Columbus Day in modern times is becoming more about celebrating Italian-American heritage than a tribute to the explorer Christopher Columbus. The change has occurred as more criticism has focused on the negative aspects of Columbus’ exploration including the enslavement of Native Americans and spread of deadly diseases. New Jersey remains heavily Italian, in terms of reported…
Two Ocean County Towns are “Most Italian Places” in New Jersey
Shore News Network was a member of the NJ News Commons since its inception, but we recently removed ourselves from the Commons because let's face it, they treat SNN like trash and we got tired of listening to their whining. This column is an archive of NJ News Commons and Icopyright stories published during our membership period and we're going to keep this archive because we know it irks the "media" folks working over at the commons that it's still here.
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