Oceanport’s “Sharp-Shooting” Mayor
Oceanport residents have a new leader. Mayor Thomas J. Tvrdik, a former Republican borough councilman, was elected last November and sworn-in January 2024. Jay...
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Oceanport residents have a new leader. Mayor Thomas J. Tvrdik, a former Republican borough councilman, was elected last November and sworn-in January 2024. Jay...
It’s the ultimate beach town. Folks have been coming to Sea Bright for sea, sand and sun for over a century. Young and old,...
“The Break” coming to “The Neighborhood” The first residential high-rise in downtown Sea Bright is coming together smartly (the image below is a model)....
How old is Long Branch? It goes all the way back to 1668. According to local folklore, in 1665 five associates from the original...
Monmouth Beach was likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the century, investors purchased...
She was the fashionable female contingent of the borough’s most famous political family. Vivian Johnson, born in March 1901, was a trend-setter and accomplished...
I first walked into the place at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
* * * * * Although seven American chief executives have visited Long Branch — this 19th Century’s “Resort of Presidents” —...
Hospitals were sacred territory to my physician-dad. Life transforming and medically heroic at their best; clean and caring at a minimum. He spent the...
They were a couple of rocks in the sturdy foundation of what became Monmouth Beach — Garrett White and Nelson Lockwood. Both men exhibited...
The magnificent Normandie-by-the-Sea Hotel in Sea Bright was “exclusive and expensive” in its all-too-brief prime. It had a lot to live up to. The...
Birth of a beachtown … It was first called “Nauvoo.” The area’s original settlers — Nathan Woolley, William Giles, and Johnty Smith — probably...
The concept of a borough-owned public bathing facility became a reality in May 1921 when the Monmouth Beach Borough Council appropriated $6,800 to build...
The Shrewsbury River has played an important role in the social and commercial development of Monmouth Beach. In the early years, it was a...
Long Branch Police Department service dates back to a Civil War Hero … Like most law enforcement agencies — they’ve been both admired and...
Whitey Ford, Mickey Mantle, Yogi Berra and other New York Yankee baseball greats hanging out in Monmouth Beach? Yes, it happened. Most shore area...