Highland Beach — Playground Past
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginning of Highland Beach as a seashore resort dates back to the “Gilded Age.” This iconic shore location...
Category: Sea Bright
Sea Bright Civics …
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. The first official gathering to incorporate “the borough Seabright” took place in February 1887...
Images of Sea Bright …
Classic photos of a seaside borough … Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach have a lot in common. So much in fact — for about...
“Bishop” of Sea Bright
Sea Bright Characters: My physician-father had his share of “famous patients.” Including one reputed New Jersey mobster boss, who when asked by dad what...
Nauvoo — Start of Sea Bright
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
Sea Bright … Shore Shots
Few seashore communities offer a richer blending of sand and sea. Technically, Sea Bright is a barrier beach — narrow and long. This land...
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Images
A new bridge — linking two distinct communities — opens … A total of six bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and...
Near Miss for “Sky King”
Juan Trippe survived to build an air-transport empire … The railroad played a major role in the early development of our shore area dating...
Sea Bright’s Shore Palaces
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions … A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles made of wood...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore — the Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright. Its “nucleus” was an original octagon-shaped seashore...
Mayors of Sea Bright (1889-present)
Mayors of the Borough of Sea Bright, NJ: Mayor Term of Office • Peter L Cruser ...
Over the River: King & President
The new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge — opened in July 2025 — is the sixth connection between two distinctive boroughs over the past 150 years....
Peninsula House: Shore Splendor
It’s hard to call it Sea Bright’s most iconic oceanfront building. There have been so many others. But few, if any, had a nickname....
Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Images
Gateway to the Jersey Shore … Since the first bridge opened in 1872, a total of four river crossings have connected Sea Bright and...
Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town. Folks have been coming to Sea Bright for sea, sand and sun for over a century. Young and old,...
Sea Bright Table Setters …
Dinner & Drinks in Sea Bright — Sea Bright is a great many fine things. Among them is a neat spot to grab a...
