Blog headlines and photos in 2006

There were 424 items posted on the Beacon Journal retirees blog in 2006. We have pulled out 195 of them to make it easier for you to review the tumultuous year at the Beacon Journal.

Just click on the headline to go to the Blog Review of 2006

There you will find a link to the 195 headlines and also a link to an album of blog photos showing the top events of 2006 at the BJ

The review also lists the names of 22 who died during the year.

Because of the sale of Knight Ridder, subsequent sale of the Beacon Journal and the turmoil over layoffs, the visits to the blog increased from 8,883 at the beginning of the year to 32,245 on our December report. The average number of visits increased from 36 a day at the beginning of the year to 73 the week ending December 27. There were 129 the week ending November 8.

In the 29 months since the blog was established in July, 2004, there have been 824 articles posted or an average of more than 28 a month. The number probably will top 1,000 in the next couple of months.

A web site was opened September 18, 2006 to allow use of articles too long for the blog and for storage of information files such as our list of postal addresses of retirees. A Commentary section also was added.