Highlands-Sea Bright Bridge Images
Images of a Shore Crossing … Since the first bridge opened in December 1872, a total of four have connected northern Sea Bright with...
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Monmouth Beach: 19th Land of the Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … Beginning back in the late-1800s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and...
Rumson-Sea Bright Bridge Images
A link between two distinctive communities … A total of five bridges have connected the boroughs of Sea Bright and Rumson over the past...
Find Your Monmouth Beach Connection …
Find You or Yours (click on the image to enlarge) … This Monmouth Beach Recreation Department photo was taken in 1974 on Raccoon Island....
MB Fire Company Images …
MBFC Pictures … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company was organized in 1905 and actually predates the borough by a year. The borough is fortunate...
Highland Beach — Grand Playground of the Past
Originally part of “Wardell’s Beach,” the beginnings of Highland Beach as an iconic shore resort date to Gilded Age times. Located on the barrier...
Grand Old Hall of Monmouth Beach
The stately building on the southwest corner of Beach Road and Willow Avenue serves as the heartbeat of municipal government — the Monmouth Beach...
MB Politics: Johnson & Johnson Style
During the first century of Monmouth Beach governance, for nearly half of that time a dynamic father-son combo ran things as activist mayors. These...
Monmouth Beach Faithful Observers …
The preservation and promotion of history — Monmouth Beach and beyond — is a great trust. History once gone can be most difficult to...
Monmouth Beach Inn
Short history and photos … Resting along the banks of Manahasset Creek was the legendary Monmouth Beach Inn. A sometimes-raucous boarding house and bar,...
The Doctor’s Doctor — Dr. George A. Sheehan, Sr.
By Michael Sheehan Note: Six of Dr. Sheehan’s children were Monmouth Beach homeowners: Joan, Anne, Pat, Liz, Skip, and Mike. I picked up a...
Monmouth Beach Club Images
The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This coastal building is perhaps the definitive piece...
Monmouth County: What’s in a Name?
“According to several sources, including a booklet, A Sketch of Monmouth County, published in 1929 by the Board of Chosen Freeholders, Monmouth County was...
Shores of Sea Bright …
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
Long Branch Schools Through the Years
City schools through the years … The ultimate historical account of Long Branch — the 1940 bio-book Entertaining a Nation — gives “praise to...
Sea Bright: Boro of Beach Clubs
It’s the ultimate beach town — folks have been coming to Sea Bright for the sand, sea and sun for 125 years. Young and...
