Monmouth Beach: Land of Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...
Author: Greg Kelly
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,...
Honoring Long Branch Senior Citizens
Golden Age Gift … Long Branch senior citizens now have a spectacular new home in which to gather. One befitting their contributions and wisdom...
Local Railroads: MB • LB • SB
For Gilded Age elites to make a remote seashore region (Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach and Long Branch) into an exclusive summer resort, they required...
MMC: City Healthcare History
Monmouth Medical Center — 135+ Years of Caring Professional healthcare in Long Branch got started in 1887 in four rented rooms over a Broadway...
Fine Art in Monmouth Beach
A grand glance of old Monmouth Beach … She is the borough’s “artist-in-residence” — Gail H. Gannon — now in perpetuity upon her passing...
MB Commissioner Times …
The first borough commissioner I ever knew well was Sidney B. Johnson. No surprise there — he was a Monmouth Beach icon. Those familiar...
Sea Bright Railroad Images …
Train Times in Sea Bright … Also, how the railroad nearly killed a jet age pioneer. The railroad played an important role in Sea...
Shorelands of Monmouth Beach
History & Photos … The borough’s Shorelands section started as a Gilded Age golf course that grew into a close-knit and comfortable community. Mostly,...
Images from “Galilee” …
The Monmouth Beach area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a borough coastal spot...
MB Fire Company: Always Brave & Ready
The all-volunteer Monmouth Beach Fire Company — proud of its century-long dedication to protecting the lives and property of its neighbors — actually predates...
Gaskin’s of North Long Branch
From City Seafood Lords to Seashore Luxury Living … The Long Branch Daily Record called him a “pioneer resident” — Conover J. Gaskin, Sr....
A Once Fabulous Hotel
… the Epicenter of Monmouth Beach As a once sparse shore area known as “Wardell’s Beach” was becoming a privileged resort back in late-1800s,...
You Tube Has Nothing on Dad
Every now and again when I felling a bit down, I’ll break out one of my family’s old home movies. I’ve learned that you...
Galilee Fishermen: “Harvesting the Sea”
Today, few people know or remember that Monmouth Beach was once a thriving commercial fishing village. While many local anglers still regularly cast off...
Living it Up at White Sands …
North End’s fave beach spot from 1961-1974 … By mid-1960s Summers, Long Branch could have been called “beach city.” Some 20 beach clubs (public...
