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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Harold McElroy back in hospital

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BJ business department retiree Harold McElroy, who lives in Pawleys Island, South Carolina, is back in the hospital. Harold had surgery Ju...

Sue Murphy flees Irene and visits Elizabeth Patton

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BJ Alums got this email from Elizabeth Patton, BJ Sidebar Magazine editor till she left in 1993 to become Executive Director of Project:LEAR...
Tuesday, August 30, 2011

BJ parking deck will be torn down

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The Akron Beacon Journal parking deck, a fixture on High Street for more than 50 years, will be torn down this fall, the company announced ...
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Sunday, August 28, 2011

KSU prof Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore

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Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore On August 25, 2011, Dr. Evonne H. Whitmore went home to meet our Lord. She had an incredible and accomplished ...
Saturday, August 27, 2011

Pam McCarthy still swinging

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No, not THAT kind of swinging. Former BJ staffer Pam McCarthy, who retired in 2008 from Hoover High School after 22 years as a teacher and s...

John Dunphy has a more pleasant trip

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Former BJ staffer John Dunphy, who flew to Cincinnati for his father's (Harry) funeral earlier this month, had a more pleasant journey -...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Dave Hess' son Danny dies in crash

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Update: Danny will be buried Saturday, September 2, in Forest Lawn Cemetery in Columbus, next to his mother. There will be a memorial servic...
Wednesday, August 24, 2011

Virginia Coy, 89, dies. Worked at BJ.

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CUYAHOGA FALLS -Virginia A. Coy, 89, passed away August 21, 2011. Mrs. Coy was born in Akron and had resided in Cuyahoga Falls the pa...

Gary Pruitt has biggest paycheck in Sacramento

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GenCorp’s chief executive has the highest total compensation among public-company chief executives in the Sacramento area. But McClatchy Co....

Jim Romenesko retiring from Poynter

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Jim Romenesko who maintains the Romenesko page for the Poynter Institute, a Florida-based non-profit school for journalists, is going into s...

Documentary to feature 60 cartoonists

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It’s titled “Stripped.” It's a new documentary featuring 60 cartoonists. Creators Dave Kellett and Frederick Schroeder interviewed ca...
Monday, August 22, 2011

Harold McElroy comes home

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Beacon Journal business department retiree Harold McElroy came home today. Harold had surgery June 15 to remove his cancerous right lung. ...
Thursday, August 18, 2011

Rick Armon writes book on breweries

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Rick Armon’s new book, Ohio Breweries , will be released officially on September 1 by Stackpole Books of Mechanisburg, PA . I t's a...
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Wednesday, August 17, 2011

Creed Black, ex-president of Knight Foundation, dies

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Newspaper editor and publisher Creed C. Black, the former president of the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, died Tuesday in Miami. He...

Cathy Strong enjoys rare snowstorm in New Zealand

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The rare snowstorm that hit New Zealand provided a fabulous opportunity for former BJ staffer Cathy Strong, who was visiting the country whe...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011

John Olesky: Revisiting my life

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By John Olesky I took 2 of my 3 children and 4 of my 7 grandchildren on a trip to West Virginia to revisit landmarks of my life and my l...
Monday, August 15, 2011

9 receive Knight religion reporting awards

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The USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism has announced the recipients of the 2011 Knight Grants for Reporting on Religion...
Sunday, August 14, 2011

BJ astronomy columnist Philip Hegenderfer dies

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Phil Hegenderfer, who lived on Manchester Road, worked in the physics department at the University of Akron. He was an Astronomy Club of A...
Friday, August 12, 2011

Lisa Katz Pagel home for hospice care

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Kent State graduate and 1987 Beacon Journal intern Lisa Katz Pagel, daughter of former BJ staffer Marv Katz, came home from the hospital T...

Print is the new vinyl

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