US Life-Saving Service in Sea Bright
“Heroes of the Jersey Shore” at Station #3 … The US Life-Saving Service was a federal maritime rescue organization formed in 1878 to save...
Author: Greg Kelly
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Images
Gateway to the Jersey Shore … Since the first bridge opened in 1872, a total of four river crossings have connected Sea Bright and...
US President Loved Monmouth Beach
Benjamin Harrison — the nation’s 23rd president — visited 130 years ago. A former President of the United States of America did visit Monmouth...
First Residents: The Lenape
12,000 Years of Jersey Shore History … There are people who called our New Jersey coastal area home long before we did — the...
Senators from Monmouth Beach
In my ongoing efforts at researching Monmouth Beach history, I have found at least two United States Senators who were residents and had strong...
Monmouth Beach Club — Over 100 Years
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is the definitive...
“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...
Lady Led Learning in Tough Times
Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...
Honoring Long Branch Seniors
Golden Age Gift … Long Branch senior citizens now have a spectacular new home in which to gather. One befitting their contributions and wisdom...
“Good Cop” — City Patrolman Charlie Phillips
In an age when “the good cop” is more important than ever — I’d like to remember one of “Long Branch’s finest.” As Long...
Find a Monmouth Beach Connection
Try to Locate You or Yours (click on the image to enlarge) … This photo was taken in 1974 on Raccoon Island for the...
“Super Banker” Loved Monmouth Beach
George Fisher Baker: Gilded Age Tycoon During the late 19th Century — and probably even today — the 1.6-mille Ocean Avenue section of Monmouth...
Peter Dawkins: A Call to Duty
(From an interview I conducted with General Dawkins in 2010) What can you say about Peter Dawkins? He’s a man with one of the...
Long Branch Stadium: Cars & Canines
It’s difficult to narrow down a true name. It opened as Ocean Park in 1934 and closed as Long Branch Stadium in 1957. Over...
MB Borough Hall — History & Photos
The stately building on the southwest corner of Beach Road and Willow Avenue — the Monmouth Beach Borough Hall — has been the heartbeat...
“Red” Blaik: Gridiron Leadership
Talk about a leadership legacy — when you have Douglass MacArthur for a mentor and Vince Lombardi for a protégé, you’re bound to be...
