Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....

Monmouth Beach was very likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the 20th century,...

I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...

Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...

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...

The Shrewsbury River has played an important role in the social and commercial development of Monmouth Beach. In the early years, it was a...

Dr. Newell also represented our area in the US Congress I’m a Lincoln man. I’ve probably read more than 50 books about the nation’s...

Monmouth Beach was an amazing community in the late 19th Century. In addition to the rich and famous there were also, thanks be, the...

Aerial images of the borough … Have look at these aerial images from around Monmouth Beach — past and present. The seashore community is...

Spectacular seashore mansions … One way the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth Beach...

Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial — 49 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation celebrating its 200th birthday...

The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is the definitive...

United States Life-Saving Service — Remembering Heroes In the mid-1800s along the US coastline — between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras — there was...

A doctor owned the beach towns … I made a satisfying publishing career working as the editor of a physician’s business magazine. It helped...

The Wells Fargo Bank branch on Beach Road closed its doors permanently in October 2025. Making for a bitter Irony: William G. Fargo —...

Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel images: The once spectacular Monmouth Beach Clubhouse Hotel — situated around the Beach Road, River Avenue and Club Circle area...