I Owe My Life to the Fighting Doctor
My father, Dr. Charles W. Kelly, would have been age 100 with his birthday on December 14, 2018. Here is a tribute to him...
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“Galilee” of Monmouth Beach Images
The borough area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a spot rich in history...
A Tale of Two Sisters …
They are forever elusive to me. I wish so much I could have known them better. To be with them — if only for...
Monmouth Beach’s Almost President
Monmouth Beach can’t claim that a resident was President of the United States of America. Almost though. Garret Augustus Hobart, born in neighboring Long...
MB Bathing Pavilion Images
The Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion (MBBP) — the borough’s pubic beach club since the early 1920s — has been a go-to spot for sun and fun...
History of the MB Bathing Pavilion
The idea of a borough-owned bathing facility became a reality in April 1921, when the Monmouth Beach Borough Council approved a sum of $8,000...
Doctoring with a Riverview …
Hospitals were sacred ground to my physician-dad — clean and caring at a minimum; life transforming and medically heroic at their best. He spent...
Monmouth Beach’s Political Beginnings
By virtue of an act signed by the N.J. Secretary of State, J.D. Dickinson, on March 9, 1906, Monmouth Beach was officially incorporated as...
Play the MB Name Game …
Monmouth Beach Name Game — #1 Contest: The first person to correctly identify all the people in the photo below will win a $25...
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel Images
It is the spot where Monmouth Beach all began. Eliakim Wardell, who first settled the area, broke ground on a farmhouse at what’s now...
