Digital Discovery: Facts & Photos on Sea Bright, Long Branch, and Sandy Hook … I’ve sought to make this a pleasing and positive website....

“Where no one remembers your name …” Resting along the banks of Manahasset Creek was the landmark Monmouth Beach Inn. This hospitable and sometimes...

The wealthy founders of “Monmouth Beach” in the early 1870s were determined to avoid the “hotel crowd” scene that made up most of Long...

Monmouth Beach was likely home to the first formal golf course on the Jersey Shore.* Just before the turn of the century, investors purchased...

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...

The Monmouth Beach Bath & Tennis Club (known popularly as “The Club”) rests along Ocean Avenue. This fabulous Atlantic coast building is the definitive...

A doctor owned the beach towns … I made a satisfying publishing career working as the editor of a physician’s business magazine. It helped...

He is the supreme Monmouth Beach philanthropist of his age and all others. A guy who walked the talk — to the tune of...

The borough’s First Aid Squad has come a long way since its founding 65 years ago. The all-volunteer group is today called the Monmouth...

It has survived fires and floods. Withstood decades of storms, salt air and wicked winds. It sat rotting for eight years — unused and...

“Learning From the Best” … Monmouth Beach homeowners are absolutely and correctly proud about the way their town looks. Appearances count big-time in real...

There’s no place like home — except maybe the beach. There’s a two-fer in Monmouth Beach. During my deep-dive research into local history, I’ve...

The borough “library room” opened a century ago … Monmouth Beach is a community of readers. As a writer — they’ve been looking at...

Always Ready & Brave … The Monmouth Beach Fire Company has completed its new firehouse on Beach Road — there for all to see....

A Journalist’s Journey … For Spring 2025 borough historian Greg Kelly will conduct several presentations about Monmouth Beach history. A typical production (including commentary...