Junior Police Academy Graduates

BARNEGAT – Congratulations to the 2023 Junior Police Academy graduates! Their hard work, excitement and dedication made this academy class the most successful yet.

Magic Academy

LACEY – Kids build confidence, enhance critical thinking skills, build creativity, improve mental health and develop social skills while having fun. This life changing program is guaranteed to unlock your child’s potential and impact the rest of their life. Receive a professional magic kit from the Discover Magic Program and perform in a student show on the last day. Houdini’s Secrets: 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Learn how to pass an object through someone’s hand, make a money appear or disappear, predict the future and more.

Impossible Feats: 1 to 3 p.m. Travel through time with a magic bandana, read people’s minds, make your shoe balance on a playing card and more Programs take place at the Lacey Recreation Classroom with Instructor - Academy of Amazement. Dates: August 14 to 18; open to ages 7 to 12. Cost is $190 per class or $370 for both. If you choose to do both sessions it includes a supervised lunch (students must bring their own lunch).

To register visit: parksrec.egov.basgov. com/laceynj.

Waretown Historical Society Summer Fridays

WARETOWN – Summer Friday are continuing straight through to the weekend before Labor Day in August.

The Little Red Schoolhouse Museum will be open from 1 to 3 p.m. each Summer Friday for tours, and they will enjoy an informative new speaker every week.

August 11 - Elizabeth Cronin (Ocean County Library) - Notable Women from South Jersey

August 18 - Dr. Claude Epstein (Stockton University) - The Rivers of Southern New Jersey: How they were formed, and the history of how they were used

Back To School Project

LONG BEACH – St. Francis Human Concerns Back To School Project. Donations needed! Accepting: backpacks, lunch boxes, pencils boxes, pencils & pens, highlighters, crayons & markers, colored pencils, safety scissors, glue sticks, erasers, rulers, folders, notebooks, binders, dividers, filler paper, index cards. Amazon Wishlist: a.co/g5FSIRg. Drop donations by August 18 to: St. Francis Community Center, 4700 Long Beach Boulevard, Long Beach Township. For more information, call 609-494-8861 ext. 197.

Tuckerton Historical Society Presentation

LITTLE EGG HARBOR – The Tuckerton Historical Society’s next monthly presentation will be held August 12 from 2 to 4 p.m. at the Giffordtown Schoolhouse Museum: 35 Leitz Boulevard, Little

Egg Harbor.

Speaker Art Liese will tell about Bill Cranmer, craftsman, scholar and decoy carver. Light refreshments will be available. For more information, call 609-294-1547.

Market Day

MANAHAWKIN – The Manahawkin Elks Lodge Market Day will be on August 6 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Shop 40+ vendors. For more information, contact Brianna Marchal at briannamarchal@gmail.com.