Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … My goal with this website has been to create something...
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Long Branch Mayor’s History
History Highlights: Long Branch City Mayor … There’s been a certain stability to the office of Long Branch mayor over the past 50 years....
Monmouth Beach Honors USA ★ 250 in Style
MB Marks the USA’s Semiquincentennial Anniversary… I take genuine pride in my Monmouth Beach heritage. Not only was I raised here; I got to...
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...
US Life-Saving Service in Sea Bright
“Heroes of the Jersey Shore” at Station #3 … The US Life-Saving Service was a federal maritime rescue organization formed in 1878 to save...
US President Loved Monmouth Beach
Benjamin Harrison — the nation’s 23rd president — visited 130 years ago. A former President of the United States of America did visit Monmouth...
Seasons in the Sun: Local Beach Clubs
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. Generations of local...
Vivian Johnson: Shore Nightclub Queen
She was born in Monmouth Beach — a member of the borough’s most famous political family. Vivian Johnson was a lady way ahead of...
Mayors of Sea Bright (1889-present)
Mayors of the Borough of Sea Bright, NJ: Mayor Term of Office • Peter L Cruser ...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand oceanfront lodgings highlight a city’s glory days … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coast are endlessly fascinating...
50 Years of Weekly Newspapers …
In the spring of 1976, Michael Booth launched a Long Branch weekly newspaper, The Atlanctiville. That was 50 years ago. Mike remains in the...
10 Things I Love About the Beach
Ready for Summer ’26 … As another Jersey Shore summer season approaches I am reminded — the beach is here to be shared with...
“Pool Club Row” in Long Branch
Pool & Surf Swimming in the City … Times 3 The old Long Branch pier and boardwalk area — in all its guises —...
Long Branch and the Presidency
Although seven United States chief executives visited Long Branch — the 19th Century’s “Resort of Presidents” — but I only dug deeper on two:...
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
The city’s paper of record … The “hometown newspaper” of Long Branch was launched as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults and...
Lady Led Learning in Tough Times
Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...
“Good Cop” — City Patrolman Charlie Phillips
In an age when “the good cop” is more important than ever — I’d like to remember one of “Long Branch’s finest.” As Long...
