Tag: lighthouse
A Modern Day Dig: Discovering a Lighthouse at Twin Lights
As a professor of history and anthropology at Monmouth University, Richard Veit, Ph.D., was always interested in Twin Lights, the two lighthouses situated on a hill in Highlands overlooking Sandy Hook Bay. The original structure was built in 1828; it was torn down and rebuilt just a short time later in 1862 during the Civil War. But why?
Restored Conover Beacon Lighthouse in Middletown Shines Again
Nature offered a picturesque backdrop across Sandy Hook Bay as a part of Middletown’s history was brought back to life.
An Almost Engagement at Twin Lights
If Patti Swick weren’t such a fireball of energy and enthusiasm, her fiancé Dan Feehan could have proposed exactly the way he wanted to – in one of the towers of the Twin Lights.
Twin Lights Shine On New U.S. Postal Service Stamp
On Friday, Aug. 6, the U.S. Postal Service will unveil its Mid-Atlantic Lighthouse Forever stamp collection at a public event at Twin Lights, one of the lighthouses featured in the series.
Historic Lighthouse Becomes Christmas Beacon
Every year since 2009 a team of volunteers have been installing a Christmas tree of lights in the south tower of the historic Twin Lights lighthouse. This year they found out how much the community appreciates it.
