Prohibition Local author and historian Muriel J. Smith will speak at the Highlands Historical Society meeting Thursday, September 26 at 7 p.m. at the borough’s Community Center, Snug Harbor avenue.
Smith, who lived in the borough 40 years and now lives in Atlantic Highlands, will speak on Prohibition with an accent on how the period in the 1920s and early 1930s impacted Highlands and its residents. She will speak on the King family and the boat works on South Bay Avenue that made history during that era, as well as address the life history of Bill McCoy, the most famous rumrunner and sea captain during Prohibition,
All are invited to attend the meeting, and residents are also invited to join the Historical Society and make their own contributions towards the history of the borough or learn more about what has set the community apart for many different reasons for generations.
Smith is a former newspaper editor and journalists and was and award-winning writer with The Courier in Middletown for 22 years. She is also the author of five books, most of which are on local history. She is a former member of the Monmouth County Historical Commission and currently has a blog, VeniVidiScripto.com
