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By Jeff Schwachter

Pop Lloyd Weekend Celebration Day One

This year, the 17th annual John Henry "Pop" Lloyd weekend celebration kicked off on Friday, Oct. 2, with a slate of speakers in the Performing Arts Center at Richard Stockton College, beginning at 9am. Among the speakers were Belinda Manning, Pop Lloyd Committee president; Jerry Izenberg, Star Ledger columnist and author of Through My Eyes, Glenn Stout, author of From Highlands to History, Peter Golenbock and author of Jackie & Monte among numerous sports books. Baseball great Monte Irvin, Former Negro League and MLB star, will be joining other celebrants as the special weekend continues Saturday evening, Oct. 3, for the annual...

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Posted Oct. 3, 2009 | Comments: 0

NEWS & VIEWS > LOCAL HISTORY

By Jeff Schwachter

Her Shows Must Go On

Before Kicking off the Jazz on the Beach concert series in 2000, Henrietta Shelton hadn't...

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Posted Aug. 14, 2009 | Comments: 0

NEWS & VIEWS > LOCAL HISTORY

By Jeff Schwachter

Those Wild Summer Nights

(Originally published Sept. 2008) LAST MONTH DURING ITS SET at the Somers Point beach concert series, Jersey Shore rock trio the Billy Walton Band broke into "On the Dark Side," the 1984 John Cafferty hit fr...

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Posted Aug. 13, 2009 | Comments: 1

NEWS & VIEWS > LOCAL HISTORY

By Jeff Schwachter

Remembering the Messenger

When Art Blakey, the legendary jazz drummer (and 2005 Grammy lifetime achievement award...

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Posted Jul. 29, 2009 | Comments: 0

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