Mother to Son: Christmas Letter
Some 80 Christmas seasons ago — with war raging around the globe — a mother sat down and wrote a simple but powerful letter...
Author: Greg Kelly
A Lesson in Friendship
In today’s challenging times it’s uplifting to reflect on how two different men found a friendship. In following my dad’s medical career I learned...
Broadway Show: Long Branch Arts & Cultural Center
Arts & Cultural Center Celebrates All Things Long Branch The diversity of Long Branch — its citizens gift for mixing — is an essential...
Monmouth County’s Finest Young Minds
Consider our outstanding career academies … Getting the best education for your child is a crucial parental duty. I strongly urge local families to...
$ 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...
Surviving Superstorm Sandy …
13 years ago this month … It’s been more than a decade since the Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright area felt the...
Sandy Hook …. Shore Oasis
When it comes to the future of Sandy Hook, I’ve reached a certainty. I’d like to see as little change as possible. I am...
Monmouth Beach: Mecca for Musicians
It’s the musical equivalent of Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Puth, Billy Joel, Taylor Swift, and Frank Sinatra among others all coming to Monmouth Beach for...
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...
Monmouth Beach School History
Learning by the seashore … Formal public education in Monmouth Beach — at least the concept of it — got its start over 115...
Monmouth Beach & the Atomic Age
80 Summers ago a Monmouth Beach man advocated for the big bomb … My father always told me that Harry Truman should be my...
Monmouth Beach Faithful Observers …
The preservation and promotion of history — Monmouth Beach and beyond — is an important trust. History once past is most difficult to recapture....
Commerce Corner in Monmouth Beach
The Mayor’s Market … A neighborhood cornerstore is something found in many American communities. Like in Monmouth Beach. Down through the years many a...
Umbrellas to Billionaires — the Life of Jim Maguire
The guy traveled a long way from his first job as an umbrella boy at the Monmouth Beach Club. James J. Maguire, Sr. —...
The MB-SB Elevated Highway?
Area motorists — weary of the bumper-to-bumper traffic along Ocean Avenue-Route 36 in the summer — would have loved this deal. It’s a sweet...
Monmouth Beach Historical Committee
The borough of Monmouth Beach has formed a new organization: * * * * * Monmouth Beach Historical Committee Organized June 2024 “The purpose...
