly proud about the way their town looks. Appearances count big-time in real...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Magnificent seashore lodgings highlight city glory … I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These grand...
Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Facts & Photos: Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website. One that’s both...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach have a lot in common. So much in fact — for about...
Honoring Long Branch Senior Citizens
Golden Age Gift … Long Branch senior citizens are getting a spectacular new home in which to gather. One befitting their contributions and wisdom...
“The Reservation” — Long Branch’s Cottage Colony
By Michael Sheehan Visitors to Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park in Long Branch may notice a large house standing alone on the grounds of the...
Broadway: Ready for Business
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891, Broadway was where Long Branch conducted commerce. The Slocum family is...
Monmouth Beach: Rich & Famous Era
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...
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...
10 Things I Love About the Beach
Welcome Summer of ’24 … With another Jersey Shore summer season upon us, I must remember — the beach is here to be shared...
Images of Sandy Hook …
It has 500 years of history — going back to the 1520s when Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to explore our “Jersey...
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 impacting. With...
“Monmouth Beach-to-Saratoga”
Every year around this time I think about my late father-in-law, James F. Norton, Jr. Each summer he would make a sojourn from Monmouth...
Monmouth Beach & USA — Celebrate ’76
Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial Celebration — from 48 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation celebrating its...
Long Branch: City of Beach Clubs
Photo-essay on city sand, sea and sun … Long Branch is a beach town — one of the best ever. Shore lovers have known...
Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town. Folks have been coming to Sea Bright for sea, sand and sun for over a century. Young and old,...
