Sir John Stockton was an ancestor of Commodore Stockton founder of Sea Girt. As the Lord Mayor of London, he helped to save the city from assault in 1471

Can you guess the name of this commonly used device? A little history of foot measurement

Arthur A. Zimmerman “Zimmie” was the best sprint bicyclist in the world in the 1890s. He was American Champion three times, and the first World Champion in 1893. Called the “Jersey Skeeter”, he was born in Camden, and raised in Freehold, and moved to Manasquan after he started riding penny farthing bikes.

Margaret Oglesby was left alone in her large mansion in Sea Girt after her husband’s death in 1888. She stayed in the community and was the catalyst for the building of St. Uriel the Archangel in Sea Girt.

Mary Morris Vaux, a cousin of Marriott Morris visited Sea Girt before she became a noted glaciologist and floral painter.

Along Spring Lake there is a beautiful bent cedar. Here is its tale.

A short history of bicycles and the Beach Cruiser at the Jersey Shore

The Abenaki First Nations people sold their handcrafted baskets in Belmar for 50 years.

The history of the footbridges of Spring Lake

Ocean Grove has been trying to do things its own way for over 150 years. The fight for an Ocean Boulevard was its longest battle against the outside world.