Current Press Releases

LAKEWOOD – The Lakewood Branch of the Ocean County Library will host “Active Shooter Awareness” at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sep. 15 and 7 p.m. Wednesday, Sep. 18.Have you ever wondered if you could prepare yourself for an active shooter situation?Lt. Leroy Marshall and Officers Nickens and Nieves from the Lakewood Police Department will share tips with adults that could save lives.The branch is located at 301 Lexington Avenue.Registration is required for... Read More

TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library will host the 2019 James J. Mancini Author Event featuring Alice Hoffman at 6 p.m. Saturday, Sep. 14.Hoffman will discuss her upcoming novel, “The World That We Knew.” A book signing will follow.Alice Hoffman is a New York Times bestselling author of more than 30 works of fiction, including “The Rules of Magic,” The Marriage of Opposites,” “The Red Garden,” “The Dovekeepers,” and... Read More

TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library will host “Coming Home – Author Talk with Kathy Curto” at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sep. 18.Kathy Curto will discuss her memoir “Not for Nothing: Glimpses into a Jersey Girlhood,” growing up at the Jersey Shore in the 70s and 80s, and her loving and chaotic Italian-American family.Copies of Curto’s book will be available for purchase.Ex-Toms River native Curto currently resides in New... Read More

TOMS RIVER – The Toms River Branch of the Ocean County Library will host “WREP – When Radio Entertained People” at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 28.WREP is a theater group devoted to spreading laughter via their tributes to vintage radio. The group was founded by Michael Glenn Miller in Toms River, and has graced the library’s stage numerous times. This time they are performing “Arsenic and Old Lace” and a Burns and Allen episode, “Gracie Takes Up... Read More