Vivian Johnson: Shore Nightclub Queen
She was born in Monmouth Beach — a member of the borough’s most famous political family. Vivian Johnson was a lady way ahead of...
Author: Greg Kelly
LBHS — With a Harvard Touch
Two Terrific Education Leaders with Ivy League Pedigrees … For nearly half a century, Long Branch High School was led by a couple of...
Channel Club Tower: Shrewsbury’s Sentinel
I grew up literally in its shadow — watching a tower and massive steel and concrete auto garage fill the large riverfront acreage we...
Eliakim Wardell: Monmouth Beach Founder
Monmouth Beach residents have long known they live in near paradise — all beginning as “Wardell’s Beach” some 350+ years ago. The founder and...
Monmouth Beach “Yankees”
Mickey Mantle, Whitey Ford, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankee baseball greats hanging out in Monmouth Beach? Yes, it happened. Most shore area...
Griffin Park — Monmouth Beach’s Playground
Generations of borough residents remember the spot as one where they came of age athletically — or tried and didn’t. For nearly 75 years,...
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 —...
Precious Blood Church Images …
The Church of the Precious Blood, the borough’s only Roman Catholic house of worship, is located on Riverdale Avenue at the foot of Beach...
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...
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
The city’s paper of record … The “hometown newspaper” of Long Branch was launched as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults and...
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Images
A new bridge — linking two distinct communities — opens … A total of six bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth Beach...
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...
Sea Bright … Shore Shots
Few seashore communities offer a richer blending of sand and sea. Technically, Sea Bright is a barrier beach — narrow and long. This land...
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...
Near Miss for “Sky King”
Juan Trippe survived to build an air-transport empire … The railroad played a major role in the early development of our shore area dating...
