Monmouth Beach & the Atomic Age
80 Summers ago a Monmouth Beach man advocated for the big bomb … My father always told me that Harry Truman should be my...
Author: Greg Kelly
Living it Up at White Sands …
NLB’s fave beach spot from 1961-1974 … By mid-1960s Summers, Long Branch could be called “beach city.” Some 20 beach clubs (public and private)...
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...
Some Sea Bright Civics
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...
Monmouth Beach Politics: J & J Style
From the official beginning of Monmouth Beach in 1906 — for nearly half of that time — a dynamic father-son combo ran things as...
High Living in Monmouth Beach
“The Shores” and “The Admiralty” — Oceanfront High-Rises Rule the Coast Seeking to boost town tax ratables — then badly needed to fund a...
Monmouth County’s Finest Young Minds
Consider our outstanding career academies … Getting the best education for your child is a crucial parental duty. I strongly urge local families to...
America’s Best Beaches for ’25
Nothing too close … that’s good! He’s known popularly as “Dr. Beach.” Director of the Florida International University Laboratory for Coastal Research in Miami,...
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Images
A new bridge — linking two distinct communities — opens … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way that the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth...
A Doctor’s Doctor — George A. Sheehan, Sr.
By Michael Sheehan I picked up a book the other day, The Youngest Science, written by famed author and medical researcher, Lewis Thomas, MD....
Monmouth Beach Mayor’s Gallery
Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ (1906 to Present) — 16 people have held the town’s highest elected office since the municipality...
US Life-Saving Service at Takanassee Lake
Revered as heroes of the Atlantic Coast — members of the United States Life-Saving Service had a code: “you have to go out, but...
The Trials of Dr. Carl Coppolino
While exploring my physician-father’s medical book collection at our home one day, I found an oddly titled one, The Practice of Hypnosis in Anesthesiology...
Mule Barn Tavern — New Sandy Hook Rations
And some Hook eats history … Any reason to visit Sandy Hook is a worthwhile one. Now it’s even better. One of the peninsula’s...
Oceanport’s “Sharp-Shooter” Mayor
Plus, a list of all borough mayors … Oceanport’s first mayor was Charles W. Billings. An early and eager advocate for borough independence, he...
