The new Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge — opened in July 2025 — is the sixth connection between two distinctive boroughs over the past 150 years....

Juan Trippe survived to build an air empire … The railroad played a major role in the early development of our shore area dating...

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....

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...

Classic photos of a seaside borough … Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach have a lot in common. So much in fact — for about...

Gateway to the Jersey Shore … Since the first bridge opened in 1872, a total of four river crossings have connected Sea Bright and...

“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date back to the “Gilded Age.” This iconic shore location...

Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...

A new bridge — linking two distinct communities — opens … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and...

Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions … A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles made of wood...

Learning in the Past … With few dollars and even fewer students, Sea Bright public education efforts started humbly. Total annual town spending on...

It’s had multiple identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...

Few seashore communities offer a richer blending of sand and sea. Technically, Sea Bright is a barrier beach — narrow and long. This land...

Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a large private cottage. Mifflin Paul...

Dinner & Drinks in Sea Bright — Sea Bright is a great many fine things. Among them is a neat spot to grab a...

Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...