The Lighthouse International Film Society will be screening the documentary “Boblo Boats” at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 27 at the Long Beach Island Foundation of the Arts and Sciences in Loveladies.

Hundreds of amusement parks in the United States are defunct, victims of economic recessions – especially the Great Depression – fires, incidents, larger competitors and development.

For example, this writer fondly remembers visiting West New Haven, Conn.’s Savin Rock as a young child whenever we…