“Reading on Broadway” — Long Branch Public Library
It’s considered a “Carnegie Library.” The Long Branch Free Public Library on Broadway was funded by a Carnegie Foundation grant (which financed nearly 1,700...
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Gaskin Family 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....
Long Branch’s Other Hospital
The E.C. Hazard Memorial Hospital … This mostly forgotten city charity healthcare institution at Washington and Dewey Streets — called the “hospital with a...
Long Branch’s Almost President
A heartbeat away from the most-powerful office on Earth. Long Branch can’t claim that a native was ever President of the United States of...
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 of the original Monmouth Patent...
Long Branch City Hall Images
Plus, the “Mayors of Long Branch” — Long Branch has had two municipal buildings in its long and storied history — both located on...
Elberon: “Playland of Millionaires”
History & Images It was sometimes called “Hollywood of the East.” When it was a summer seashore resort during the Gilded Age. Elberon back...
Long Branch Schools Through the Years
Learning in the city … The ultimate historical account of Long Branch — Entertaining a Nation — praises “three fighting superintendents” for guaranteeing the...
Pleasure Bay Images …
In an effort to expand beyond the declining oceanfront hotel scene as the new 20th century dawned, Long Branch developers their turned attention to...
Oliver Byron’s Next Performance …
The city of Long Branch has acquired the Oliver Byron Engine Company, No. 5 firehouse on Atlantic Avenue. The 116-year-old building in North End...
Long Branch Healthcare History
Monmouth Medical Center and the Hazard Hospital Professional healthcare in Long Branch got its start in four rented rooms above a Broadway storefront, Arnold’s...
Robert Pinsky — Long Branch’s Master Poet
Poet of the City … Long Branch native Robert Pinsky — a three-term Poet Laureate of the United States, distinguished Professor of English, and...
Long Branch City Clerks: Some History
“A direct link between residents and their local government.” —Long Branch Daily Record The first Long Branch municipal clerk was R. Jerome Van Brunt,...
Long Branch Railroad Images …
The city’s train system … still going today At its peak — according to a 1907 Asbury Park Press report — the city of...
Ditchdiggers, Daughters, and Doctors
I’ve admired the medical profession all of my life. My physician-father sort of insisted. Turns out it’s pretty easy. This I learned from my...
