10 Things I Love About the Beach
Ready for Summer ’26 … As another Jersey Shore summer season approaches I am reminded — the beach is here to be shared with...
Author: Greg Kelly
Long Branch: Eating & Drinking
Photo-essay on city restaurants and bars through the years … Long Branch has always had its share of good dining and drinking spots —...
Sea Bright’s 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...
Robert Pinsky — Master Poet of Long Branch
Poet of the City … Long Branch native Dr. Robert Pinsky — a three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, distinguished Professor of English,...
Peninsula House: Seashore Splendor
It’s hard to call it Sea Bright’s most iconic oceanfront building. There have been so many others. But few, if any, had a nickname....
Long Branch City Hall History
Most Long Branch residents know their City Hall — a fortress-like structure set boldly on Broadway. For over 130 years the site has been...
Suiting Up: W.H. Woolley Clothing
The city’s most famous men’s clothing store opened on Broadway in the spring of 1911. Partners William H. Woolley and Jacob Kridel started the...
Monmouth Beach Golf Club
Monmouth Beach was very likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the 20th century,...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach have a lot in common. So much in fact — for about...
Boyle’s Tavern: “Neighborhood Bar”
I first walked through the door at age 18. Inside it was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad,...
Sea Bright Education History
Learning in the Past … With few dollars and even fewer students, Sea Bright public education efforts started humbly. Total annual town spending on...
Happy Birthday! — Monmouth Beach
Happy 120th Birthday! — Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ On March 9, 1906, Monmouth Beach was officially incorporated as an independent borough. Although known...
MB “Library Room” Clears 100
The borough “library room” opened for century … Monmouth Beach is a community of readers. As a writer — they’ve been looking at my...
Long Branch and the Presidency
Seven United States chief executives are said to have visited Long Branch — the 19th Century’s “Resort of Presidents” — but I only dug...
Over the River: King & President
The new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge — opened in July 2025 — is the sixth connection between two distinctive boroughs over the past 150 years....
City Schools: Long Branch Learning
Long Branch Education History … The foremost historical account of Long Branch — Entertaining a Nation — praises “three fighting superintendents” for guaranteeing the...
