Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand oceanfront lodgings highlight city glory days … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coast are endlessly fascinating to...
Author: Greg Kelly
Visiting Monmouth Heights
A View to Remember & More … From the base of Maine to the tip of Florida (and even as far down as the...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
I witnessed the incineration of a city landmark … It had an aura and electricity all its own. Today, few people know, and even...
The “MBI” — Hospitable & Raucous
“A borough landmark” Resting on the banks of Manahasset Creek was the landmark Monmouth Beach Inn. This hospitable and sometimes raucous bar and boardinghouse...
Monmouth Beach — “Gold Heroes”
They were a couple of rocks in the sturdy foundation of what became Monmouth Beach — Garrett White and Nelson Lockwood. Both men exhibited...
MB First Aid Squad — History & Photos
The borough’s First Aid Squad has come a long way since its founding 65 years ago. The all-volunteer group is today called the Monmouth...
Long Branch: City of Beach Clubs
Photo-essay on city sand, sea and sun … Long Branch is a beach town — one of the best ever. Shore lovers have known...
Monmouth Beach: Land of Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...
Monmouth Beach “Yankees”
Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankee baseball greats hanging out in Monmouth Beach? Yes, it happened. Most shore area...
Mihm Family: River Rulers
The Shrewsbury River has played a major role in the social and commercial development of Monmouth Beach. In the early years, it was a...
MMC: City Healthcare History
Monmouth Medical Center — 135+ Years of Caring Professional healthcare in Long Branch got started in 1887 in four rented rooms over a Broadway...
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...
Alice Kelly — Taken 50 Years Ago
It’s been more than 50 years since the death of my older sister, Alice Ward Kelly, R.N. She would be a senior citizen now...
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...
“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 —...
West End Images …
The West End of Long Branch has always been its own kind of place — from wealthy to hippie. The area was once known...
