The founder and first settler of the New Jersey coastal area today known as Monmouth Beach (other than the true first settlers, Native American...

The borough’s true blue … The Monmouth Beach Police Department dates back to April 1906 with the appointment of a police committee by the...

Good Guys in Blue … A main reason why Monmouth Beach is such an outstanding community is because residents trust that they live in...

The Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial Celebration — it was 46 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation...

… the Epicenter of Monmouth Beach As a once sparse shore area known as “Monmouth Beach” was becoming a privileged resort back in late-1800s,...

Maps, letters, flyers, pictures, stories, ads, documents, signs, odd and unusual images of Monmouth Beach. I claim no ownership of the images — I...

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

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

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...

The preservation and promotion of history — Monmouth Beach and beyond — is a great trust. History once gone can be most difficult to...

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,...

Always ready and brave — The Monmouth Beach Fire Company — first organized in 1905 — actually predates the borough by a year. The...

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

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

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