MB Bathing Pavilion Images …
The Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion (MBBP) — the borough’s only public beach club — has operated for more than a century of summers. I’ve...
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Monmouth Beach Golf Club
Monmouth Beach was likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the century, investors purchased...
Some Sea Bright Civics
Forever complicated, Sea Bright — in fact, has two birthdays. On March 20, 1889, voters of Sea Bright (then part of Ocean Township) went...
Abraham Lincoln’s Favorite Doctor
Dr. Newell also represented our area in the US Congress I’m a Lincoln man. I’ve probably read more than 50 books about the nation’s...
The Octagon — Sea Bright’s Grandest Hotel
Few more magnificent structures have ever graced the Jersey Shore. The Octagon Hotel in Sea Bright began as a private cottage. Built in 1870...
Sea Bright … Shore Shots
Technically, the borough is a barrier beach — narrow and long. Sea Bright, the land separating the Atlantic Ocean from the Shrewsbury River, is...
Sea Bright’s “Motel”
It’s had multiple identities over the past 65 years — only the geography is unchanged. In recent times, the spot has undergone a glorious...
MB Post Office — A Century of Service
The United States Post Office in Monmouth Beach (07750) — it’s had three homes in borough history — is marking 100 years of service....
Green Inn — Galilee Glamor
The wealthy founders of “Monmouth Beach” near the end of the 19th century were determined to avoid the “hotel crowd” scene that made up...
Doctors: Did You Know?
There’s no question that earning a medical degree takes some smarts. My physician-dad from Monmouth Beach would tell me that the profession was “the...
“Wooden Palaces” of Monmouth Beach
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way that the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth...
Monmouth Beach “Yankees”
Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankee baseball greats hanging out in Monmouth Beach? Yes, it happened. Most shore area...
“Bishop” of Sea Bright
Sea Bright Characters: My physician-father had his share of “famous patients.” Including one reputed New Jersey mobster boss, who when asked by dad what...
New Home for Monmouth Beach Firefighters
Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company is front of mind currently. While a new firehouse on Beach Road gets prepped,...
History of Shore Regional High School
The concept of a shore-area high school was discussed as early as 1955. In the following years, four local towns — Monmouth Beach, West...
The Doctor’s Beach Towns …
He owned Monmouth Beach & Sea Bright I made a satisfying publishing career on writing for and about physicians. So it was very pleasing...
