A Booth-Full of Brothers
On Long Branch and a presidential assassin … John Wilkes Booth’s place in American infamy is secure forever. History records that JWB certainly visited...
Category: Long Branch
Long Branch Pier & Boardwalk History
Witness to the incineration of a city landmark … It had an aura and electricity all its own. Today, few people know, and even...
Long Branch Hotels: Great Views
Grand oceanfront lodgings highlight city glory … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coastline are endlessly fascinating to me....
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...
Long Branch City Hall History
This Broadway site has been the focal point of municipal government for more than 130 years now. Long Branch — during its rich and...
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....
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,...
Long Branch Mayor’s History
History Highlights: Long Branch City Mayor … There’s been a certain stability to the office of Long Branch mayor over the past 50 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 —...
West End Cottages
It was a fabulous architectural representation of Long Branch at the apex of its Glided Age glory — the West End Cottages. The magnificent...
Max’s Bar & Grill — #1 in Long Branch
The city’s oldest eating establishment … So the food tale is … Max Altman opened the “first refreshment stand of any description” in Summer...
Long Branch Casino: City Crowning
Start of a City … The Long Branch Casino — majestically considered and placed where the city’s two greatest boulevards meet — had a...
Broadway: Ready for Business
Legendary Road Awaits New Vision First mapped in 1835, first paved in 1891, Broadway was where Long Branch did commerce. The Slocum family is...
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...
Long Branch: Keys to the City
How old is Long Branch? It goes all the way back to 1668. According to local folklore, five associates from the original Monmouth Patent...
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...
