Local historian and journalist Muriel J. Smith will narrate some stories on the Bayshore and its residents during the Prohibition era Sunday, August 11, on the Navesink Queen cruise to benefit the Atlantic Highlands Historical Society.
Smith, who has been a journalist for 65 years and is the former editor of The Courier in Middletown, is also author of five books, primarily on history. A resident of Atlantic Highlands, for five years, she and her late husband, James E. Smith, Jr., lived in Highlands with their four children for 40 years.
In 1996, after Mr. Smith survived death after a series of heart attacks, the couple lived ten years in an RV and traveled to all 50 states visiting the birth or burial places of Presidents of the United States, while also volunteering at national wildlife refuges. She returned to Monmouth County after his death in 2006 and worked at NWS Earle in Colts Neck where she did public relations and wrote the base newspaper.
The Navesink Queen will leave from Pier 1 (behind Sissy’s Luncheonette) at the Atlantic Highlands Yacht Harbor and lunch will be served with a cash bar. For ticket reservations and further information, go to www.ahhistory.org/events.
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