George Fisher Baker: Gilded Age Tycoon During the late 19th Century — and probably even today — the 1.6-mille Ocean Avenue section of Monmouth...

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

“Happy Childhood Days” … The Monmouth Beach School anthem conjures up happy memories for a lot of alumni. The public school on Griffin Street...

This is an ongoing list, to which I will add frequently: • “Boss of the County” — It’s Monmouth County’s highest elective office. In...

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

There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. During my deep-dive research into local history, I’ve found few things to elicit more...

The borough “library room” opened for century … Monmouth Beach is a community of readers. As a writer — they’ve been looking at my...

A doctor owned the beach towns … I made a satisfying publishing career working as the editor of a physician’s business magazine for 12+...

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

Many seasoned borough residents know that a train once ran through town. Monmouth Beach also had a railroad station — two in fact. The...

12,000 Years of Jersey Shore History … There are people who called our New Jersey coastal area home long before we did — the...

“Church of the Fishermen” Built on sand close by the water’s edge, the St. Peter’s Church of Galilee was dedicated in August 1873. Classic...

Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...

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

History & Photos … The borough’s Shorelands section started as a Gilded Age golf course that grew into a close-knit and comfortable community. Mostly,...