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....
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Broadway Show: Long Branch Arts & Cultural Center
Arts & Cultural Center Celebrates All Things Long Branch The diversity of Long Branch — its citizens gift for mixing — is an essential...
10 Things I Love About the Beach
Good-bye Summer of ’24 … As another Jersey Shore summer season passes by, I must remember — the beach is here to be shared...
Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
Witness to the incineration of a city landmark … Long gone now — it had an aura and electricity all to its own. Today,...
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
Long Branch’s “hometown newspaper” was founded as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults and Louis Bennett. It began printing daily in July...
Long Branch Mayor’s History
Historical Highlights on the Office of Long Branch City Mayor … There’s been a certain stability to the office of Long Branch mayor over...
The Trials of Dr. Carl Coppolino
While exploring my physician-father’s medical book collection at our home one day, I found an oddly titled one, The Practice of Hypnosis in Anesthesiology...
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...
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. Built in...
Pier Dancing — City Summers Past
It was the “Great Depression” and Long Branch tried to shuffle by. Back some 90 summers ago. Today, nearly no one remembers the large...
MBFC Softball — Lasting Champions
Another title in 2024 … Congrats again — to the Monmouth Beach Fire Company softball team for capturing its fifth straight championship in the...
Robert Pinsky — Master Poet of Long Branch
Poet of the City … Long Branch native Dr. Robert Pinsky — a three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, distinguished Professor of English,...
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...
Peninsula House: Shore Splendor
It’s hard to call it Sea Bright’s most iconic oceanfront building. There’s been so many others. But few, if any, had a nickname. Locals...
“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 Stadium: History & Photos
It’s difficult to narrow down a true name? It opened as Ocean Park in 1934 and closed as Long Branch Stadium in 1957. During...
