Sunday, August 12, 2012
Five fun facts about Lacey's history
This is a new feature that looks at five facts of Lacey’s history provided by “Forging Ahead: The 125th Anniversary of Lacey Township,” a book developed by the local historical society and stored at the library. 1. Farmers in Lacey produced fruit and vegetable crops. The Lacey Station, in Bamber, was known for its grapes and wines, produced by families of French immigrants. Those living in Bamber also had peach orchards. Forked River farmers grew peaches and pears as well as grapes. Lanoka Harbor farmers produced corn, tomatoes and had vineyards. One vineyard known as the Parker and Matthews Vineyard was located on Lacey Road near the Manchester Avenue intersection. 2. Lacey hunters trapped muskrats, mink and foxes. The state paid $3 for …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Lacey Patch looks into five fun facts
This feature looks at five facts of Lacey’s history provided by “Forging Ahead: The 125th Anniversary of Lacey Township,” a book developed by the local historical society and stored at the library. 1. Colonial sailors became the area’s navy during the Revolutionary War. Between their knowledge of the bay and the hit-and-run tactics that they developed, the sailors had an advantage over the larger and better-equipped British ships. The sailors would lure British ships through narrow channels where they would ground on a bar. They then would board a small boat and take the British by surprise. 2. Also during the war years, bands of outlaws known as the pine robbers and refugees terrorized the local community. The robbers were believed to …
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Lacey Patch looks into five fun facts
This is a new feature that looks at five facts of Lacey’s history provided by “Forging Ahead: The 125th Anniversary of Lacey Township,” a book developed by the local historical society and stored at the library. 1. Lacey was formed 141 years ago when the state legislature selected sections of Dover and Union Townships to form a new municipality. Gov. Theodore F. Randolph signed a bill for the Lacey Charter on March 23, 1871. Days later, Caleb Falkinburg of Forked River and Thomas Van Arsdale of Good Luck met at the home of Martin Hall where Garrett Stout of Cedar Creek presided as chairman of the first township committee meeting. The three committeemen were all descendants of pioneer New Jersey families. 2. The first Universalist Church …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Lacey Patch looks into five fun facts
This is a new feature that looks at five facts of Lacey’s history provided by “Forging Ahead: The 125th Anniversary of Lacey Township,” a book developed by the local historical society and stored at the library. 1. Lake Barnegat used to be a cranberry bog. Years back, anyone who had a good source of water on his or her property took up cranberry growing. Lake Barnegat was known as Job’s Bog until a Works Projects Administration project in the 1930s converted and enlarged the area into a lake. 2. The tombstone of Paul Potter, a drummer boy in the Revolutionary War, sits at Good Luck Cemetery. He died on December 6, 1853, at 89 years minus one day. 3. Prior to Lacey Township, the land was wilderness with deer, wolves, wildcats, bears, …
Saturday, June 2, 2012
Sock Hop and Car Show to be held at Gille Park from 4 to 6 p.m. on Saturday
The Lacey Township Historical Society was formed in 1962 when three local residents sought to turn the town's old schoolhouse into a museum. This year the society is celebrating its 50 years of dedication to the preservation of the township's history with a series of events, continuing a Sock Hop and Car Show on Saturday, June 2 from 4 to 8 p.m. at Gille Park. The old schoolhouse had been vacant for more than six years when Stella Wilbert, Elizabeth "Betty" Grant and Charlotte Lane set out on their quest to preserve the building, said Pat Grant, Second Vice President of the Historical Society and a 57-year resident of the township. "Stella asked people for donations of indigenous artifacts," said Grant, whose husband represents the third …
Wednesday, March 14, 2012
Celebratory dinner will be held March 24
The Lacey Township Historical Society was formed in 1962 when three local residents sought to turn the town's old schoolhouse into a museum. This year the society is celebrating its 50 years of dedication to the preservation of the township's history with a series of events, starting with a Celebratory Dinner on March 24 at the Captain's Inn Restaurant on Lacey Road in Forked River. The old schoolhouse had been vacant for more than six years when Stella Wilbert, Elizabeth "Betty" Grant and Charlotte Lane set out on their quest to preserve the building, said Pat Grant, Second Vice President of the Historical Society and a 57-year resident of the township. "Stella asked people for donations of indigenous artifacts," said Grant, whose husband…
Monday, September 19, 2011
Funds raised to go toward college scholarship, support of Schoolhouse Museum
New Jersey apples are the stars of this Saturday's eighteenth annual Apple Festival at Lacey's Old Schoolhouse Museum, the Forked River Firehouse and the grounds in between. An intergenerational group, including township residents from seniors to high school students, joins together to freshly make all the apple desserts for sale during the popular event. “The apples used for both pies and crisps are hand-picked earlier in the week by volunteers and the crust is a recipe from an ‘old-timer’ from Lacey,” said Ellie Greco, festival coordinator. “By Friday evening when the pies are baked, everyone is anxious to taste a pie. Everyone working gets a piece on Friday.” The volunteers will head out this week to Strawberry Hill Farm in Chesterfield…
Forked River Mom
9:32 am on Monday, August 13, 2012
Great article, glad to read interesting and good news for once. Keep these articles coming!!! more ›