Norman MailerArchived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, New York State Writers Institute. Accessed May 2, 2007. "Norman Mailer, a formidable presence in American letters for nearly six decades, is the author of novels, creative nonfiction, short stories, essays, and screenplays and an ex political candidate for Mayor of NYC and public persona who was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on January 31, 1923."
Michael Zapcic, AMC. Accessed August 29, 2019. "Zapcic, who resides in Long Branch, NJ, is busy rebuilding his comic book collection after Hurricane Sandy flooded his home and destroyed some of his most prized possessions."
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Joe Bravo, America's Best Racing. Accessed June 4, 2020. "A third-generation jockey, 'Jersey Joe,' a native of Long Branch, has been a dominant rider in his home state for 20 years."
Calderón, Jenna. :Trump coming to Jersey Shore fundraiser for NY gubernatorial candidate",' Asbury Park Press, September 1, 2022. Accessed September 6, 2022. "Former President Donald Trump is expected to be at the Chera family home in Long Branch this weekend, supporting a fundraiser for New York congressman Lee Zeldin as he runs for governor. The event, scheduled for 5 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 4, will not be Trump's first appearance at the home. He's held two fundraisers of his own there in the past: one in 2016 during his first presidential campaign, and another in 2020."
Radel, Dan. "Long Branch hires ex-Bergen County undersheriff as new boss of cops", Asbury Park Press, September 30, 2022. Accessed April 1, 2024. "William Broughton, who was formerly Teaneck's business manager and a Bergen County undersheriff, has been tapped as the city's new director of public safety. Broughton, 62, and a resident of Jackson, will start the job on Saturday."
Filichia, Peter. "Jersey's Jeff Blumenkrantz brings 13 characters to life in Murder For Two", Asbury Park Press, April 13, 2014. Accessed November 12, 2016. "These days, 13 isn't at all an unlucky number for Jeff Blumenkrantz. The Long Branch native must play a total of five women and eight men in 90 intermissionless minutes in the off-Broadway musical Murder for Two."
Edelson, Stephen. "Jersey Shore's greatest basketball players: the 1960s", Asbury Park Press, January 25, 2016. Accessed June 4, 2020. "Long Branch's Tom Kerwin (far left) is shown as a member of the 1961 All-Shore team, along with (left to right) Bruce Jackson of Keyport, Al Kern of Neptune, Hen ry Moore of Neptune and Roger Williams of Point Beach."
Radel, Dan. "Waters origins discovered by Ocean Twp. track star", Asbury Park Press, December 24, 2014. Accessed November 16, 2020. "As a pole vault star at Ocean Township High School, Adam Sarafian was used to setting records.... 'It was shock to me. I was surprised I got the notoriety that I did and that it was so groundbreaking,' said Sarafian, 28, now of Long Branch."
Storms, A. D. The Players Blue Book, p. 204. Sutherland & Storms 1901. Accessed November 12, 2015. "Mrs. Bloodgood is an actress whose transit to the front has been very rapid; not by undeserved promotion, for she is a most discreet, sympathetic and convincing actress, and has well merited her promotion. She was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1870, her mother was Miss Annie Sutton, a sister of Mrs. Lloyd Aspinwall, her father is Mr. Edward Stephen, a well known lawyer in New York."
Tucker, Mark. Ellington: The Early Years, p. 217, University of Illinois Press, 1995. ISBN0-252-06509-3. Accessed November 12, 2015. "Miley's replacement, June Clark (from Long Branch, New Jersey, Greer's hometown), plays lead trumpet sweetly and accurately, occasionally adding melodic and rhythmic embellishments to make his part hotter."
Williams, Carol Gorga. "Restoring Historic Church Where Seven Presidents Elected To Worship", Asbury Park Press, September 24, 2004. Accessed July 3, 2012. "One is the Garfield Tea House, a small structure that was built from the railroad ties used to lay the emergency track that transported a mortally wounded President Garfield from the Elberon train station to the oceanfront Franklyn Cottage, owned by railroad magnate Charles Franklyn, where the president died 12 days later."
Schweiger, Tristan J.; and Jones, Janeen. "Diocese celebrates CXXVth anniversary", Asbury Park Press, October 28, 2006. Accessed July 3, 2012. "And in Long Branch, Holy Trinity School graduated its last class in June before closing its doors because of dwindling enrollment."
Jordan, Chris. "Romantic 'moments' in Plainfield", Home News Tribune, August 22, 2009. Accessed September 14, 2012. "'Sexy Mama,' 'Special Lady' and 'Look at Me,' dedicated to late member Harry Ray of Long Branch, were among the group's classics performed."
Jacoby, Lars. "Zombies a scream for horror aficionado", The Arizona Republic, October 16, 2007. Accessed March 3, 2011. "America's love affair with the undead began in 1968 with the release of director George Romero's Night of the Living Dead, which changed the vision of horror forever. It was at that time 7-year-old Brian Pulido, of Long Branch, N.J., got caught up in the feverish outbreak of the film, which set his life into a dimension of horror he would never escape - and that's just fine with him."
Basie, Count; and Murray, Albert. Good Morning Blues: The Autobiography of Count Basie, p. 71. Da Capo Press, 2002. ISBN0-306-81107-3. "That is where I used to go to listen to a hell of a combo that June Clark had in there with the great Jimmy Harrison on Trombone. I'm pretty sure that I first met June through Dougie, because both of them were cornet and trumpet players from Long Branch."
Manual of the Legislature of New Jersey, 1970, p. 410. Accessed January 23, 2018. "James M. Coleman Jr. (Rep., Asbury Park) Assemblyman Coleman was born February 17, 1924, at Long Branch."
Fitzgerald's Legislative Manual, 1984, p. 211. Accessed February 1, 2018. "11th District (part of Monmouth) John D'Amico Jr., Dem., Oceanport.... Mr. D'Amico was born in Long Branch Jan. 24, 1941. He attended Red Bank High School and Harvard College, where he received his degree, cum laude, in 1963."
Kahrl, Andrew W. "Free the Beach", Boston Review, May 21, 2018. Accessed September 9, 2018. "In the town of Long Branch, New Jersey, officials instituted a policy requiring beachgoers to first purchase a ticket that allowed them to access one of the town's four beaches. Which beach they could enjoy was at the seller's discretion. Without exception, African Americans received tickets for Beach 3 only."
Robert Pinsky – Poetry , Boston University. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Born in 1940 in the seashore resort of Long Branch, New Jersey, Robert Pinsky attended Long Branch High School, Rutgers College, and Stanford University, where he held a Stegner Fellowship in Creative Writing."
"NFL official Jim Quirk proud of his Long Branch roots", Atlanticville, June 28, 2001, backed up by the Internet Archive as of January 29, 2006. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Jim Quirk is one such person. A National Football League umpire since 1988, Quirk looks back on his beginnings at Long Branch with reverence, and remains thankful for the experiences he had as a member of the Green Wave's program."
John Strollo, Duke Blue Devils football. Accessed April 28, 2020. "A native of Long Branch, N.J., and graduate of Long Branch High School, Strollo earned a degree in education from Boston College in 1976."
Mcmillion, Scott. "A biography of Prophet's most recent life", High Country News, March 15, 1999. Accessed August 6, 2022. "Born Elizabeth Clare Wulf on April 8, 1939, in Long Branch, N.J., to a World War I German U-boat captain and his Swiss wife, Prophet grew up being called Betty."
Biography, Congressman Frank Pallone Jr. Accessed January 3, 2019. "Frank Pallone, Jr., was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, where he grew up and still resides."
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Lawn, Connie. "Long Branch Day For Connie Lawn", Huffington Post, December 14, 2016. Accessed April 5, 2018. "What does one do with a key to a city? I am not certain, but my profound and humble thanks go to my home city of Long Branch, New Jersey and to Molly McCluskey of my beloved National Press Club in Washington, D.C.... Hope I don't have to march in any parades or ride on any floats, as I did during my days in Long Branch High School!"
Earl Wilson, justsportsstats.com. Accessed September 6, 2014.
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Kansas Fun Facts and Trivia, Legends of America. Accessed January 8, 2018. "The Long Branch Saloon really did exist in Dodge City, Kansas. One of the owners, William Harris, was a former resident of Long Branch, New Jersey and named the saloon after his hometown in the 1880s."
Seven Presidents Oceanfront Park, Monmouth County Park System. Accessed January 8, 2018. "Long Branch was placed "on the map" in 1869 when President Grant made the city the nation's "Summer Capital," a tradition followed by Presidents Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, Harrison, McKinley, and Wilson."
"Interview with Paris Qualles: Screenwriter & Executive Producer", Neale Sourna. Accessed June 4, 2020. "Then we moved to Jersey for pretty much my formative years. As they say, the 'wonder breadTM years' were spent in Long Branch, a small medium-sized community. A seaside resort."
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Fox, Joey. "Gopal wins re-election; Democrats pick up two 11th district Assembly seats", New Jersey Globe, November 7, 2023. Accessed November 18, 2023. "State Sen. Vin Gopal (D-Long Branch) has won re-election, the New Jersey Globe projects, a huge win for the two-term senator after a grueling and competitive campaign. Gopal’s Assembly running mates, Ocean Township Councilwoman Margie Donlon and former Municipal Court Judge Luanne Peterpaul, have won as well, defeating two incumbent Republican Assemblywomen, Marilyn Piperno (R-Colts Neck) and Kim Eulner (R-Shrewsbury)."
Wagman, Jake. "He is Mount Laurel's Angel", The Philadelphia Inquirer, October 21, 2002. Accessed December 26, 2007. "The parents of World Series pitcher Scott Schoeneweis want to set the record straight. Yes, he was born at a hospital in Long Branch, Monmouth County."
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"City Station Starts Tests Of Equipment", Daily Record, April 15, 1960. Accessed April 30, 2023, via Newspapers.com. "Radio station WRLB-FM has begun testing its studio and transmitting equipment during evening hours, Joseph P. Tomaino, president, announced yesterday. The station has been granted a permit by the Federal Communications Commission to construct and operate an FM radio station in Long Branch. WRLB is authorized to broadcast at 107.1 megacycles with 1,000 watts power.... WRLB, means Radio Long Branch. It is hoped that it will be associated with the name of the city."
"Joan Field, Concert Violinist, Finds Relaxation in Native Long Branch", Asbury Park Press, January 28, 1945. Accessed November 21, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Long Branch - Seeking refuge from a whirl of concerts, radio broadcasts, rehearsals, interviews, Joan Field, noted violinist, returns to this city, her birthplace, for rest and relaxation in activities far afield from those connected with her professional career."
Patrick, Wally. "Another Gorcey lands in Hollywood", Asbury Park Press, February 20, 1983. Accessed March 31, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "Miss Gorcey, a native of Long Branch, said Kidco bears an interesting resemblance to the East Side serials that television audiences have enjoyed for years in reruns."
"Norman Tanzman, 85, once Middlesex state senator". Home News Tribune, June 7, 2004. Accessed March 1, 2021, via Newspapers.com. "Mr. Tanzman married Marion Schwartz of Rahway in 1941. After the war, the couple settled in Woodbridge, where they resided and raised their family for nearly 40 years, before moving to West End."
Armstrong, Mike. "Stirring the soup for larger goals", The Philadelphia Inquirer, March 17, 2013. Accessed September 6, 2022, via Newspapers.com. "But that's not how Morrison, 59, and her three sisters were raised in the coastal community of Elberon, N.J.... All four sisters went far in the corporate world. Maggie Wilderotter was the first to land a top job, becoming CEO of Frontier Communications Corp. in 2004."
Spahr, Rob. "Last of N.J.'s Sandy-damaged boardwalks finally reopens", NJ Advance media for NJ.com, April 12, 2016. Accessed September 9, 2018. "Long Branch - The day after Hurricane Sandy pummeled the Jersey Shore, city officials went out to check on the beachfront and found a destroyed boardwalk and the bluffs upon which it sat severely eroded.... On Monday afternoon - flanked by city, county and state officials and wearing shorts and sandals - Schneider cut through a ceremonial ribbon to finally mark the reopening of the boardwalk, which was the last in New Jersey to reopen after Hurricane Sandy."
Voger, Mark. "Melanie recalls Red Bank High ('miserable') and Woodstock ('incredible')", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, July 27, 2014, updated March 29, 2019. Accessed January 9, 2022. "As to why she needs to make peace, well, it's a story Melanie tells without sugarcoating, a story about a girl from Astoria, Queens, whose family relocated to Long Branch, where she was pegged as an outsider at Long Branch High School."
Goldstein, Stan. "Bruce Springsteen Rocked Here", NJ Advance Media for NJ.com, May 15, 2009, updated September 10, 2010. Accessed July 13, 2015. "Long Branch - 23. 7 1/2 West End Court – Springsteen has said in interviews that he wrote 'Born to Run,' 'Thunder Road' and 'Backstreets' while living here.... 24. Monmouth Medical Center – Bruce was born here on Sept. 23, 1949. It then was known as Monmouth Memorial Hospital album."
Lustig, Jay. "Plainfield's Bernie Worrell - Parliament/Funkadelic alum - graduates to his own band", The Star-Ledger, March 19, 2010. Accessed June 30, 2011. "Worrell, who grew up in Long Branch and Plainfield and has lived in Lebanon Township for the past decade, is collaborating with another former Parliament/Funkadelic music director, guitarist DeWayne "Blackbyrd" McKnight, in a new band, SociaLybrium."
Spahr, Rob. "Jersey Shore bikini barbershop that inspired TV show is Sandy's latest victim", NJ.com, May 9, 2013. Accessed September 17, 2013. "Long Branch – Beautiful women... in bikinis... cutting hair. Bikini Barbers – the beach-themed hair salon on Ocean Avenue that was the focus of the raucous AXS TV series Bikini Barbershop: Jersey – has closed and Hurricane Sandy is largely to blame."
Lustig, Jay. "'Rock Lobster,' The B-52's', NJArts.net, August 2, 2015. Accessed June 24, 2019. "The B-52's formed in Athens, Ga., in 1976, but its two most high-profile band members have Jersey roots: Fred Schneider was born in Newark and grew up in Belleville and then Long Branch; Kate Pierson was born in Weehawken and grew up in Rutherford."
What We Do: History, New Jersey Schools Development Authority. Accessed March 1, 2022. "In 1998, the New Jersey Supreme Court ruled in the Abbott v. Burke case that the State must provide 100 percent funding for all school renovation and construction projects in special-needs school districts. According to the Court, aging, unsafe and overcrowded buildings prevented children from receiving the "thorough and efficient" education required under the New Jersey Constitution.... Full funding for approved projects was authorized for the 31 special-needs districts, known as 'Abbott Districts'."
"New Jersey 350th Anniversary Programming", New Jersey State Library. Accessed November 12, 2016. "Aida de Acosta from Long Branch, NJ was visiting Paris during the summer of 1903 when she saw Alberto Santos-Dumont's flying dirigible and asked him to give her lessons – after three lessons, she flew the craft solo for two hours..."
"Station: Long Branch-Oakhurst, NJ". U.S. Climate Normals 2020: U.S. Monthly Climate Normals (1991-2020). National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Retrieved August 16, 2021.
Jongsma, Joshua. "New Jersey native Tom Fleming inducted into NY Road Runners Hall of Fame", The Record, November 2, 2017. Accessed November 3, 2017. "Days before his favorite marathon, longtime Montclair Kimberley Academy coach Tom Fleming joined a prestigious group of running icons.... Fleming, born in Long Branch and raised in Bloomfield, attended Bloomfield High School, where he began competitive running."
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Oshinsky, Matthew. "Sopranos On Location", New York Sun, March 27, 2007. Accessed September 17, 2013. "10: Crazy Horse Club Long Branch, N.J. - After growing up around mobsters and eventually becoming engaged to Christopher, Adriana La Cerva wanted to have a business of her own, so Chris set her up as the manager of Crazy Horse club."
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Staff. "'Church of the Presidents' To Reopen in Long Branch", The New York Times, May 1, 1950. Accessed July 3, 2012. "'The Church of the Presidents', where Harrison, Grant, Hayes, Garfield, Arthur, McKinley and Wilson are said to have been worshipers while on seashore vacations, will be reopened June 15 as a house of meditation and as a museum, the Rev. Christopher H. Snyder, vicar, announced today."
Sharkey, Joe. "The Great Boardwalk Towns of Jersey", The New York Times, August 4, 1991. Accessed July 10, 2007. "Along the 125-mile (201 km) stretch of Jersey seashore, the northernmost of the Great Boardwalk Towns is Asbury Park, a resort that developed in the late 1800s as an alternative to its then vice-ridden neighbor, Long Branch, the town where President James Garfield died from gunshot wounds and thus became the first, but by no means only, local habitue to be dispatched at the hand of a disappointed office seeker."
Kahrl, Andrew W. "The North's Jim Crow", The New York Times, May 27, 2018. Accessed September 9, 2018. "In the 1930s, Long Branch, N.J., passed an ordinance requiring all residents to apply for a pass that would allow access to only one of the town's four public beaches. Town officials claimed the rule was meant to prevent overcrowding. Without exception, though, black applicants were assigned to the same beach and were denied entry to the others."
Krebs, Albin. "The Faces Are Familiar", The New York Times, September 5, 1976. Accessed March 4, 2011. "Richard Anderson, boss of 'The $6-million Man,' who hails from Long Branch..."
Sweetland, Phil. "From Newark (and Environs) to Nashville", The New York Times, July 21, 2002. Accessed July 3, 2012. "'I was born in Long Branch, but my parents were living in Red Bank, so that's what I think of as my birthplace,' Mr. Black said."
Nash, Margo. "Photography; Beneath The Sea, With Fins And Lens", The New York Times, June 11, 2000. Accessed September 17, 2013. "IN the 19th century, when Long Branch was the first seaside resort in America, Winslow Homer painted seascapes there.... At his house in Elberon, which is now home base, Mr. Doubilet displays a 7-inch shark's tooth."
Atlas, Riva D. "Thomas Labrecque, 62, Dies; Ex-Chief of Chase Manhattan", The New York Times, October 18, 2000. Accessed February 13, 2020. "Mr. Labrecque was born on Sept. 17, 1938, in Long Branch, N.J. He was the third of eight children born to New Jersey Superior Court Judge Theodore J. Labrecque, who was of French Canadian descent."
Smith, Timothy W. "Mills at 37: The Little Linebacker Who Could", The New York Times, January 9, 1997. Accessed September 17, 2013. "When Sam Mills was growing up in Long Branch, N.J., he loved to tag along with his older brother and play pickup football games with the bigger boys."
Mansnerus, Laura. "Charles Rembar, 85, Dies; Lawyer Fought Censorship", The New York Times, October 26, 2000. Accessed June 4, 2020. "Mr. Rembar was born March 12, 1915, in Oceanport, N.J., and grew up in Long Branch, N.J., where his parents ran a hotel in the summer and a cattle farm in the winter."
Williams, Lena. "Sisters, United in Success, Are Divided on the Details", The New York Times, February 20, 1997. Accessed June 4, 2020. "In her inspirational 1995 memoir The Ditchdigger's Daughters, Dr. Yvonne S. Thornton paints a loving portrait of her father, Donald Thornton, a black New Jersey laborer, who held the improbable dream that his six daughters would all become doctors.... To the outside world, the Thorntons appeared to be a close-knit family, though sometimes the togetherness became suffocating as the sisters grew older. The girls, who were not allowed to play with other children in their Long Branch neighborhood, studied together and attended the same schools, through Monmouth College."
Sheldon, Christopher. "Long Branch Will Realign Elementary Schools After West End School Closure; The Audrey W. Clark School will also have a new purpose after redistricting.", Long Branch - Eatontown Patch, September 6, 2013. Accessed August 20, 2014. "Kindergarten classrooms will be pulled from the district's current elementary schools and placed into the Joseph M. Ferraina Early Childhood Learning Center and Lenna W. Conrow School, which are currently preschools. The Morris Avenue School will also become an exclusive early education center after serving as a home for pre-kindergarten to third grade students."
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David Garrison, Playbill. Accessed November 12, 2016. "Born: Jun 30, 1952 in Long Branch, New Jersey"
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Rubby Sherr, Princeton University. Accessed June 4, 2020. "Rubby Sherr was born September 14, 1913 in Long Branch, New Jersey, of immigrant parents form Lithuania."
Johnny Tomaini, Pro-Football-Reference.com. Accessed December 15, 2020. "Born: July 19, 1902 in Long Branch, NJ; High School: Long Branch (NJ), Asbury Park (NJ)"
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John Beake, Pro Football Archives. Accessed May 14, 2023. "Born: December 20, 1938 Long Branch, NJ; High School: Long Branch (NJ)"
Hurte, Bob. John Montefusco, Society for American Baseball Research. Accessed September 9, 2018. "On September 3, 1974, John Montefusco from Long Branch, New Jersey, arrived at Dodger Stadium, one hour before that night's game between the Los Angeles Dodgers and the San Francisco Giants."
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Welcome, Seashore Day Camp & School. Accessed January 8, 2018.
Urban Enterprise Zone Tax Questions and Answers, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs, May 2009. Accessed October 28, 2019. "In 1994 the legislation was amended and ten more zones were added to this successful economic development program. Of the ten new zones, six were predetermined: Paterson, Passaic, Perth Amboy, Phillipsburg, Lakewood, Asbury Park/Long Branch (joint zone). The four remaining zones were selected on a competitive basis. They are Carteret, Pleasantville, Union City and Mount Holly."
Constance H Williams, Pennsylvania State Senate. Accessed November 5, 2017. "Constance H. Williams (D), born in 1944, in Long Branch, N.J., daughter of Norma and the late Leon Hess; Rutgers Prep. Sch., 1962"
Long Branch Board of Education District Policy 0110 - Identification, Long Beach Public Schools. Accessed October 21, 2024. "Purpose: The Board of Education exists for the purpose of providing a thorough and efficient system of free public education in grades Pre-Kindergarten through twelve in the Long Branch School District. Composition: The Long Branch School District is comprised of all the area within the municipal boundaries of Long Branch."
Staff. "Music: Hero from Long Branch", Time, March 1, 1954. Accessed October 8, 2017. "The musical hero of Paris last week was a 27-year-old pianist from Long Branch, N.J. (pop. 23000) named Julius Katchen."
Waldo Frank Papers, University of Delaware. Accessed June 4, 2020. "A novelist, social historian, and political activist, Waldo Frank was born on August 25, 1889 to an upper-middle class, Jewish family in Long Branch, New Jersey."
Senator Joe Benning, Vermont General Assembly. Accessed January 5, 2018. "Joe Benning of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Republican, was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on December 7, 1956. Occupation: trial lawyer. Joe graduated from Mater Dei High School in New Monmouth, New Jersey, in 1975"
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Monmouth County Government, Monmouth County, New Jersey. Accessed July 19, 2022. "Monmouth County is governed by five commissioners elected at-large for three-year terms. Each January, the freeholders select one of their members to serve as the director of the board for the year to preside over the meetings and activities of the Board."
Norman MailerArchived 2007-04-05 at the Wayback Machine, New York State Writers Institute. Accessed May 2, 2007. "Norman Mailer, a formidable presence in American letters for nearly six decades, is the author of novels, creative nonfiction, short stories, essays, and screenplays and an ex political candidate for Mayor of NYC and public persona who was born in Long Branch, New Jersey on January 31, 1923."
Karen McCloskey, Sports Reference. Accessed September 9, 2018. "Born: June 16, 1951 (Age 67.085, YY.DDD) in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States"
Katz, Celeste. "Meet the 20-Year-Old Mastermind Behind Students For Trump", Yahoo! News,June 2, 2016. Accessed May 15, 2023. "Ryan Fournier was born in Long Branch, New Jersey. His conservative, middle class family — comprised of his single mom, a paralegal, and his grandmother, who worked as an assistant in a medical office — later moved to North Carolina, where he attended Corinth Holders High School."
