Meet The People Of Double Trouble Village At Library Event

BERKELEY, NJ — Once, Double Trouble Village was a bustling agricultural center of the Pinelands. Now, it's one of New Jersey's state parks. But its history is not forgotten and you can learn all about it from the park's historian at a free Ocean County Library event this October.

Meet “The People of Double Trouble Village” in a presentation at the Ocean County Library Berkeley Branch at 1 p.m. on Oct. 9.

Double Trouble Village State Historic Site Historian Andrew Anderson will describe the lives of the founders who turned the settlement into one of New Jersey’s largest cranberry operations and a lumber camp that expanded the state’s 19th century industrial base.

Through photo slides and rare family motion pictures, you’ll meet an assortment of property owners and people who worked in the cedar forests and bogs that allowed the Village cranberry industry to thrive until the early 21st century. The site is now administered by Brendan T. Byrne State Forest.

Register at https://tinyurl.com/OclBkyDTV for this free program sponsored by the Friends of the Berkeley Library.

The Friends are volunteers who support the Library through programs, fundraising and advocacy. New members are always welcome. Application forms are available at all OCL branches and reading centers and at https://theoceancountylibrary.org/oclfriends.

For more information, stop by the OCL Berkeley Branch, 30 Station Road, Bayville, call (732) 269-2144 or visit https://theoceancountylibrary.org/events.