Guy Sterling

Guy Sterling
Born	(1948-09-23) September 23, 1948 (age 76) Orange, New Jersey
Alma mater	University of Virginia and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
Occupation(s)	Journalist and Author

Guy Sterling (born September 23, 1948) is an American journalist, author and historian. He spent most of his 35-year newspaper career as a reporter with The Star-Ledger in Newark, New Jersey, primarily covering the courts and criminal justice matters, the Meadowlands Sports Complex and the New Jersey Mafia.

Background and early life

Sterling was born in Orange Memorial Hospital in Orange, New Jersey, to father Robert Sterling Sr. and mother Florence M. O’Mara. Raised in Dunellen, New jersey, he graduated from Dunellen High School. ^[1] He earned his undergraduate degree from the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (class of 1970) and a master's degree in journalism from the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism (class of 1972). ^[2] He began his daily newspaper career in 1970 as a municipal government reporter with the Courier News in Plainfield, New Jersey, and ended it in Newark. ^[3] Over the course of his career, Sterling routinely published as many as 200 bylined stories a year.

Author and independent researcher

Sterling has authored two books: Elvis in Roanoke, ^{[4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9]} published in 1977 when he was a reporter with The Roanoke Times & World-News (1975–78) in Roanoke, Virginia, ^[10] and The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers in 2014. ^{[11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16]} He updated the Newark book on its tenth anniversary with an online edition. ^[17] In 2011 and 2012, he also wrote and produced a series of radio pieces on Newark's history for WBGO Jazz Radio 88.3 in Newark. They aired as a segment entitled "Guy Sterling's Newark" on the "WBGO Journal." ^{[18] [19]}

External links

• Sterling, Guy (2017). "Guy Sterling's Personal Website". Guy Sterling. Retrieved 2017-08-07.
• Sterling, Guy (2016). "Newark Jazz Elders". Newark Jazz Elders. Retrieved 2016-08-12.
• Sterling, Guy (2014). The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers. Xlibris Publishing. ISBN   9781499079913 . Retrieved 2016-08-09.
• Sterling, Guy (2024). "Notable Newarkers: Famous, Familiar, and Forgotten, Tenth Anniversary Edition". Notable Newarkers. Retrieved 2024-06-26.

Career at The Star-Ledger

Sterling spent almost 30 years as a general assignment reporter in Newark, starting in 1980 and retiring in 2009. He won a national award for excellence in music writing and was a member of The Star-Ledger staff that won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news reporting. A story of his was used as the theme for an award-winning season of the HBO series The Sopranos ^[20] and, when he left daily journalism, he was given a retirement party by the mob and a plaque for his organized crime coverage by the U.S. Justice Department. ^[21] Sterling was a lead reporter for The Star-Ledger for its coverage of the fatal Boland Hall fire at Seton Hall University in 2000, stories that continued for years. ^{[22] [23]} They earned the paper its first-ever selection as a Pulitzer Prize finalist ^[24] along with the American Society of Newspaper Editors Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News Reporting by a Team in 2001. ^[25]

Other major stories he covered included

• 1980 – Covered all legal proceedings against an Irvington man charged and later convicted of killing a Port Authority police officer on a PATH train, ^[26] the weeks-long PATH strike. ^[27] and broke the story that 1960's anti-war activist and counterculture ringleader Jerry Rubin had gone mainstream and joined a Wall Street brokerage firm. ^[28]
• 1981 – Wrote a series of stories on the growing problem of missing persons in New Jersey that led to legislation creating a missing persons bureau inside the New Jersey State Police, ^[29] among the first articles in the mainstream press on the federal government's interest in marijuana's potential as medicine and the subsequent approval of synthetic THC as an antiemetic. ^{[30] [31] [32]} and a series of investigative pieces about corruption and mismanagement inside the New Jersey Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired, a state agency based in Newark, that led to a probe by the Attorney General's Office. ^{[33] [34]}
• 1982 – Wrote an investigative piece he wrote on the growing problem of missing persons in New Jersey led the state Legislature to create a Division of Missing Persons within the New Jersey State Police ^{[35] [36]} and was the only New Jersey–based reporter to interview Richard Nixon after the former president moved to the New York area to rehabilitate his image in the final years of his life. They spoke on two occasions. ^{[37] [38]}
• 1983 – Covered the “CBS Murders” trial in New York in which a Keansburg handyman was convicted of killing four people, ^{[39] [40] [41]} and the gangland slaying of Peter A. "Peter Rabbit" Campisi, a member of a Newark-based organized crime group whose body was found in the trunk of a car in New York, as well as the choking death of Peter S. "Petey Black" Campisi in June 2002. ^[42]
• 1984 – Broke all the stories about an undercover state investigation ("Operation Bacchus") of the liquor industry that resulted in numerous charges. ^[43] and all the stories on a suspicious harness race at the Meadowlands Racetrack that triggered a riot by horseplayers and a second one at Garden State Park several years later that prompted a state investigation dubbed "Operation Longshot." ^{[44] [45] [46]}
• 1985 – Covered the “Pizza Connection” trial in New York City, the longest criminal trial in U.S. federal court history (lasting into 1987) in which 20 defendants, including six men from New Jersey as well as the former boss of the Sicilian mob, were accused of laundering Mafia drug money through a network of American pizza shops. ^[47]
• 1986 – Honored by the New Jersey Fire Prevention and Protection Association for a four-part series on the state of firefighting in New Jersey. ^[48]
• 1987 – Worked with state Sen. Richard J. Codey in uncovering faulty hiring practices at a state psychiatric hospital in Monmouth County. ^{[49] [50]}
• 1988 – Broke the stories that reputed Genovese crime family boss and former pro prizefighter John DiGilio had gone missing. ^[51] and was later found murdered. ^{[52] [53]}
• 1989 – Flew to Richmond, VA, to lead the paper's coverage of the arrest of John List, an inconspicuous businessman who murdered his wife, mother and three children before fleeing their home in Westfield, NJ, and becoming one of America's most wanted fugitives for almost 18 years ^[54] and the mysterious death of Grateful Dead fan Adam Katz at a Meadowlands Arena concert and a subsequent grand jury investigation. ^[55]
• 1989-92 – Covered the federal racketeering trial in Newark of Genovese crime family boss Louis "Bobby" Manna, who was accused of plotting the murder of rival mob kingpin John Gotti among other charges. ^[56]
• 1992-93 – Covered the longest criminal trial in New Jersey state court history, a year-long racketeering case in Newark against Robert "Cabert" Bisaccia and other reputed members of the Gambino crime family's New Jersey crew that ended in the convictions of all but one of the defendants. ^{[57] [58] [59] [60] [61] [62]}
• 1994 – Conducted a jailhouse interview with reputed New Jersey mob capo Anthony (Tumac) Accetturo after he turned state government informant. ^[63] and wrote the story that prosecutors would seek the death penalty in the New Jersey murder case that produced Megan's Law. ^[64]
• 1996 – Found former Seton Hall basketball star and Utah Jazz first-round draft pick Luther Wright a patient in an Essex County, NJ, psychiatric hospital. A subsequent story on Wright's life and the circumstances that left him institutionalized – co-authored by Sterling and entitled “Whose Dream Was It?” ^[65] – won the New Jersey Press Association award for best news feature story of the year. ^{[66] [67]} and uncovered serious problems inside the Newark Jazz Festival that ultimately led to its undoing. ^[68]
• 1998 – Was left the only press copy of a videotaped suicide note made by George Weingartner, a former Bayonne policeman and reputed crew boss of the Genovese crime family who was facing trial on state racketeering charges ^{[69] [70]} and spent 17 years working to free New Jersey inmate Vincent James Landano, who was wrongfully convicted of killing an off-duty Newark policeman during the robbery of a Kearny, NJ, check-cashing business in August 1976. After years of legal wrangling that included a groundbreaking U.S. Supreme Court decision, the conviction was eventually overturned and Landano was acquitted of all charges at a 1998 retrial in Jersey City. ^{[71] [72] [73] [74]}
• 2000 – Was featured in an Editor & Publisher article ^[75] and editorial ^[76] focusing on The Star-Ledger's decision to withhold the names of suspects in the fatal Seton Hall dormitory fire while the investigation proceeded.
• 2004 – Covered the federal murder trial of Philadelphia crime boss Joseph “Skinny Joey” Merlino in Newark that ended in acquittal. ^{[77] [78]}
• 2006 – Debunked a claim by notorious murderer Richard “The Iceman” Kuklinski that he was one of history's most prolific serial killers. ^[79]
• 2007 – Broke the story that reputed Genovese crime family capo and accused murderer Michael Coppola was arrested on Manhattan's Upper West Side after 11 years as a fugitive from a Bridgewater, New Yersey, mob execution. ^{[80] [81] [82]}
• 2008 – Disproved a developer's claim that an aging building in downtown Newark wasn't the Palace Chop House, where mobster Dutch Schultz was murdered in one of the most notorious gangland slayings in organized crime history ^[83] and when he retired from the paper, was given a plaque for his coverage of organized crime by the U.S. Justice Department and a retirement party by the mob. ^[84] The Sopranos creator David Chase credited one of his stories with serving as the theme for the series’ 2003 season, ^[85] shows that were honored the following year with the primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Drama Series, the first time a cable TV program won the award. ^[86]

Retirement

Following retirement in 2009, Sterling became involved in a number of civic projects in Newark, including

• 2009-21 – Helped lead the fight against the privatization of Newark's public water system and uncover corruption inside the agency managing the city's watershed property, an effort that resulted in two government investigations and multiple indictments and convictions. ^{[87] [88] [89] [90] [91]}
• 2010 – Organized and moderated the centennial commemoration of a fire that claimed the lives of 26 lady garment workers in a Newark sweatshop, the city's worst fatal fire. ^{[92] [93] [94] [95] [96]}
• 2016 – Organized and moderated a year-long series of monthly conversations with notable Newarkers at the Newark Public Library as part of the city's celebration of its 350th anniversary ^{[97] [98]} and spearheaded a drive to save Newark's nationally landmarked historic Krueger Mansion. Sterling's progress was followed in articles by several German news organizations, including Deutsche Welle. ^[99]
• 2019 – Director of oral history and a co-sponsor of “In Search of a Just City,” an exhibition on the old Essex County Jail (1837-1971) at Newark's Hahne's Building. ^[100]
• 2022 – Testified at a New Jersey Historic Sites Council hearing in opposition to the removal of the Christopher Columbus statue in Newark's Washington Park (Harriet Tubman Square). ^{[101] [102]}
• 2019-24 – Chosen six consecutive years as one of New Jersey's 100 Irish-American leaders by InsiderNJ. ^{[103] [104] [105]}

References

1. Guy Sterling Papers, Newark Public Library. Accessed July 30, 2024. "Guy graduated from Dunellen High School and University of Virginia."
2. "Columbia Journalism School Press Pass". Guy Sterling. 1972-06-10. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
3. "The Courier-News Press Pass". Guy Sterling. The Courier-News. 1971-01-01. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
4. "Elvis in Roanoke". Google Books. Leisure Publishing. 1977-01-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
5. "Elvis in Roanoke Press Release". Guy Sterling. Leisure Publishing. 1977-01-01. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
6. "Newsmen author Elvis Presley book". Editor & Publisher. 1978-04-08. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
7. "Elvis in Roanoke Review". Guy Sterling. Carole Plaia. 1978-05-01. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
8. "Elvis in Roanoke Postcard". Guy Sterling. Jerry Hopkins. 1978-07-25. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
9. "Tall order to fill the big man's large shoes". The Roanoke Times. 2006-06-11. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
10. "The World-News Press Pass". Guy Sterling. The World-News. 2006-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
11. The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten in 2014: 350 Notable Newarkers. Xlibris Publishing. 2014-01-01. ISBN   9781499079913 . Retrieved 2016-08-10.
12. "Breathing life into the Brick City: Author introduces Notable Newarkers, Jan. 27". The Morristown Green. 2015-02-24. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
13. "The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers Press Release". Newark Public Library. 2015-02-10. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
14. "Former Star-Ledger Reporter Guy Sterling Pens New Book". The Essex Times. 2015-05-01. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
15. "The Famous, the Familiar and the Forgotten: 350 Notable Newarkers by Guy Sterling". Italian Tribune. 2015-06-11. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
16. "Star-Ledger reporter teaching Adult School of Montclair class". NorthJersey.com. 2015-12-03. Retrieved 2023-07-22.
17. "Notable Newarkers: Famous, Familiar, and Forgotten, Tenth Anniversary Edition". Notable Newarkers. Guy Sterling. 2024-06-11. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
18. "Guy Sterling's Newark". Guy Sterling. 2018-08-13. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
19. "Guy Sterling's Newark Advertisement". Guy Sterling. Morristown Green. 2011-01-01. Retrieved 2021-08-05.
20. "Jersey cases inspire new 'Sopranos' season". NJ.com. 2003-01-09. Archived from the original on 2009-03-13. Retrieved 2018-08-30.
21. "Award from US Attorney's Office". US Federal Government. 2009-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
22. "'This one's for real!' Fire kills 3 in Seton Hall dorm prone to false alarms". The Star-Ledger. 2000-01-20. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
23. "Mob informant's role in Seton probe: Stymied investigators cut deal for clues into who set fatal 2000 fire". The Star-Ledger. 2003-07-08. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
24. "Finalist: Staff of The Star-Ledger, Newark, NJ". Pulitzer. The Pulitzer Prizes. 2002-01-01. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
25. "Jesse Laventhol Prize for Deadline News". Pulitzer. The Pulitzer Prizes. 2002-01-01. Retrieved 2018-08-13.
26. "Irvington man guilty of killing P.A. cop in cigarette arrest". The Star-Ledger. 1981-05-12. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
27. "More buses and fewer riders ease PATH walkout crunch". The Star-Ledger. 1980-06-14. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
28. "Jerry Rubin: 60s Radical Joins the Wall Street 'Establishment'". The Star-Ledger. 1980-07-30. Retrieved 2018-02-02.
29. "Missing persons: thousands just disappear without a trace". The Star-Ledger. 1981-04-19. Retrieved 2021-08-10.
30. "'Marijuana medicine' program may fade away: FDA aide describes drug supply troubles". The Star-Ledger. 1981-06-22. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
31. "Marijuana as RX: THC relieves side effects of cancer treatments". The Star-Ledger. 1981-06-23. Retrieved 2017-08-10.
32. "Firm cleared to sell pot 'derivative' as anti-nausea chemotherapy agent". The Star-Ledger. 1985-06-07. Retrieved 2018-08-28.
33. "Investigative Report on the Corrupt Commission for the Blind". The Star-Ledger. 1981-11-08. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
34. "State takes over troubled agency for the blind: Human Services chief says fiscal management woes threaten clients". The Star-Ledger. 1982-05-14. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
35. "Thousands Disappear without a Trace". The Star-Ledger. 1981-04-19. Retrieved 2017-08-12.
36. "Trooper Help Asked for Missing Persons". The Star-Ledger. 1982-03-09. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
37. "Nixon at the Circus". The Star-Ledger. 1982-11-27. Retrieved 2018-08-19.
38. "Richard Nixon stays active as he turns 72". The Star-Ledger. 1985-01-09. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
39. "DA says CBS slay suspect killed for cash, eight week trial coming to a close". The Star-Ledger. 1983-05-19. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
40. "Jerseyan convicted of the CBS slayings". The Star-Ledger. 1983-05-25. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
41. "CBS slayer sentenced to 100 years in prison". The Star-Ledger. 1983-06-23. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
42. "N.Y. lawmen identify body in a car as Peter Campisi". The Star-Ledger. 1983-07-30. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
43. "Liquor dealers cited in kickback probe". The Star-Ledger. 1983-03-25. Retrieved 2018-08-24.
44. "Inquiry opened on law exacta payoff at Meadowlands". The Star-Ledger. 1984-05-05. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
45. "Race officials, lawmen command 'fix' probe". The Star-Ledger. 1988-12-12. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
46. "Two drivers and 4 others indicted in 'betting coup' at Garden State". The Star-Ledger. 1989-05-05. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
47. "The Pizza Connection". The Star-Ledger. 1985-10-31. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
48. "Tablet for Guy Sterling from the New Jersey Fire Prevention and Protection Association". New Jersey Fire Prevention and Protection Association. 1985-10-31. Retrieved 2018-08-18.
49. "Undercover legislator finds abuses: 'Criminal' ID submitted for mental hospital job". The Star-Ledger. 1987-03-01. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
50. "Marlboro director is removed in management shakeup: hiring policy tightened to include criminal check". The Star-Ledger. 1987-03-10. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
51. "Lawmen search for missing John DiGilio". The Star-Ledger. 1988-05-09. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
52. "Body of John DiGilio found floating in Hackensack River". The Star-Ledger. 1988-05-27. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
53. "Imprisoned mob figure is indicted in 'rubout' of crime boss DiGilio". The Star-Ledger. 1993-05-13. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
54. "John List's captor "got the picture" right away". The Star-Ledger. 1989-06-04. Retrieved 2018-08-17.
55. "Possible use of drugs cited in rock concert death". The Star-Ledger. 1989-11-18. Retrieved 2018-08-16.
56. "Genovese boss and 3 guilty of plot to rub out John Gotti". The Star-Ledger. 1989-06-27. Retrieved 2018-08-27.
57. "References to Gotti stir up opening of trial for accused Jersey mobsters". The Star-Ledger. 1992-06-12. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
58. "Newark racketeering trial erupts as lawyer, witness trade curses". The Star-Ledger. 1992-11-19. Retrieved 2020-06-28.
59. "Six Defendants Guilty in Lengthy Gambino Trial". The Star-Ledger. 1993-03-06. Retrieved 2016-08-24.
60. "5 guilty mob figures sentenced to prison terms of 7 to 26 years". The Star-Ledger. 1993-03-27. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
61. "40 years for mobster: reputed Gambino chief in Jersey also fined $100,000". The Star-Ledger. 1993-03-31. Retrieved 2020-07-22.
62. "6 years later, mob trial jury is called back: 12 will be asked if sideshows affected verdict". The Star-Ledger. 1999-03-03. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
63. "Mafia boss laments that greed is undoing traditional underworld". The Star-Ledger. 1994-03-03. Retrieved 2020-06-06.
64. "Death penalty call in Megan murder". The Star-Ledger. 1994-10-20. Retrieved 2020-07-26.
65. "Luther Wright: Whose dream was it?". The Star-Ledger. 1996-03-24. Retrieved 2018-01-21.
66. "Awards Certificate from New Jersey Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists". 1996-11-11. Retrieved 2019-07-24.
67. "Star-Ledger wins awards". The Star-Ledger. 1996-11-12. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
68. "Money woes sound sour note for jazz fest". The Star-Ledger. 1996-06-23. Retrieved 2020-07-31.
69. "Former officer with mob ties is found dead: Police call it an apparent suicide". The Star-Ledger. 1998-07-06. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
70. "George Weingartner, ex-cop saw suicide as way to spoil trial". The Star-Ledger. 1998-07-07. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
71. "James Landano Freed after 13 Years" (PDF). The Star-Ledger. 1989-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
72. "U.S. Justice Department v. James Landano". Guy Sterling. 1993-02-01. Retrieved 2019-08-02.
73. "Landano Verdict: Ecstasy and Agony". The Star-Ledger. 1998-07-28. Retrieved 2020-06-30.
74. "Landano, exonerated after years in jail for cop-killing, dies at 63". The Star-Ledger. 2002-11-12. Retrieved 2021-08-09.
75. "Trapped in Jewell Box: Newark newspaper knows but won't publish names of suspects". Editor & Publisher. 2000-05-15.
76. "Public Rights on Trial: In their concern for 'fair trials,' judges are cowing media and keeping the facts about crimes away from citizens". Editor & Publisher. 2000-06-22.
77. "'The Crumb' to reprise his role as a mob turncoat in Newark homecoming". The Star-Ledger. 2004-01-25. Retrieved 2020-07-16.
78. "Jury Clears Mobster of Ordering a Killing". The Star-Ledger. 2004-07-20. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
79. "The Iceman's Death Toll Melts Away". The Star-Ledger. 2006-05-23. Retrieved 2020-07-14.
80. "Arrest ends long search for suspect in mob billing: N.J.'s most wanted found in N.Y." The Star-Ledger. 2007-03-12. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
81. "A fugitive hidden in plain sight". The Star-Ledger. 2007-03-14. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
82. "Reputed mob boss' wife, son arrested". The Star-Ledger. 2007-03-29. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
83. "Was this building a palace? Issues arise over place mobster fell". The Star-Ledger. 2008-09-15. Retrieved 2018-08-22.
84. "Organized Crime Writing". Mulholland Books. 2011-02-24. Retrieved 2018-12-23.
85. "Jersey mob soon to get infusion of old blood: Lawmen are wary as jail terms end". The Star-Ledger. 2002-04-10. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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87. "NJ comptroller alleges rampant corruption at Newark watershed, director pleads fifth". The Star-Ledger. 2014-02-19. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
88. "Ex-Newark watershed director admits taking $1M in kickbacks". The Star-Ledger. 2015-12-21. Retrieved 2017-08-05.
89. "What Cory Booker isn't telling us about the Newark water crisis". Bob Braun's Ledger. 2019-08-28. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
90. "Booker ally pressured Newark water contractors to donate to mayor's campaign, jailed official told FBI". NJ.com. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
91. "Big NJ water agency failed in scandal when Booker was mayor". Associated Press. 2019-08-29. Retrieved 2019-08-29.
92. "Deadly Newark fire sparked early call for reform". NJ.com. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
93. "Centenary events recall Newark fire". New Jersey Jewish News. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
94. Guy Sterling's Written Remarks at the Fire Centennial Commemoration (Speech). Guy Sterling. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2017-08-01.
95. "Mormon Church Press Release". Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. 2013-11-06. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
96. "Memorial Plaque Dedication Brochure". Guy Sterling. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2019-01-09.
97. "The sports that shaped the lives of 3 Newark athletes". NJ.com. 2016-07-29. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
98. "Newark's gospel history is glorious". NJ.com. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-20.
99. "German brewer's US villa puts cultural heritage to the test". Deutsche Welle. 2015-03-11. Retrieved 2016-08-09.
100. "Old Essex County Jail Oral History Project". Old Essex County Jail. Myles Zhang. 2019-04-04. Retrieved 2019-04-11.
101. "Submitted Remarks before State Historic Sites Council". Guy Sterling. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-18.
102. "Spoken Remarks before State Historic Sites Council". Guy Sterling. 2022-06-16. Retrieved 2022-06-22.
103. "Here Come the Irish: New Jersey's Leaders 2019" (PDF). InsiderNJ. 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2019-03-15.
104. "InsiderNJ Presents Tom Barrett's New Jersey Irish American Leaders 2020 List". InsiderNJ. 2020-03-13. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
105. "InsiderNJ Presents Tom Barrett's New Jersey Irish American Leaders 2021 List". InsiderNJ. 2021-03-16. Retrieved 2021-03-22.