Coastal history on the Monmouth Beach area dates back to the late 1600s, but it didn’t become an official community until the early 1900s...

Since Monmouth Beach is pretty much surrounded by water — a creek, a river and an ocean — bridges are necessary. The borough once had...

Monmouth Beach’s Top Hat … It’s the spot where Monmouth Beach all began. Eliakim Wardell, a Boston-born Quaker who first settled this shore area,...

My father always told me that Harry Truman should be my favorite American President. “If he didn’t drop the bomb in World War II,...

The Church of the Precious Blood, the borough’s only Roman Catholic house of worship, is located on Riverdale Avenue at the foot of Beach...

He is the supreme Monmouth Beach philanthropist of his age and all others. A guy who walked the talk — to the tune of...

In my ongoing efforts at researching Monmouth Beach history, I have found at least two United States Senators who had strong connections to this...

Generations of borough residents remember the spot as one where they came of age athletically — or tried and didn’t. For nearly 75 years,...

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

The Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial Celebration — it was 47 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation...

Enjoy some shore heights … Here are more than 100 interesting aerial images from around Monmouth Beach — past and present. This seashore community...

The borough’s First Aid Squad has come a long way since its founding 65 years ago. Thanks to the dedication and caring of its...

It has survived fires and floods. And withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. It sat rotting for eight years — unused...

The last day of business for the Monmouth Beach Train Station was Christmas Eve 1945. Rail service was officially “abandoned” then by authority of...

I made a satisfying publishing career on writing for and about physicians. So it was very pleasing to find that a doctor once played...