Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town. Folks have been coming to Sea Bright for sea, sand and sun for over a century. Young and old,...
Author: Greg Kelly
“Reading on Broadway” — Long Branch Library
It’s considered a “Carnegie Library.” The Long Branch Free Public Library on Broadway was funded by a Carnegie Foundation grant (which financed nearly 1,700...
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
Long gone now — it had an aura and electricity all to its own. Today, few people know — and even fewer care —...
Galilee Fishermen: “Harvesting the Sea”
Today, few people remember and even fewer know that Monmouth Beach was once a thriving commercial fishing village. While many local anglers still regularly...
Sea Bright Shore Palaces
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions … A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles made of wood...
Monmouth Beach — “Men of Honor”
They were a couple of rocks in the sturdy foundation of what became Monmouth Beach — Garrett White and Nelson Lockwood. Both men exhibited...
“Pool Club Row” in Long Branch
Pool & Surf Swimming in the City … Times 3 The old city pier and boardwalk area — in all its guises — is...
Highland Beach — Playground from the Past
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date back to “Gilded Age” times. This iconic location —...
America’s Best Beaches for ’24
No locals on the list … that’s good! He’s known popularly as “Dr. Beach.” Director of the Florida International University Laboratory for Coastal Research...
Peninsula House: Shore Splendor
It’s hard to call it Sea Bright’s most iconic oceanfront building. There’s been so many others. But few, if any, had a nickname. Locals...
Mihm Family: River Rulers
The Shrewsbury River has played an important role in the social and commercial development of Monmouth Beach. In the early years, it was a...
Long Branch’s “Showman Mayor”
Daniel J. Maher is certainly one of the most fascinating leaders — both civic and commercial — in all Long Branch history. This epic...
Long Branch City Hall History
The location has been the focal point of municipal government for more than 130 years now. Long Branch — during its rich and storied...
’24 Hurricane Season: Be Ready
Experts Predict “Extremely Active” Storm Season … Living at the shore comes at a price. Wise lifelong coastal residents know this. It’s understood that...
Robert Pinsky — Long Branch’s Master Poet
Poet of the City … Long Branch native Robert Pinsky — a three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, distinguished Professor of English, and...
Long Branch and the Presidency
* * * * * Although seven American chief executives have visited Long Branch — this 19th Century’s “Resort of Presidents” —...
