’23 Hurricane Here: Be Ready
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Predicts “Near-Normal” Storm Season Living at the shore comes at a price. Wise lifelong residents know this. Natural forces of...
A Jersey Shore Journal ...
National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration Predicts “Near-Normal” Storm Season Living at the shore comes at a price. Wise lifelong residents know this. Natural forces of...
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891 — Broadway was where Long Branch conducted commerce. The Slocum family...
It’s difficult to narrow down a true name? It opened as Ocean Park in 1934 and closed as Long Branch Stadium in 1957. During...
Pharmacist, Doctor, Mayor — All in North End The city’s longest operating pharmacy was started in North Long Branch more than 125 years ago....
Photo-essay on city restaurants and bars through the years … Long Branch has always had its share of good dining spots — places to...
Generations of borough residents remember the spot as one where they came of age athletically — or tried and didn’t. For nearly 75 years,...
A link between two distinct communities … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and Rumson over the past...
Long Branch Police Department service dates back to a Civil War Hero … Like most law enforcement agencies — they’ve been both admired and...
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is perhaps the...
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
It has 500 years of history — going back to the 1520s when Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to explore our “Jersey...
Magnificent seashore lodgings highlight the city’s glory … I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These...
It was a fabulous architectural representation of Long Branch at the apex of its Glided Age glory — the West End Cottages. Situated on...
Long Branch has a long and storied history as a beach resort destination, with its iconic pier playing a central role in that history....
It was known as “Fishtown” in Entertaining a Nation and marked as “Atlanticville” on an 1873 F.W. Beers map. I remember locals calling it...
It’s had multiple identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...