10 Things I Love About the Beach
It’s here — the summer season on the Jersey Shore. Monmouth Beach rests at the heart of the shore for me and this is...
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History of the MB Bathing Pavilion
The MBBP will fully open for the 2018 season on Friday, June 22. * * * * * The idea of...
Ditchdiggers, Daughters, and Doctors
All my life I’ve admired the medical profession. My physician-father from Monmouth Beach sort of insisted. Turns out it’s pretty easy — this I learned...
Live the “The Alameda 7”
I was going through some motivational books that belong to my sister Sheila (and that’s one motivated lady) during a recent visit to her...
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...
Looking Like a Doctor
It’s a time that is seared into my memory forever — the morning when my physician-dad awoke me to tell of a terrible accident....
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...
“Wild West” Connection in Long Branch
Note: Six of the Sheehan children who lived at The Reservation later lived in Monmouth Beach. By Michael Sheehan Visitors to Seven Presidents Oceanfront...
MB Cultural Center: A Story of Ordeal & Triumph
It has survived fires and floods and withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. It sat rotting for eight years, unused, unloved....
What’s Your Favorite Pizza?
New Jersey Monthly magazine, calling it “Jersey’s favorite food,” is out with a “35 Must-Try Palaces of Pizza” story. Several Monmouth County locations made...
America’s Best Beaches for 2018
We’re not on the list, but should be … They call him “Dr. Beach.” He is Stephen Leatherman, PhD, the country’s top coastal expert...
