LATEST MUSEUM NEWS
ICEBOATING RETURNS TO THE TOMS RIVER!
Out of cellars and sheds and hideaways they arrived this past weekend: iceboats on the Toms River.
For almost a decade, conditions here proved too warm for this Brigadoon-like sport, making the white winter sails even more special to see from the shores of Pine Beach, Island Heights and Toms River. |
(MARI)TIME WARP! 1924: RUMRUNNERS RESCUED BY COAST GUARD
Chased thru a driving hail and sleet storm by a revenue cutter, forced to throw overboard a cargo of liquor, then after having eluded capture, lost at sea when his boat ran out of gasoline and oil, and drifting for several hours in the angry water, finally forced to call his arch enemies--the Coast Guard--to rescue him, is the harrowing experience of a local bootlegger whose eventual trip to rum row on Saturday was replete with thrills.
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(MARI)TIME WARP! 1924: THATCHER'S SPY TAKES SEWELL CUP!
Battling a stiff breeze from the southward The Spy, owned by Commodore Thatcher, of the Seaside Park Yacht Club, captured the historic Sewell Cup here today in one of the greatest races ever conducted on Barnegat Bay.
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80 Driftwood Drive - Brick, N.J.
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70 E. Water Street - Suite 4B - Toms River, N.J.
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--DAN & NANCY CRABBE - SPECIAL THANKS--
DIAMOND LEVEL
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SILVER LEVEL
JAMES CALDWELL
HECHT FOUNDATION
HEINZ WILDERMUTH
EVE ALLISON
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VERLE D. CRISTMAN
DR. JAN RELLA
KAREN PORCELLO
The BBMM Board acknowledges with sincere appreciation the generosity of these donors and business sponsors in response to its recent appeal.
DILLON’S CREEK MARINA
243 Lake Avenue - Island Heights, N.J.
DillonsCreekMarina.net
(732) 270-8541 / [email protected]
TOMS RIVER YACHT CLUB
1464 Riviera Avenue - Toms River, N.J.
tryc.com
(732) 929-9809 / [email protected]
CRANBERRY COVE MARINA
80 Driftwood Drive - Brick, N.J.
(732) 920-7938
RECLAM THE BAY
63 Main Street - Waretown, N.J.
reclamthebay.org
(732) 325-2663 / [email protected]
Atlantic IT Solutions
70 E. Water Street - Suite 4B - Toms River, N.J.
atlanticits.com
(732) 597-7430
REMINGTON & VERNICK ENGINEERS
9 Allen Street - Toms River, N.J.
rve.com
(732) 286-9220 / [email protected]
INDIVIDUAL/FOUNDATION
--DAN & NANCY CRABBE - SPECIAL THANKS--
DIAMOND LEVEL
PETER R. & CYNTHIA K. KELLOGG FOUNDATION
SILVER LEVEL
JAMES CALDWELL
HECHT FOUNDATION
HEINZ WILDERMUTH
EVE ALLISON
BRONZE LEVEL
VERLE D. CRISTMAN
DR. JAN RELLA
KAREN PORCELLO
The BBMM Board acknowledges with sincere appreciation the generosity of these donors and business sponsors in response to its recent appeal.