Spring Lake Heights:

From very humble beginnings, this small but charming borough has evolved into one of the New Jersey Shore's most vibrant business and residential communities. While Spring Lake Heights now enjoys numerous modern facilities, the town still contains many visible links to its unique past. This book explores these links and offers readers insight into various personalities, socio-economic factors, and local lore that have helped to shape the identity of this community. It includes an Irish pub that was also a brewery and stage coach stop in the late 1800s; an inn that once doubled as a brothel; a tea room once home to an international mail fraud ring; an historic cemetery and church; and a beautiful country club that once frequently hosted Richard Nixon.

Lissa Wickham-McGrath is currently a member of Point Pleasant Historical Society, Sea Girt Lighthouse Society and Spring Lake Historical Society, as well as a PTO group. Lissa operated a women's shoe store in downtown Spring Lake for twenty years. She served as a regular feature writer for Shore Holiday News (no longer in print) and has worked on freelance writing projects for many local organizations.