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144ashland
Feb 63 min read
Learning the Ropes in the Newsroom
You may recall in the previous blog that I got a part-time job working at the Elmira Star-Gazette while a student at Manfield. (You...
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144ashland
Feb 55 min read
Wonderful Job I walked in to.
The Star-Gazette was the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate. It was founded as the weekly Elmira Gazette in 1828 and...
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144ashland
Feb 42 min read
Dodgers Are Better...Are the Phillies?
The Dodgers just added a 102 mph fastball to their six-man rotation, three of whom don't have birthright citizenship: Shohei Ohtani,...
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144ashland
Jan 254 min read
A Job Offer I Couldn’t Resist.
The Star-Gazette was the first newspaper of the now massive Gannett conglomerate. It was founded as the weekly Elmira Gazette in 1828 and...
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144ashland
Jan 253 min read
Are the Phillies Broke?
Max Kepler is surely a bargain basement move. Is Phillies managing partner John Middleton out of money, or is Dombrowski playing hide and...
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144ashland
Jan 172 min read
Is Bergman an Improvement Over Baum?
Free agent third base man Alex Bergman. Two years ago, the Phillies outfield was questionable. Brandon Marsh couldn't hit lefties....
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144ashland
Jan 163 min read
How I Got Started in Writing (2)
Al Mallette was Sports Editor for the Elmira Star Gazette for 40 years. You may recall in the previous blog that I got a part-time...
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144ashland
Jan 113 min read
Letter to President Trump
This letter was mailed January second at the South Philadelphia post office mailbox therefore it will be postmarked January 1. My Name...
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144ashland
Jan 114 min read
How I Got Started in Writing (1)
You may recallIn 1972, Denise and I were married on August 19, and two days later, we were in Mansfield to settle in a house on Pickle...
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144ashland
Jan 113 min read
The Phillies Like Miller Better
In criminal cases, motive establishes the “why,” as in why the defendant did what he did. Even when the evidence is circumstantial —...
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144ashland
Jan 34 min read
Phillies Shopping in Bargain Basement
When I was a child, just before the holidays, my mother used to take me shopping in downtown Philadelphia. We'd walk down the hill to...
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