Monmouth County: What’s in a Name?
“According to several sources, including a booklet, A Sketch of Monmouth County, published in 1929 by the Board of Chosen Freeholders, Monmouth County was...
Author: Greg Kelly
Play the MB Name Game …
Monmouth Beach Name Game — #3 Contest: The first person to correctly identify all the people in the photo below will win a $25...
MB Fire Company: Always Brave & Ready
The all-volunteer Monmouth Beach Fire Company — proud of its century-long dedication to protecting the lives and property of its neighbors — actually predates...
”Most Powerful Banker in History” Loved MB
George Fisher Baker: Gilded Age Tycoon During the late 19th Century — and probably even today — the 1.6-mille Ocean Avenue section of Monmouth...
Images of Long Branch …
This page is dedicated to the memory of Tom Booth of Long Branch (1951-2019). Pictures from the City of Long Branch … Rich in...
Doc Kelly’s Rules for Stress Busting
“More Americans than ever before are stressed, depressed and anxiety-ridden,” according to a new study in the journal Psychiatric Services. No surprise. There’s a...
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....
Monmouth Beach School History
Formal public education in Monmouth Beach — at least the concept of it — got its start over 110 years ago. The first borough...
Monmouth Beach Educates a Doctor
When my father was in his late 40s he ran for a seat on the Monmouth Beach School Board of Education (as if he...
