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Saturday, April 30, 2011

Update on Terence Oliver

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As reported here earlier, Terence Oliver is now teaching some design and infographics classes at the University of North Carolina. ‘’However...

Teaching journalism at Dubai

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Former BJ staffer Cathy Strong reports she is still enjoying teaching the Emirate female students at Zayed University in Dubai, United Ara...
Friday, April 29, 2011

BJ artists provide show of lifetimes

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Home page editor Mary Beth Breckenridge checks work of BJ artists Lifetimes of art were on display Friday at the opening of the “Beyond ...
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

REMINDER; Beyond Newsprint: BJ artists on display

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Exhibition at Summit Artspace 140 E. Market St. Akron, Ohio April 29-June 5 , 2011 Opening reception will be Friday, April 29 from 5 ...
Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Last typewriter factory shuts its doors

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A bit of history happened recently: Indian typewriter manufacturer Godrej and Boyce in Mumbai, India, stopped production after 60 years of m...
Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Dawidziak is a busy guy

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I got this response to my email to former BJ and current PD TV critic Mark Dawidziak about the April 8-25 trip to England, Scotland, Ireland...
Saturday, April 23, 2011

Printing problems delay BJ

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Saturday's edition of the Akron Beacon Journal was late because of mechanical problems with the printing presses. Production crews wo...
Thursday, April 21, 2011

Al Hunsicker’s great-grandchild makes news

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When Kaylie Elizabeth Coy was born, her father, Navy Reservist Ryan Coy, got to see the whole delivery room experience thanks to the marvels...
Monday, April 18, 2011

PD cartoonist Dick Dugan dies

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DUGAN JAMES RICHARD "DICK" DUGAN, 85, passed away Saturday, April 16, 2011 at Hospice of the Western Reserve surrounded by his f...
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Friday, April 15, 2011

Tom and Dot Moore celebrate 60th

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Dot and Tom Moore celebrated their 60 anniversary Thursday. "Son-in-law John sprung even though he's still in Minnesota," T...
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Great article on Webb Shaw's father

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Rob Oller wrote a teriffic column Thursday in the Columbus Dispatch on Bob Shaw, father of BJ Alum Webb Shaw. Bob Shaw, who died last week...
Thursday, April 14, 2011

BJ lunch becomes Civil War roundtable

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From left are Al Hunsicker, Gene McClellan, Dick Gresock, Cal Deshong and Carl Nelson. By Tom Moore Attend a Beacon Journal retiree luncheon...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

BJ to lease space in building

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The Beacon Journal plans to consolidate all its departments on the third floor and lease all space on the other floors: first and second flo...
Monday, April 11, 2011

Note from Carrie (Moore) Krack:

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Hi Everyone!!! Thanks so much for the cards (that are still coming) all the prayers and that you sent my family, Joh...

Andy Rooney at 92 is definitely not a retiree

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[Albany Times Union photo by Cindy Schulz] If you've noticed that you're not seeing Andy Rooney as often on "60 Minutes" o...
Saturday, April 09, 2011

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The Rev.Fr. Kevin Elbert, parochial vicar of St. Mary parish in Hudson,who was just ordained last June, will speak at the Akron Serra Club n...
Thursday, April 07, 2011

Newsroom employment up slightly

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The percentage of minorities in newsrooms totaled 12.79 percent, a decline of .47 percentage points from a year ago, according to the Americ...

Ron Taiclet, familiar to BJ folks, dies

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Ron Taiclet, a jokes-loving guy who crossed paths often with Beacon Journal employees as a Kent State Journalism graduate whose career inclu...
Tuesday, April 05, 2011

Contact Terence Oliver at UNC-Chapel Hill

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After teaching at Ohio University for nine years, former BJ stafter Terence Oliver started teaching last year at the University of North C...
Monday, April 04, 2011

Ott Gangl has new email address

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Hi, I changed my email address to my domain carrier because I may abandon Roadrunner in the future, but both my existing email address and m...