Hometown Happenings with 92.7 WOBM

Ocean County Parks and Recreation Department is hosting a Snowman Photo Contest. Send a photo, and you could win a fun prize! Visit www.oceancountyparks.org Please mail your photo to: Ocean County Parks and Recreation, 1198 Bandon Road, Toms River, NJ 08753 Attn: Active Recreation.

The Toms River – Ocean County Chamber of Commerce will Host their 2^nd Annual “Mardi Gras” Networking Event .....Thursday, February 26^th from 6-9 pm at Cuisine On The Green at Atlantis in Little Egg Harbor. For more info visit www.oc-chamber.com or Call (732) 349-0220

Storyteller Michelle Washington Wilson will present “Stories and Songs to Stir your Soul” at 11 Ocean County Library branches during February. The fifty-minute program for children and families will weave original and traditional folk music through a sequence of stories from South Jersey and stitch them together like a comfortable handmade quilt on a chilly day.

Wilson will present “Stories and Songs to Stir you Soul” at the following locations:

Tuckerton, 6 p.m. Mon. Feb. 9, 609-296-1470

Beachwood, 10:30 a.m. Tue. Feb. 10, 732-244-4573

Pt. Pleasant Beach, 6 p.m. Tue. Feb. 17, 732-892-4575

Waretown, 10:30 a.m. Thur. Feb. 19, 609-693-5133

Manchester, 6 p.m. Mon. Feb. 23, 732-657-7600

Toms River, 6:30 p.m. Wed. Feb. 25, 732-349-6200.

The Greater Monmouth Chamber of Commerce Hosts Karaoke For A Cause...Wednesday, March 25th from 7 – 11 PM at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park. Benefiting Daniela’s Wish ….. Caring With Karaoke is a Karaoke Contest Fundraising Event entering its 8th year, Over the past three years, Caring With Karaoke has raised over $30,000 towards its beneficiaries. Some non-profits include United Way of Monmouth County, Breast Intentions, & the Brennan Stands Alone Foundation. For more Information Call (732)-901-7000 x. 115
The USS Challenger's Annual Intergalactic Food Festival will take place Sunday, March 1st at the Seaside Heights Community Center at 1000 Bay Blvd in Seaside Heights. The event is free and open to the public but we do request that everyone bring an edible geek-themed dish to share with your fellow science fiction fans. The event will feature many guests in Star Trek and science fiction themed attire. The public is encouraged to come in costume, but is not required. This year's theme for the Intergalactic Food Festival is the 20th anniversary of the Star Trek TV series Star Trek Voyager. For more information visit www.usschallenger.org

Saturday, February 21st .... New Jersey Special Olympics holds their Polar Bear Plunge at Seaside Heights at 9 a.m. starting with registration. Nearly 6,000 will take the plunge into the freezing cold Atlantic Ocean in support of New Jersey Special Olympics’ sports training and athletic competition to children and adults with intellectual disabilities throughout the state. Click NJPolarPlunge.org for more information.