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JUNE 6, 1944

MONDAY 06.06.16

REMEMBERING D-DAY

American WWII veteran revisits Normandy. 3B

25TH ANNUAL NEW JERSEY LGBT PRIDE CELEBRATION

CELEBRATING
PROGRESS

Orthodox
businesses
boost local
economies
SHANNON MULLEN @MULLENAPP

EDISON - Successful start-ups fill a niche or in Auto Filling Services case, a fuel tank.
The three-year-old Lakewood company provides onsite refueling for commercially owned trucks and other
diesel-powered equipment.
With 10 employees, a growing roster of customers
throughout New Jersey and big plans to expand into
New York, its one of many new businesses riding a
wave of entrepreneurship within the Lakewood areas
booming Orthodox Jewish community.
That economic activity was evident Wednesday at
the JBiz Expo, sponsored by the Orthodox Jewish
Chamber of Commerce, a Lakewood-based organization with nearly 1,000 member businesses in the New
York-New Jersey area.
The sixth annual event, held at the New Jersey Convention & Exposition Center, here, drew more than 100
exhibitors whose businesses are either owned by Orthodox Jews or cater to that religious community from
flooring to financial services.
The event also included one-on-one business coachSee BUSINESS, Page 10A

PHOTOS BY FRANK GALIPO/CORRESPONDENT

The 25th annual New Jersey LGBT Pride Celebration took place in Asbury Park Sunday, followed by a festival in Bradley
Park featuring food, vendors and entertainment.

Pride events are shared public affirmations of


everyones right to love whomever they choose
ANDREW FORD @ANDREWFORDNEWS

ASBURY PARK - Thousands of rainbows radiated


under cloudy skies as the attendees of the New Jersey Annual Statewide LGBT Pride Celebration
cheered social progress and vowed to continue their
fight for equal rights.
Rainbows adorned shorts, flags, balloons, beads,
angel wings, tie-dye shirts, a little girls cheeks. Thousands of rainbow-clad revelers marched in a parade
and gathered for a festival at Bradley Park Sunday
afternoon. They listened to pop music and speeches
from New Jersey politicians. They visited booths for
fried food and booths for HIV awareness.
Its a big party, said organizer Laura Pople. I
mean its more than a party, but it is a party.
I believe pride events are shared public affirma-

Joseph Murray was working in his


Middletown cornfield when three guys
emerged from the tall grass nearby and
shot him with muskets. Because that
wasnt enough to take down one of the
toughest patriots around, the attackers
then hacked him to death with their
bayonets.
The date was June 8, 1780. Vigilantism was in full swing along the Bayshore. The murder of Murray, a father of four children ages 9 and
under, further roiled an already fractured community.
The Revolutionary War is so far away and so long
ago, we forget just how brutal it was, said Richard
Veit, chair of the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University. This was a message
from the British that there was no safety for folks

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Participants listened to pop music and speeches from New
Jersey politicians.

St. John Vianney freshman Arianna Agrapides tied for the


bars title (9.650) and was second in the all-around competition (38.5) at the NJSIAA Gymnastics Championships.
Join Agrapides and Giants quarterback Eli Manning on
June 13 at the Jersey Shore Sports Awards. Student-athletes being honored and others wishing to attend must
RSVP by June 8. Info: on.app.com/sportsawardstickets.

Thousands of people flee


wildfire near Los Angeles.
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ADVICE
BUSINESS
CLASSIFIED
COMICS
LOCAL

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Murder mystery
keeps history alive
around Middletown
JERRY CARINO CARINOS CORNER

See PRIDE, Page 4A

Visit us at APP.com to view photos from New Jerseys 25th


Annual LGBTI Pride Celebration from Asbury Park.

TOM SPADER/STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

Joseph Murray's grave at Old First Church in Middletown.

LOTTERIES
OBITUARIES
OPINION
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VOLUME 137
NUMBER 135
SINCE 1879

See CARINO, Page 10A

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