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,...
Author: Greg Kelly
Long Branch Eats …
Photo-essay on city restaurants and bars through the years … Long Branch has always had its share of good dining and drinking spots —...
Gaskin’s of North Long Branch
From City Seafood Lords to Seashore Luxury Living … The Long Branch Daily Record called him a “pioneer resident” — Conover J. Gaskin, Sr....
US Life-Saving Service at Takanassee Lake
Revered as heroes of the Atlantic Coast — members of the United States Life-Saving Service had a code: “you have to go out, but...
Images of Sandy Hook …
It has 500 years of history — going back to the 1520s when Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to explore our “Jersey...
“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 —...
Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
Seasons in the Sun: Our Beach Clubs
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. During peak summer...
Doctoring by the River …
Hospitals were sacred territory to my physician-father. Life transforming and medically heroic at their best; clean and caring at a minimum. He spent the...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand seashore lodgings highlight city glory … I’m endlessly fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch coastline. These grand...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a large private cottage. Built in...
New Home for Monmouth Beach Firefighters
Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company has mostly completed its new firehouse on Beach Road — there for all to...
Eliakim Wardell: Monmouth Beach Founder
The founder and first settler of the New Jersey coastal area today known as Monmouth Beach (other than the true first settlers, Native American...
Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Doctor
Dr. Newell also represented our area in the US Congress I’m a Lincoln man. I’ve probably read more than 50 books about the nation’s...
Vivian Johnson: Shore Nightclub Queen
She was the fashionable female contingent of the borough’s most famous political family. Vivian Johnson, born in March 1901, was a trend-setter and accomplished...
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...
