Peter Dawkins: A Call to Duty
(From an interview I conducted with General Dawkins in 2010) What can you say about Peter Dawkins? He’s a man with one of the...
MB Feature
A Lesson in Friendship
In today’s challenging times it’s uplifting to reflect on how two different men found a friendship. In following my dad’s medical career I learned...
Broadway Show: Long Branch Arts & Cultural Center
Arts & Cultural Center Celebrates All Things Long Branch The diversity of Long Branch — its citizens gift for mixing — is an essential...
Monmouth County’s Finest Young Minds
Consider our outstanding career academies … Getting the best education for your child is a crucial parental duty. I strongly urge local families to...
$ Wisdom from Warren Buffet …
$1,000 invested in 1965 = $33 million in 2025. My late friend and former neighbor in Monmouth Beach, James J. Maguire, worked on Wall...
Sheila Marie (Kelly) Sharemet, 1956-2025 — RIP
☘️ A superb Irish gal leaves us on St. Patrick’s Day … Sheila Marie (Kelly) Sharemet — strong in mind, body and soul —...
Surviving Superstorm Sandy …
13 years ago this month … It’s been more than a decade since the Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright area felt the...
Sandy Hook …. Shore Oasis
When it comes to the future of Sandy Hook, I’ve reached a certainty. I’d like to see as little change as possible. I am...
Visiting Monmouth Heights
A View to Remember & More … From the base of Maine to the tip of Florida (and even as far down as the...
Monmouth Beach: Mecca for Musicians
It’s the musical equivalent of Bruce Springsteen, Charlie Puth, Billy Joel, Taylor Swift, and Frank Sinatra among others all coming to Monmouth Beach for...
Monmouth Beach Educates a Doctor
When my father was in his late 40s he ran for a seat on the Monmouth Beach School Board of Education. As if he...
Monmouth Beach School History
Learning by the seashore … Formal public education in Monmouth Beach — at least the concept of it — got its start over 115...
Senators from Monmouth Beach
In my ongoing efforts at researching Monmouth Beach history, I have found at least two United States Senators who were residents and had strong...
Monmouth Beach & the Atomic Age
80 Summers ago a Monmouth Beach man advocated for the big bomb … My father always told me that Harry Truman should be my...
Find a Monmouth Beach Connection
Try to Locate You or Yours (click on the image to enlarge) … This photo was taken in 1974 on Raccoon Island for the...
Monmouth Beach Faithful Observers …
The preservation and promotion of history — Monmouth Beach and beyond — is an important trust. History once past is most difficult to recapture....
