ABOUT THE AUTHOR

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 John Schneider
Television Host, Historian, Author, and Documentary Filmmaker

As the producer and host of a weekly television series called Raritan Bayshore Living (shown  on Comcast and the Internet), John Schneider says he's grown to  genuinely love sharing the local beauty and colorful history of this  area to help people understand and appreciate the relics and spirits of  the past which surround them.  Therefore, he's invested a considerable  amount of time, energy and financial resources to do so.

Today,  more than a million people every year see his television program of  travelogues and historical documentaries.  The weekly program -- available  to Comcast subscribers in Toms River,Ocean, Monmouth and Union Counties  -- has featured episodes on the Revolutionary War, tours of local towns  and villages, interviews with news makers and celebrities, walking  tours and other subjects many folks never knew about. 

This  original weekly 30-minute program, now entering its sixth year, has  been seen by millions  of people in the area.  Some of his original  historical documentaries, but not all, include such subjects as:  Sandy  Hook, Histories of local towns, Prehistoric New Jersey, World  Wars,Revolutionary War, Lighthouses, and many more.

His latest book, "A Historical Journey Across Raritan Bay," was published in July 2020.  Recently, he was recognized in an official  Monmouth County book as one of the top 50 historians in the area of the  last 50 years.