Honoring Long Branch Senior Citizens
Golden Age Gift … Long Branch senior citizens now have a spectacular new home in which to gather. One befitting their contributions and wisdom...
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Golden Age Gift … Long Branch senior citizens now have a spectacular new home in which to gather. One befitting their contributions and wisdom...
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
It was a fabulous architectural representation of Long Branch at the apex of its Glided Age glory — the West End Cottages. Situated on...
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date back to “Gilded Age” times. This iconic location —...
George Fisher Baker: Gilded Age Tycoon During the late 19th Century — and probably even today — the 1.6-mille Ocean Avenue section of Monmouth...
It was called “Fishtown” in Entertaining a Nation and marked as “Atlanticville” on a F.W. Beers map in 1873. Many locals still call it...
Revered as heroes of the Atlantic Coast — members of the United States Life-Saving Service had a code: “you have to go out, but...
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...
Monmouth Beach is a community of readers. I should know — they’ve been looking at my ramblings for some 40 years now. An informal...
Although seven United States chief executives visited Long Branch — the 19th Century’s “Resort of Presidents” — but I only dug deeper on two:...
They were a couple of rocks in the sturdy foundation of what became Monmouth Beach — Garrett White and Nelson Lockwood. Both men exhibited...
Consider our outstanding career academies … Getting the best education for your child is a crucial parental duty. I strongly urge local families to...
And some Hook eats history … Any reason to visit Sandy Hook is a worthwhile one. Now it’s even better. One of the peninsula’s...
For Gilded Age elites to make a remote seashore region (Sea Bright, Monmouth Beach and parts of Long Branch) into an exclusive summer resort,...
“Learning From the Best” … Monmouth Beach homeowners are absolutely and correctly proud about the way their town looks. Appearances count big-time in real...