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'An Old-Fashioned Family Murder' and a look at the career of Metuchen native Robert Kaplow

By Doug Doyle
Published November 1, 2025 at 1:03 AM EDT
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Sally Struthers and others in An Old-Fashioned Family Murder running through Nov. 2 at George Street Playhouse
T. Charles Erickson
Sally Struthers and others in An Old-Fashioned Family Murder running through Nov. 2 at George Street Playhouse

On the November 1 WBGO Journal...

Election Day is this Tuesday…the big battles are the Mayoral race in New York City and the Gubernatorial race in the Garden State….WBGO’s David Matthau gives us a snapshot at that race….

NJ Gubernatorial candidates Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli
State of Affairs with Steve Adubato, Jr.
NJ Gubernatorial candidates Mikie Sherrill and Jack Ciattarelli

Commentator Mildred Antenor says those who’ve paved the right to vote for African Americans are even talked about in school..

FILE - In this 1963 file photo, Medgar Evers, 37, Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is seen. He was shot outside his home after returning from an integration rally. (AP photo/file)
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FILE - In this 1963 file photo, Medgar Evers, 37, Mississippi field secretary for the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People is seen. He was shot outside his home after returning from an integration rally. (AP photo/file)

Host Doug Doyle chats with two of the stars of An Old Fashioned Family Murder at George Street Playhouse. Actors Tony Carlin and Caitlin Kinunnen join us...

Tony Carlin as "Arthur Whittington" in Joe Dietro's An Old-Fashioned Family Murder" at GSP
T. Charles Erickson
Tony Carlin as "Arthur Whittington" in Joe Dietro's An Old-Fashioned Family Murder" at GSP

And WBGO’s Jon Kalish continues his series about Metuchen writer Robert Kaplow…

Metuchen writer Robert Kaplow, a.k.a. Moe Moskowitz
courtesy of Robert Kaplow
Metuchen writer Robert Kaplow, a.k.a. Moe Moskowitz

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Doug Doyle
Doug Doyle has been News Director at WBGO since 1998. Since then, Doug and his news staff have received more than 300 awards from organizations like PRNDI (now PMJA), AP, New York Association of Black Journalists, Garden State Association of Black Journalists and the New Jersey Society of Professional Journalists.
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