Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
Long gone now — there was an aura and electricity about it. Today, few people know — and even fewer care — about the...
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Long gone now — there was an aura and electricity about it. Today, few people know — and even fewer care — about the...
Facts & Photos: Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website. One that’s both...
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...
The stately building on the southwest corner of Beach Road and Willow Avenue — the Monmouth Beach Borough Hall — has been the heartbeat...
Magnificent seashore lodgings highlight a city’s glory … I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These...
Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company is front of mind currently. While a new firehouse on Beach Road gets prepped,...
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...
City Fire & History Museum now open … There’s a new stage for the city’s favorite actor. The new Long Branch Fire & History...
Poet of the City … Long Branch native Robert Pinsky — a three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, distinguished Professor of English, and...
Enjoy some shore heights … Here are 100+ interesting aerial images from around Monmouth Beach — past and present. This seashore community is as...
History & photos … Resting along the banks of Manahasset Creek was the landmark Monmouth Beach Inn. This always hospitable and sometimes-raucous boarding house...
And some Hook eats history … Any reason to visit Sandy Hook is a worthwhile one. Now it’s even better. One of the peninsula’s...
He owned Monmouth Beach & Sea Bright I made a satisfying publishing career on writing for and about physicians. So it was very pleasing...
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...
For My Readers … As I continue to develop my website — mainly though posting historic local photos backed with facts — I’ve reached...
The 19th century moneyed founders of “Monmouth Beach” were determined to avoid the “hotel crowd” scene that made up most of Long Branch and...
A heartbeat away from the most-powerful office on Earth. Long Branch can’t claim that a native was ever President of the United States of...