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A big effort to showcase non-profits in Jersey City and a new look at 'Godspell' through a contemporary lens

By Doug Doyle
Published March 29, 2026 at 3:20 PM EDT
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Newport Associates Development Company is celebrating 40 years
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Newport Associates Development Company is celebrating 40 years

On the March 28 WBGO Journal...

While "No Kings" protest rallies are going on in New York City and NJ, the theater department at Cicely L. Tyson Community School of Performing and Fine Arts in East Orange is performing the popular musical GodSpell, reimagined through a contemporary lens and set at a "No Kings" rally. Host Doug Doyle chats with the head of the theater department James W. Lemon and three student cast members...

WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with James W. Lemon (bottom right), Londyn Rogers (
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WBGO's Doug Doyle chats with James W. Lemon (bottom right), Londyn Rogers (top right), Kevin Barton Jr. (bottom left) and Jordan Davis (top left)

And host Doug Doyle chats with Jamie LeFrak about how Newport Associates Development Company is donating one million dollars in charitable contributions to 40 Jersey City-based non profits...

You can SEE the entire interview with Jamie Lefrank below:

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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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