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WREP: When Radio Entertained People

Ocean County Library Toms River Branch 101 Washington St., Toms River, NJ, United States

Veteran actors from WREP will perform skits from radio’s “Golden Age” of the 1940s and 1950s. This “broadcast” will feature episodes from the shows The Great Gildersleeve, Ozzie and Harriet […]

Did An Asteroid Really Kill The Dinosaurs?

Robert J. Novins Planetarium 1 College Drive Ocean County College Building 13, Toms River, NJ, United States

Did a space rock six miles wide slam into the Earth 66 million years ago and wipe out 75 percent of all living species at that time, including the dinosaurs? […]

“Project Paperclips Brings German Scientists to NJ,” by Fred Carl

Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Drive, Toms River, NJ, United States

In the fall of 1944, the United States and its allies launched a secret mission code-named Operation Paperclip. The aim was to find and preserve German weapons, including biological and […]

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗵

Ocean County Library Toms River Branch 101 Washington St., Toms River, NJ, United States

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗟𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗯𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗵 Toms River Branch • Thursday, May 4 • 6:30 pm Register here: http://bit.ly/43oy0Lv As part of our celebration of the 96th anniversary of Charles Lindbergh's historic […]

The Traditions of Healing Music by Bonnie Leigh

Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Drive, Toms River, NJ, United States

Historically, many societies and cultures have deemed music to be very powerful. It can affect all aspects of our life -- to include being used to aid in relaxation, and […]

Holocaust Survivors of South Jersey Project

Virtual Program • Monday, May 15 • 2:30 pm Register here: https://bit.ly/3LJep1x For the past three years, the Sara & Sam Schoffer Holocaust Resource Center has been working on a project […]

Screening of “The Reluctant Piney”

Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Drive, Toms River, NJ, United States

SPECIAL EVENT: Screening of The Reluctant Piney (and bake sale!) Sunday, June 11 at 2PM at the Ocean County Historical Society 26 Hadley Ave, Toms River, NJ 08753 Admission: $5 […]

Lighthouses of New Jersey

Ocean County Library Barnegat Branch 112 Burr St., Barnegat, NJ, United States

Barnegat Branch • Tuesday, June 13 • 7 pm Register here: https://bit.ly/3qi2hfS Join us as we welcome the New Jersey Lighthouse Society who will present on the history of New Jersey […]

Databases and the History of Juneteenth

Ocean County Library Berkeley Branch 30 Station Rd., Bayville, NJ, United States

Berkeley Branch • Monday, June 19 • 3:30 pm Register here: https://bit.ly/3MIOhDe Celebrate Juneteenth by accessing historical databases and primary source materials to better understand the collective memory of Emancipation. Staff […]

28th Annual Garden Tour

Island Heights Cultural & Heritage Association 105 Simpson Ave., Island Heights, NJ, United States

The Turning Point Battles of WWII

Ocean County Library Brick Branch 301 Chambers Bridge Road, Brick, NJ, United States

Brick Branch • Tuesday, August 15 • 6:30 pm Register here: https://bit.ly/43SbEB1 Listen as renowned local WWII historian Paul Zigo discusses five key turning point battles of WWII, each of […]

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