Eliakim Wardell: Monmouth Beach Founder
The founder and first settler of the New Jersey coast area today known as Monmouth Beach (other than the true first settlers, Native American...
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The founder and first settler of the New Jersey coast area today known as Monmouth Beach (other than the true first settlers, Native American...
I grew up literally in its shadow — watching a tower and massive steel and concrete auto garage fill the large riverfront acreage we...
A President of the United States of America did visit Monmouth Beach or what it was to become (the area was officially part of...
Maps, letters, flyers, pictures, stories, ads, documents, signs, odd and unusual images of Monmouth Beach. I claim no ownership of the images — I...
The borough’s true blue … The origin of Monmouth Beach Police Department dates to April 1906 with the appointment of a police committee by...
It has survived fires and floods. Withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. It sat rotting for eight years — unused and...
Today, few people remember and even fewer know that Monmouth Beach was once a thriving commercial fishing village. While many local anglers still regularly...
Another title in 2023 and 6 in the past 7 years … It’s a group of guys — with 50 years of success —...
Learning by the seashore … Formal public education in Monmouth Beach — at least the concept of it — got its start over 115...
The Monmouth Beach area known as “Galilee” — located roughly from Central Road to the Sea Bright border — is a borough coastal spot...
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...
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 preservation and promotion of history — Monmouth Beach and beyond — is a trust. History once gone is most difficult to recapture. Credit...
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...
Monmouth Beach-American Bicentennial Celebration — from 47 years ago. In July 1976, the borough of Monmouth Beach joined in with the nation celebrating its...
This is an ongoing list, to which I will add frequently: • “Boss of the County” — It’s Monmouth County’s highest elective office. In...