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Jenna Paterno Joins the
BY LORI DRAZ
TheJournalNJ.com | JUNE 2021 37
With plans being made for the reopening
of the Twin Lights Historic Site, the Twin
Lights Historical Society announced that
Jenna Paterno is now serving full-time at the historic
museum as the operations manager/historian.
Paterno has been active with the museum
since 2019 when she became the historic educator
as an intern with the state of New Jersey. She
assisted Historian and Resource Interpretive Specialist
Nicholas Wood and aided in opening the Life
Saving Station after several decades of closure. She
Historical Society in their 66 years, which is proof of
their sincere commitment to sharing the history of
the Twin Lights.
Paterno graduated from Monmouth University
with honors in history; minors in geography, archaeology
and Spanish; and a master’s in history and
studied heritage sites, museum and archive man-
Garden State Art Studio in Brick and the Info Age
Science History Learning Center in Wall Township.
In her new role, Paterno is continuing the
work of digitizing the society’s museum collections,
so they can be shared with the general public.
Additionally, she and Wood both have created
a partnership to establish new exhibits, direct
educational programming, and provide tours to
private parties and school groups.
The New Jersey State Parks Service has
regularly maintained the grounds and structure
at Twin Lights during a year of closure due to the
pandemic.
“We are so proud and happy to have Jenna
and greater achievements,” said Jeff Tyler, president
of the Board of Trustees of the Society.
For more information on the Twin Lights
Historic Site, visit TwinLightsLighthouse.org,
call 732-872-1814 or follow @TwinLightsHistoricalSociety on Facebook.
Grounds are open daily from 9 am to 4:30 pm.
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