Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....
Author: Greg Kelly
Highland Beach — Playground Past
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginning of Highland Beach as a seashore resort dates back to the “Gilded Age.” This iconic shore location...
Long Branch City Hall History
Most Long Branch residents know their City Hall — a fortress-like structure set boldly on Broadway. For over 130 years the site has been...
James Heimbold — Duty, Honor, Country
Never Forget … For those who don’t know the Heimbold family of Monmouth Beach — you should. They’ve done a lot of meaningful things...
Lefty Sheehan: Our War Hero
Never Forget … • He came from an abundant family (born one of 20 double first cousins). • He summered in Monmouth Beach (enjoying...
LBHS — With a Harvard Touch
Two Terrific Education Leaders with Ivy League Pedigrees … For nearly half a century, Long Branch High School was led by a couple of...
$ Wisdom from Warren Buffet …
$1,000 invested in 1965 = $33 million in 2025. My late friend and former neighbor in Monmouth Beach, James J. Maguire, worked on Wall...
Peninsula House: Shore Splendor
It’s hard to call it Sea Bright’s most iconic oceanfront building. There have been so many others. But few, if any, had a nickname....
Local Railroads: MB • LB • SB
For Gilded Age elites to make a remote seashore region (Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach and Long Branch) into an exclusive summer resort, they required...
Boyle’s Tavern: “Neighborhood Bar”
I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
Long Branch: Eating & Drinking
Photo-essay on city restaurants and bars through the years … Long Branch has always had its share of good dining and drinking spots —...
Sandy Hook Lighthouse Images …
Over 260 years of service … It’s the Jersey Shore’s noblest outpost. At once majestic and mighty, it’s a tribute to commerce and continuity...
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
The presses stopped 50 years ago … The “hometown newspaper” of Long Branch was launched as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults...
“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 —...
Oliver Byron’s Next Performance …
City Fire & History Museum now open … There’s a new stage for the city’s favorite actor. The new Long Branch Fire & History...
Monmouth Beach Club — 100 Years of Images
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is the definitive...
