Come enjoy the artwork of children from the Ethel Jacobsen Elementary and Long Beach Island Grade Schools on display in the library throughout the month of January. Student artists, families, teachers, and community members are invited to a special reception on January 26th to celebrate our young artists and enjoy light refreshments.
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 3 – 4pm
Ocean County Library - Long Beach Island Branch 217 S. Central Ave., Surf City, NJ 08008
(609) 494-2480
For centuries, the story of the Jersey Devil has been part of the culture of southern New Jersey. A fire-breathing monster with the head of a horse, bat wings and the body of a kangaroo. The creature is said to be the thirteenth child of a Mother Leeds, born in 1735 when the woman put a curse on her unfortunate offspring. Informed at a tender age by his grandmother (aka BeBop) that he is distantly related to the beast, author Bill Sprouse, explores the story behind the tale of his family's connection to the famous monster. Copies of his book, “The Domestic Life of the Jersey Devil: or, BeBop's Miscellany” will be available.
To Register: All must register a head of time by calling the Tuckerton Seaport at 609-296-8868. Cost is $2.00 per person (payable at the door).
For the 12:30 program, participants can bring a lunch or take advantage of our lunch option for $6.00
(registration for lunch is required two days in advance).
Tuckerton Seaport & Baymen’s Museum
120 West Main Street
PO Box 52
Tuckerton, NJ 08087
609-296-8868
LBI Kite Festival.
The LBI FLY International Kite Festival is scheduled to take place Friday, October 5 through 8, 2018. LBI Fly was organized to bring the brilliant colorful artist design kites, fun flying giant inflatable kites and the amazing show of sport kiting to our beautiful island.
For more information visit the them on Facebook for updates.
By: Reilly P Sharp Curator Barnegat Light Museum
Looking into the BLHS archives this week, we find ourselves right in the heart of the old Barnegat City boat harbor that once occupied a now-lost peninsula. In the photo, circa 1920, part of the former harbor can be seen from the deck of a sailboat moored at one of the piers that extended from the bulkhead, which ran roughly east-west from West 6th Street.
