The American flag outside the post office in Barnegat Light is flying at half-staff this week in honor of Mary Karch, a former longtime resident of the borough who died Sunday, Jan. 4 at age 88. She had been a West Creek resident since 1986.
ISLAND GIRL: Mary Karch (nee Montgomery) spent the first half of her life living in and studying the ways of Barnegat Light. (Supplied Photos)
In her introduction to her book, Under the Lighthouse: Memories of Barnegat City, released in 2004 by Down the Shore Publishing, Karch provides insight into her long personal relationship with the borough.
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