The BJ's local news surge

As advertised, the Beacon Journal kicked off its big local news surge today with a full page of briefs on page B3 and a large (4 col. X 12 inch) Paul Tople photo layout on a crew installing a sound wall on I-77 at 13th Avenue in Canton.

Three of the 18 briefs were from Akron, two from Barberton and one each from Bath, Boston Heights, Canal Fulton, Cuyahoga Falls, green, Medina, Norton, Revere schools, Stow, Wadsworth and Norteast Ohio (about a bald eagle count). There were none from Portage or Wayne counties-- the other two counties in the old five-county area once served by seven different editions.

Biggest brief was Revere Schools electing board officers--9 graphs. Credit at the bottom of briefs was given to five correspodents: Gina Mace 3, George W.. Davis and Jody Miller 2 each and Kimberly Sirk and Beau Dusz, 1 each.

You also might be interested in Random Observations on our web site, One asks if there is a smoking gun in the sale of the Minneaplios Tribune by McClatchy, another is on a new editor in Lexington, KY, a third from a disgrunted OSU alumnus, and finally one on the PD headline on Gerald Ford. . Click on the headline above to read them.