Little Silver News

Weather Watch: I'm really paying attention to the weather more this week than usual as I have like 10 kids coming over here on Friday to do their Senior Prom pictures for RBR and I don't know where I'd squeeze them if we have to move the photo ops inside because of the weather.

There were a few new wrinkles this year to one of the longest running shows in Little Silver: The annual Memorial Day parade.

Candidates from Little Silver and Oceanport police departments were among the 39 Monmouth County Police Academy graduates who took his official oath of office in a ceremony on May 24.

Listen, folks, this weather forecasting business is dicey, at best. I generally just parrot what I read on weather Internet sites and I've noticed that there's a lot of inconsistency with most of the prognosticating.

Both Little Silver and Oceanport are hosting Memorial Day services Monday to commemorate the men and women who have died serving the United States military.

This is what we like about Little Silver Mayor Robert Neff, Jr.: Patch asked, he answered.

Good Character: There was a time, not too long ago, when I had a line drawn firmly and clearly in the sand as to when I would allow myself to turn the air conditioner on in my house.

For the tenth year in a row, the Plein Air Painters of the Jersey Coast will showcase their talent at the Middletown Arts Center .

Working for the Weekend: Who even cares about today's 30 percent chance of rain, or even the rain that's expected to come down tomorrow, for that matter? I picked up my beach badges earlier this week and the weekend's forecast of sunny skies and temperatures in the low 80s has me dreaming of sitting in my new beach chair and sipping a limey Corona ... (more)

The Board of Education appointed Michael Maschi as the new district Director of Special Services at Monday's meeting.

The power of plastic: Get out the Tilex because by tomorrow you'll need to squirt some on yourself to get rid of some of the mildew that's going to collect in your nooks and crannies from all the rain this week.

Newsweek magazine announced the top 1,000 schools in the United States and Red Bank Regional and Shore Regional made the list.

Springtime in Paris: Readers, the glorious weather we have enjoyed over the past few days might have come to an end some time after midnight last night, but in our hearts, we'll hang on to the memories of blue skies and warm winds like a spring trip to Paris .

"This is the fight of a life, for a life," said Little Silver resident Jon Bitman who spoke at the start of Friday night's Relay for Life of the Two Rivers about his battle with stage four pancreatic cancer.

Congratulations to Sickles Market for emerging as the Little Silver-Oceanport favorite in this week's Readers' Choice deli survey.

De nada: I know, intuitively, that I have absolutely nothing to do with this spate of gorgeous weather we are enjoying.

Little House in the Suburbs: I would have been a terrible pioneer. I just don't do discomfort and sacrifice well.

An Oceanport woman was indicted by a grand jury on Tuesday for heroin possession.

We don't usually get many food trucks pulling up to the curb in Little Silver or Oceanport but on May 27, we'll get a parking lot full of rolling eateries to choose from when the Jersey Shore Food Wars pull into Monmouth Park .

A borough-owned building that is slated to be torn down next week in Little Silver provided the perfect opportunity for local fire depatments to practice life saving maneuveurs on Monday night.