Pete Dawkins: A Call to Duty
(This interview was conducted in 2010.) What can you say about Peter Dawkins? Well, he’s a U.S. Army General, Rhodes Scholar, Husband and Father,...
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Elmer Fudd via Monmouth Beach
In my ongoing research of Monmouth Beach history, I’m frequently amazed by the caliber of people who have called this small community home. One...
Monmouth Beach: Land of Rich & Famous
Back in the late-1800s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train station in the borough — Monmouth Beach...
Riding the Monmouth Beach Rails
If America’s late 18th century “High and Mighty” were going to make a then remote seashore region (Monmouth Beach and Long Branch) a summer...
COA Spring Beach Sweeps on April 13
Monmouth Beach environmental supporters can participate in Clean Ocean Action’s 2019 “Spring Beach Sweeps” on Saturday, April 13 from 9 am to 12:30 pm...
Growing Up in Monmouth Beach
For over 20 years of my life, our family of 10 lived in a large Tudor house about a quarter mile from the ocean...
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...
New SBBP — a Symbol of Hope
The name of the new building will be the Sea Bright Beach Pavilion. And it’s another magnificent symbol of rebirth for a dynamic Jersey...
Grand Old Hall of Monmouth Beach
The stately building on the southwest corner of Beach Road and Willow Avenue serves as the heartbeat of municipal government — the Monmouth Beach...
Monmouth Beach’s “Bronze Star” Couple
My physician-dad had a great many doctor buddies, but only one was included in his bedside photograph collection when he died in March 2007....
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...
