Highland Beach — Past Playground
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date to Gilded Age times. This iconic location — where...
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“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date to Gilded Age times. This iconic location — where...
Classic photos of a seaside borough … (Page dedicated to the Sea Bright Historical Society) Monmouth Beach and Sea Bright have a lot in...
Photos of a shore crossing … Since the first bridge was opened in December 1872, a total of four fixed crossings have connected northern...
Known by locals as the “P House” — the iconic seashore structure dates back to Sea Bright’s late 19th century resort glory days. The...
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
It’s had several identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...
My physician-father had his share of “famous patients.” Including one reputed New Jersey mobster boss, who when asked by dad what would happen if...
A link between two distinct communities … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and Rumson over the past...
The magnificent Normandie-by-the-Sea Hotel in Sea Bright was “exclusive and expensive” in its all-too-brief prime. It had a lot to live up to. The...
Sea Bright beginnings … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably arrived...
Photos of the trains that ran through Sea Bright … Also, how a town train nearly killed a jet age pioneer. The railroad and...
It’s the ultimate beach town — folks have been coming to Sea Bright for the sand, sea and sun for 125 years. Young and...
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a private cottage built by Mifflin...
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...
Sea Bright School History The first-ever Sea Bright public school was opened in 1874, according to a Long Branch Daily Record, and burned four...
Sea Bright’s magnificent 19th century oceanfront mansions. A classic part of town heritage were the massive “cottages” — seashore castles of wood, in truth...