MB Cultural Center: Ordeal & Triumph
It has survived fires and floods. Withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. Abandoned, it sat rotting for eight years — unused...
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Booth-Full of Brothers
On Long Branch and a presidential assassin … John Wilkes Booth’s place in American infamy is secure forever. History records that JWB certainly visited...
Eliakim Wardell: Monmouth Beach Founder
Monmouth Beach residents have long known they live in near paradise — all beginning as “Wardell’s Beach” some 350+ years ago. The founder and...
MBPD: A History of Serving & Protecting
Good Guys in Blue … A main reason why Monmouth Beach is such an outstanding community is because residents trust that they live in...
Monmouth Beach Railroad Times …
Many seasoned borough residents know that a train once ran through town. Monmouth Beach also had a railroad station — two in fact. The...
Long Branch’s “Showman Mayor”
Daniel J. Maher is certainly one of the most fascinating leaders — both civic and commercial — in all Long Branch history. This epic...
Alice Kelly — Taken 50 Years Ago
It’s been more than 50 years since the death of my older sister, Alice Ward Kelly, R.N. She would be a senior citizen now...
Long Branch City Clerks: Some History
The first Long Branch municipal clerk was R. Jerome Van Brunt, who held the post for nearly 20 years before being politically ousted in...
West End Images …
The West End of Long Branch has always been its own kind of place — from wealthy to hippie. The area was once known...
Long Branch’s Almost President
A heartbeat away from the most-powerful office on Earth Long Branch can’t claim that a native was ever President of the United States of...
Monmouth Beach Politics: J & J Style
From the official beginning of Monmouth Beach in 1906 — for nearly half of that time — a dynamic father-son combo ran things as...
First Residents: The Lenape
12,000 Years of Jersey Shore History … There are people who called our New Jersey coastal area home long before we did — the...
St. Peter’s Church of Galilee
“Church of the Fishermen” Built on sand close by the water’s edge, the St. Peter’s Church of Galilee was dedicated in August 1873. Classic...
Long Branch City Hall History
Most Long Branch residents know their City Hall — a fortress-like structure set boldly on Broadway. For over 130 years the site has been...
Lady Led Learning in Tough Times
Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...
Monmouth Beach: Land of Rich & Famous
Gilded Age Glory at the Jersey Shore … By the 1880s — thanks to the advent of a shore-area railroad system and a train...
