Images of Sandy Hook …
It has 500 years of history — going back to the 1520s when Giovanni da Verrazzano became the first European to explore our “Jersey...
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Images of Long Branch …
Long Branch history is irresistible. The more you know, the more you want to know. The city’s remarkable heritage is vibrant and impactful. Its...
You Tube Has Nothing on Dad
Every now and again when I felling a bit down, I’ll break out one of my family’s old home movies. I’ve learned that you...
Oliver Byron’s Next Performance …
City Fire & History Museum now open … There’s a new stage for the city’s favorite actor. The new Long Branch Fire & History...
Sea Bright … Shore Shots
Few seashore communities offer a richer blending of sand and sea. Technically, Sea Bright is a barrier beach — narrow and long. This land...
MB & SB — Sold for $30,000
A doctor owned the beach towns … I made a satisfying publishing career working as the editor of a physician’s business magazine. It helped...
Long Branch: City of Beach Clubs
Photo-essay on city sand, sea and sun … Long Branch is a beach town — one of the best ever. Shore lovers have known...
Monmouth Beach Golf Club
Monmouth Beach was very likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the 20th century,...
President Loved Monmouth Beach
Benjamin Harrison — the nation’s 23rd president — visited 130 years ago. A former President of the United States of America did visit Monmouth...
Storm Warriors: Monmouth Beach Chapter
United States Life-Saving Service — Remembering Heroes In the mid-1800s along the US coastline — between Cape Cod and Cape Hatteras — there was...
High Living in Monmouth Beach
“The Shores” and “The Admiralty” — Oceanfront High-Rises Rule the Coast Seeking to boost town tax ratables — then badly needed to fund a...
“Road Scholars” — Borough Public Works Leadership
“Learning From the Best” … Monmouth Beach homeowners are absolutely and correctly proud about the way their town looks. Appearances count big-time in real...
MB Police Department Images …
The borough’s true blue … Monmouth Beach Police Department origins date to April 1906 with the appointment of a police committee by the new...
Long Branch Casino: City Crowning
Start of a City … The Long Branch Casino — majestically considered and placed where the city’s two greatest boulevards meet — had a...
Vivian Johnson: Shore Nightclub Queen
Born in Monmouth Beach — a member of the borough’s most famous political family — Vivian Johnson was a lady way ahead of her...
“Long Branch Daily Record” History
The presses stopped 50 years ago … The “hometown newspaper” of Long Branch was launched as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults...
