Sandy Hook Lighthouse Images …
Over 260 years of service … It’s the Jersey Shore’s noblest outpost. At once majestic and mighty, it’s a tribute to commerce and continuity...
A Jersey Shore Journal ...
Over 260 years of service … It’s the Jersey Shore’s noblest outpost. At once majestic and mighty, it’s a tribute to commerce and continuity...
The presses stopped 50 years ago … Long Branch’s “hometown newspaper” was founded as a weekly in 1883 by Robert M. Stults and Louis...
Mayors of the Borough of Monmouth Beach, NJ (1906 to Present) — 16 people have held the town’s highest elected office since the municipality...
☘️ A superb Irish gal leaves us on St. Patrick’s Day … Sheila Marie (Kelly) Sharemet — strong in mind, body and soul —...
Summers Remembered in Monmouth Beach, Long Branch and Sea Bright … There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. During peak summer...
E.C. Hazard, MD & his Hospital … This forgotten city charity healthcare institution — known as the “Hospital with a Heart” — was opened...
Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....
Helen Kittell West, Principal of the Monmouth Beach School (1922-1946). A borough education leader during very trying times — all through the Great Depression...
I first walked through the door at age 18. It was cool, dark, and mysterious. My friend, Joe, was the guide. His dad, Emmett,...
Spectacular seashore mansions … One way that the wealthy like to flex is through the building of huge houses. A fetching feature of Monmouth...
Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company has completed its new firehouse on Beach Road — there for all to see....
Lost city summers … Long Branch has a storied history as a beach resort destination, with its iconic pier playing a central role in...
The Monmouth Beach Bathing Pavilion (MBBP) — the borough’s public beach club — has operated for more than a century of summers. I’ve favored...
“Sandy Hook’s historic resort paradise” The beginnings of Highland Beach as a seashore resort date back to the “Gilded Age.” This iconic shore 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...
Grand seashore lodgings highlight city glory … The magnificent seashore hotels that once sprawled along the Long Branch coastline are endlessly fascinating to me....