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Friday, February 25, 2011

$10,000 prize offered for news ideas

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Detroit Media Partnership announced today IdeaQuest 2011, a contest with $10,000 in prize money for the two best ideas that help the Detroit...

Ex-Rocky Mountain News staff still working

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People who were on the editorial staff of the Rocky Mountain News on its last day February 27, 2009 are working as journalists across the co...
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Michael Holley is talk of Boston sports airwaves

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Michael Holley’s star power continues to get brighter in Boston. On Tuesday, the Akron native and former Beacon Journal sports writer was na...

Glenn Guzzo still rolling the dice

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Former Beacon Journal managing editor Glenn Guzzo was quoted in a New York Times article Monday about a weekend gathering of Strat-O-Matic B...
Monday, February 14, 2011

Black Keys take home Grammys

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Carney (right),  Auerbach accept award The Black Keys, the blues-rock duo from Akron, are officially ”the Grammy-winning” blues-rock duo ...
Sunday, February 13, 2011

Jolene Limbacher's former husband dies

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Guy F. Limbacher died Saturday in a Dover nursing home of Agent Orange poisoning. He was 66. Guy was born Feb. 4, 1945, in the kitchen of th...

Jim Carney: Proud in triplicate

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Beacon Journal reporter Jim Carney, in today's BJ, writes about how he is proud of all three of his sons, not just Patrick, who is up fo...
Thursday, February 10, 2011

David Giffels in rock band

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Former Beacon Journal columnist David Giffels will perform Friday, Jan. 11, at Thursday’s Lounge, 306 E. Exchange Street in Akron, as a memb...

Catching up with . . . Don Bandy

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BJ Alums blog received this letter from Ruth Burton, niece of retired Beacon Journal rewrite expert Don Bandy, who moved from Aqueduct Stree...

Carrie Moore Krack update

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BJ newsroom retiree Tom Moore's daughter, Caroline "Carrie" Moore Krack, had a setback Monday. A problem with her tracheal tub...
Monday, February 07, 2011

Paula Schleis' mother dies

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Beacon Journal reporter Paula Schleis' mother, RoseAnn Schleis, died Sunday. Paula's dad, Stephen, died in 2009. Here's her obit...

Orange County Register put up for sale

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The Orange County Register and other newspapers and TV stations have heen put up for auction by Freedom Communicatuions. Leading contende...
Sunday, February 06, 2011

Beware of using Orbitz for trip

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Bob Dyer, BJ columnist and my former Blue Room lunch partner, details the problems that I had when Orbitz, without my knowledge and consent,...

Marilyn Marchione information request

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Former BJ staffer Diane Paparone Evans is seeking information about former BJ staffer Marilyn Marchione. Diane's email: BJ Friends, Do a...
Thursday, February 03, 2011

Wadsworth's TV dog lady dies

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Jan Sponsler, host of "Animal Crackers" on Wadsworth's cable system for 381 episodes, passed away Monday. Jan was famous in ...
Tuesday, February 01, 2011

Black Keys get 2 Woodie nominations

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Add two mtvU Woodie Awards nominations to the Black Keys' credits. Pat Carney and Dan Auerbach form the Black Keys. Carney's dad is ...
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Monday, January 31, 2011

Dick Latshaw takes a trip down memory lane

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Retired printer Dick Latshaw, who lives on Pauleys Island, South Carolina near BJ business department retiree Harold McElroy, provides memor...

Gannet revenue is up 30% – BUT

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Gannett Co., the owner of 82 newspapers as well as television stations, reported fourth- quarter profit that increased 30 percent on cost cu...
Sunday, January 30, 2011

Arthur Becks celebrate 60th anniversary

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Arthur Beck and Eleanor Sirota were marred January 27, 1951. They have five children and 11 grandchildren. Art retired from the Beacon Jo...
Saturday, January 29, 2011

Carrie speaks about her needs

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Email from John Brack, the husband of Carrie Brack, BJ newsroom retiree Tom Moore's daughter who is recovering from meningitis. The fun ...