Max’s Famous Hot Dogs — #1 in Long Branch
City’s oldest eating establishment celebrates 95 seasons … So the food tale is … Max Altman opened the “first refreshment stand of any description”...
Author: Greg Kelly
“Bishop” of Sea Bright
Sea Bright Characters: My physician-father had his share of “famous patients.” Including one reputed New Jersey mobster boss, who when asked by dad what...
The Doctor’s Beach Towns …
He owned Monmouth Beach & Sea Bright I made a satisfying publishing career on writing for and about physicians. So it was very pleasing...
Long Branch Stadium: History & Photos
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...
About My Research Efforts …
For My Readers … As I continue to develop my website — mainly though posting historic local photos backed with facts — I’ve reached...
Long Branch’s Almost President
A heartbeat away from the most-powerful office on Earth. Long Branch can’t claim that a native was ever President of the United States of...
Visiting Monmouth Heights
A View to Remember & More … From the base of Maine to the tip of Florida (and even as far down as the...
Learning in Long Branch
City Education History … The preeminent historical account of Long Branch — Entertaining a Nation — praises “three fighting superintendents” for guaranteeing the city’s...
MB Commissioners Through the Years
The first borough commissioner I ever knew well was Sidney B. Johnson. No surprise there — he was a Monmouth Beach icon. Those familiar...
Long Branch Casino: City Crowning
Start of a City … The Long Branch Casino — majestically considered and placed where the city’s two greatest boulevards meet — had a...
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...
10 Things I Love About the Beach
Looking for Summer of ’24 … With another Jersey Shore summer season approaching, I must remember — the beach is there to be shared...
North Long Branch: Keeping Cool
It was called “Fishtown” in Entertaining a Nation and marked as “Atlanticville” on a F.W. Beers map in 1873. Many locals still call it...
“Galilee” at Monmouth Beach Images …
The Monmouth Beach area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a borough coastal spot...
MB Library History & Images …
An informal public library in Monmouth Beach got its start in Borough Hall on Beach Road in March 1925, when the borough council gave...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
The town’s spectacular seashore mansions … One way that the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature...
