Speaker Series: Sea Side Park Memories and Remembrances

A century ago, steam-powered locomotives crossed the Barnegat Bay into Seaside Park, turned north, and traveled through Ortley Beach. Sea Side Park, as it was then known, was one of the hubs of activity on the peninsula, with large hotels welcoming summer guests disembarking at the train station, several movie theaters to entertain children, meat […]

Speaker Series: Toms River’s Nautical History

Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2021Time: 7 p.m.Location: Zoom During our last Speaker Series event of the year, Dan Crabbe will provide an overview of the Toms River Seaport Society and its Maritime Museum on Water Street. Then Erik Weber will dive into past nautical ages and uses of the Toms River from the pre-colonial era to the present. Dan Crabbe […]