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LITTLE SILVER HOUSE PLAN UP FOR REVIEW

parker-homesteadA plan to open the Parker Homestead as a museum is scheduled for presentation Thursday night. (Photo by Dustin Racioppi; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

The decade or so of renovating at the Parker Homestead is nothing when measured against how long it’s been there — about 340 years. But virtual dormancy has kept it from living up to its potential as one of Little Silver’s most accessible windows on the past.

Not for much longer.

On Thursday, consultants and historians are scheduled to give a presentation on the work that’s been done on the borough’s oldest home, and how future work will bring the homestead into a new age as a museum and educational center.

The public is invited to not only hear what’s happened at the property, but also give input.

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LITTLE SILVER RENDERED IN LITTLE BRICKS

ls-legoAbout a dozen families help recreate the Little Silver streetscape with Legos Saturday. (Photo courtesy of Jennifer Pardee; click to enlarge)

By DUSTIN RACIOPPI

Finding the windows, red brick and green grass was no problem for Ryan McVeety as he tried to replicate the Markham Place School. It was sifting through a tub filled with thousands of miniature plastic pieces trying to find a cupola that posed the biggest challenge for the 15-year-old.

But he improvised, and within a couple hours, the school was planted and Ryan and his family had made their contribution to the rebuilding of Little Silver, Lego-style.

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