A Journalist’s Journey …

Greg Kelly

For Spring 2025 borough historian Greg Kelly will conduct several presentations about Monmouth Beach history. A typical production (including commentary and slideshow content) lasts about 45 minutes plus any Q&As. Presentation topics:

Friday, April 25 @ 6:30 pm:

• Deep End: History of Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion: The borough’s ever-popular municipal beach club, first opened for Summer 1921, has maintained its charm and appeal ever since.

Friday, May 16 @ 6:30 pm:

• Heroes House: History of the Monmouth Beach Cultural Center:  Tales about three separate “sentinels of the shore” (US Life-Saving Association, US Coast Guard and NJ State Marine Police) who called the building home.

June (TBD):

• Party Time: History of the Monmouth Beach Inn:  The “MBI” — a hospitable and sometimes raucous boardinghouse/bar — entertained off Manahasset Creek until the 1960s.

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Greg Kelly, a local writer and historian, is publisher of MonmouthBeachLife.com, a website covering Monmouth Beach, Sea Bright, and Long Branch. Launched in 2017, he seeks local facts by searching the digital archives of the Long Branch Daily Record, Red Bank Daily Register, and Asbury Park Press — with 350+ years of combined area news coverage. A former reporter, editor and columnist for the Atlanticville News (1985-2006), he wrote Monmouth Beach: A Century of Memories (2009), a history on his native town. Email him at monmouthcountylife@gmail.com.