Long Branch: Grand Hotels of Past
Magnificent seashore dwellings from a city’s glory days I’m fascinated by the magnificent seashore hotels that sprawled along the Long Branch shoreline. Here are...
Author: Greg Kelly
Monmouth Beach’s Almost President
Monmouth Beach can’t claim that a resident was ever a President of the United States of America. Very nearly though. Garret Augustus Hobart, born...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel started off as a private home built by Mifflin Paul in...
For Local Golfers: Two Gems
Golf at the Old Orchard Country Club and the Suneagles Golf Club Now is the season for area golfers to take time and play...
Beach Towns: SB • MB • LB
The sands of Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright and Long Branch … At the peak in the late 1960s, these three North Shore towns combined...
North Long Branch: Different Time & Place
It was known as “Fishtown” in Entertaining a Nation and marked as “Atlanticville” on an 1873 F.W. Beers map. I also recall many of...
Monmouth Beach Aerial Images
Enjoy some shore heights … Have a look at more than 100 interesting aerial images from around Monmouth Beach — past and present:
Long Branch: City by the Beach
A photo-essay on beach life at Long Branch … Long Branch is a beach town — one of the best ever. Shore lovers have...
Long Branch Railroad Images …
The city’s train system … At its peak, according to a 1907 Asbury Park Press report, the city of Long Branch had 5 train...
MB First Aid — History & Photos
The borough’s First Aid Squad has come a long way since its founding over 60 years ago. And thanks to the dedication and caring...
“Galilee” of Monmouth Beach Images
The borough area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a spot rich in history...
Legend of Long Branch …
Beginnings of a great city — How far back does Long Branch go? Try May 1668. According to local folklore, five associates of the...
Religion in Monmouth Beach
Monmouth Beach was an amazing community in the late 19th Century. In addition to the rich and famous there were also, thanks be, the...
Normandie Hotel — SB Spent Splendor
The Normandie-by-the-Sea Hotel of Sea Bright was “exclusive and expensive” in its all-too-brief prime. And it involved another “Sea Bright character.” This spectacular Gilded...
Shores of Sea Bright …
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
A Once Fabulous Hotel
… the Epicenter of Monmouth Beach As a once sparse shore area known as “Monmouth Beach” became a privileged resort back in late-1800s times,...
