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Jennifer A. Borg and Garth Wakeford (2011 photo from Bergen.com).

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

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Jennifer Borg's husband withdraws suit seeking divorce

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New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan.

By VICTOR E. SASSON
EDITOR

Garth Wakeford filed and later withdrew a lawsuit seeking a divorce from Jennifer A. Borg, vice president and general counsel of North Jersey Media Group, publisher of The Record of Woodland Park.

Borg, 45, uses the name Jennifer Borg Wakeford on her Facebook page. 

A color photo on the page shows the couple, with her smiling broadly as he kisses her on the cheek and looks at the camera. 

A Garth Wakeford Web page identifies him as a certified running coach and a former professional rugby player. 

Now, he is a personal trainer and manager at La Palestra in Manhattan, described as a "hybrid between the medical and fitness industry."

Wakeford is from South Africa, where he graduated from Rhodes University with a BA degree in human movement studies.

The suit was filed in 2009 in New York State Supreme Court in Manhattan, but has been withdrawn, a court spokesman said Friday. Matrimonial cases are not open to the public.

Husband from 'Africa'

Borg spoke of her husband in April, during breaks in the trial of an age-discrimination suit filed against NJMG by Victor E. Sasson, author of Eye on The Record. 

Twice, she said he was from Africa, before noting he is from South Africa.

The couple have been mentioned as guests at parties in The Hamptons on New York Social Diary, a Web site that calls itself "your link to society." 

The Borgs are believed to have a home in East Hampton, and the rear bumper of Jennifer Borg's Range Rover SUV carried an East Hampton resident sticker. 

She lives on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

The couple have no children, but Jennifer Borg has spoken affectionately of her four nephews, children of Publisher Stephen A. Borg, her younger brother. 


At NJMG, one of her major decisions has been capping severance pay at 12 weeks. 

The ceiling was put into place after the company paid large amounts of severance during an exodus of veteran employees.


She also has ordered close monitoring of company equipment, including computers and telephones.