Background
Richards, Jay Claude was born on April 6, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob Tilghman and Joan Louise (Walsh) Richards.
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Richards, Jay Claude was born on April 6, 1954 in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, United States. Son of Jacob Tilghman and Joan Louise (Walsh) Richards.
Student, Tennessee Wesleyan College, Athens, 1972-1973.
Various positions armed security work, 1973-1975. Reporter, photographer Press Publs.: The News, Belvidere, New Jersey, 1977-1998. President J.C. Richards Associates, Harmony Township, since 1980.
Owner Poor Richards' British Gun Shop, since 1976. Freelance court reporter The Morning Call, Allentown, Pennsylvania, 1986—2008. New Jersey superior court radio correspondent WRNJ-News, since 1991.
Reporter The Knowlton News, 1998—2002, NorthWarren News, 2002—2004. Photography judge Warren County 4-H, Belvidere, since 1990. Press officer Warren County Office Emergency Mgmt, Belvidere, 1989—1998.
News corresp WRNJ-News, since 1991, NJN Pubs, The News, 2001—2002. History consultant, psychic investigators Episode 39 - The Elizabeth Cornish Murder, 2007.
Member Hazardous Materials Adv Coun, Warren County, New Jersey, 1989—1998, Joint Emergency Mgmt Coun, Belvidere/White Township, 1989—1998, Warren County Arts Adv Coun, Warren County War Member Comt, 1997—1998. Trustee Warren County War Member Corp, since 1999. Consult Harmony New Jersey Hist Preservation Commission, since 2000.
Mem Warren County Purple Heart Monument Construction Committee, 2000. Member Statue of Liberty - Ellis Island Foundation. Participant foreign policy leadership George Washington University, 1999, 2003, 2005.
Civil War monument project Hackettstown, New Jersey, 2001. Member Glamour Photographers International, 2003—2004. History consultant Hoff-Vanaha Farmstead Restoration Project, Harmony, New Jersey.
Member of National Indian Wars Asn, Oxford New Jersey Hist Society, United States Naval Institute, Sr Army Res Comdrs Asn, Res Officers Asn United States, Society Profl Journalists, National Press Photographers Asn, National Rifle Association, Forks of the Delaware History Arms Society, Frederick A. Cook Society, Sigma Delta Chi.