Monmouth Beach Life Photo Collection
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....
Category: MB History
Channel Club Tower: Shrewsbury’s Sentinel
I grew up literally in its shadow — watching a tower and massive steel and concrete auto garage fill the large riverfront acreage we...
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...
Monmouth Beach From the Sky …
Aerial images of the borough … Have look at these aerial images from around Monmouth Beach — past and present. The seashore community is...
MB & SB — Sold for $30,000
A doctor owned the beach towns … I made a satisfying publishing career working as the editor of a physician’s business magazine. It helped...
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel …
Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel images: The once spectacular Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel — situated around the Beach Road, River Avenue and Club Circle area...
Monmouth Beach Club — 100 Years of Images
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is the definitive...
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...
Monmouth Beach: Mecca for Musicians
It’s the musical equivalent of Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Puth, Billy Joel, Taylor Swift, and Frank Sinatra among others all coming to Monmouth Beach for...
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...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth Beach...
Boyle’s Tavern: “Neighborhood Bar”
I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
MB First Aid Squad — History & Photos
The borough’s First Aid Squad has come a long way since its founding 65 years ago. The all-volunteer group is today called the Monmouth...
Shorelands of Monmouth Beach
History & Photos … Shorelands — starting as a Gilded Age golf course has grown into a close-knit and comfortable community. Mostly, the folks...
Monmouth Beach Mayor’s Gallery
Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ — Since its 1906 incorporation as a municipality, 16 people have held the town’s highest elected...
Jay W. Ross: MB’s Ultimate Philanthropist
Jay W. Ross was strong and serious, hard-working and honest, principled and opinionated. He knew what he wanted. Thankfully he wanted to help Monmouth...
