Events for September 19, 2024 - September 19, 2024

Tracing Cranberry Inlet History Join Ocean County Historical Society’s Zoom presentation at 2:00 PM on March 20th. Enthusiastic storyteller, Ron Post, a surveyor, sailor, racer of catamarans, car collector and 1970 graduate of the University of Walt Disney World, will present his research on the history of the Cranberry Inlet that once connected Barnegat Bay with the Atlantic Ocean. Ron grew up in Morris County, collaborated with a surveyor after high school graduation, was drafted into the Army, returned to Morris County to collaborate again with a surveyor, and at age 29, moved with his sailboat to Orlando, FL. He became a marina supervisor at the Contemporary Hotel in Disney World, married his wife Karen in 1980, and then returned to the Jersey Shore. Earning his surveyor’s license in 1983, Ron started his own surveying business in Toms River. With Karen’s help, their “mom and pop” business working out of the basement has morphed into the present Ronald W. Post Surveying Inc. offering property, utility, and aerial surveying to the public. Bringing his love of surveying and maps to his presentation, Ron will explain how Mother Nature created, then destroyed the Cranberry inlet, until enterprising developers and builders finally tamed [...]

In her newest program Mothers of Invention, Carol Simon Levin, from Telling Her Stories, portrays Lillian Moller Gilbreth, motion study pioneer and “Cheaper by the Dozen” mother of 12 — then shares the stories of other overlooked women innovators, including many women of color. From Margaret Knight (the 19th century “Female Edison”) to Hollywood superstar Hedy Lamarr, these “Mothers of Invention” changed our lives, yet their accomplishments were all too often ignored, discounted or credited to others. This program is being held at the Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library. Registration is required. Visit the link below to register. This program is sponsored by the Friends of the Ocean County Library - Toms River.

Lady Boss connection event. Paint and Sip.

Downtown Toms River is celebrating the start of Spring on Saturday, April 9th from 1pm-8pm.  Join our downtown businesses, for a fun day of food, drinks, music, and vendors!  Washington Street will be closed between Main St. and Robbins St.  So head downtown and lets welcome in the longer days and warmer weather!    

TRAC & Ocean County Family Support Organization, Inc will be hosting 2 "Painted Quilt" classes. In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month, we will be painting a "quilt"  The children will paint a mask of how they feel about themselves and the parents will paint about how they feel about their children.  At the end the paintings we will attached all the painting together and hang it as a quilt. For more info go to www.oceanfso.org  

Patriotic Response to WWII POW Families Time travel back to the 1940s with Ocean County author Ronald E. Negra as he captures the upheaval and anxiety of families affected by World War II: debate over volunteering to serve, familial ties being temporarily severed as enlistees leave for foreign shores, and the interminable agony of awaiting word about loved ones who have been captured or presumed lost. Join Ocean County Historical Society in its hybrid (in person and Zoom) presentation on Sunday, April 24, 2022, at 2:00 P.M. Sharing the presentation with Ron are his mother, Agnes Joan Negra, now 102 and a 46 year-long resident of Forked River, who devised a way to help the POW families with her own patriotic endeavor. Learn about Agnes’ dedicated service in Ron’s book, Waves of Hope, which Ron and his wife, Valerie, will have available for purchase. Ron and Agnes have been highlighted in the Asbury Park Press, on CBS News (NY) and News 12NJ. If you wish to attend the presentation in-person at the OCHS Museum, 26 Hadley Avenue, Toms River, NJ please be aware that the audience is limited to 50 persons. Attendees will be checked for vaccination cards and photo [...]