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Silly little sadness


It was a small town paper that won't leave much of a ripple going down, but it was ours.

I haven't lived in that town for 53 years, but some of my early poetry was published in it, as was my engagement and marriage and those of my siblings.

My late older brother was a reporter and photographer for the Herald, and once, in his dry droll manner, borrowed my horse, donned a Stetson, and rode the four miles into town to deliver his news a la Pony Express. He tied the reins to a parking meter.

It saddens me.
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DrWatson · 70-79, M
I understand. There used to be two local papers where I grew up, "Newsday" and "The Long Island Press." Our family subscribed to the latter. It went went out of business a few years after I moved away. There had been a few articles about me in it ("high school achievements" make it into local papers.) Even though I did not live there anymore, it did sadden me to know it was gone.
RedBaron · M
@DrWatson I worked on the high school sports desk at Newsday in the mid-1990s, first in Melville covering Nassau and Suffolk schools and colleges, later in Queens covering NYC schools and colleges. Lots of coverage of high school achievements.
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@RedBaron I was a non-athletic nerd!😄

So my name would never have crossed the sports desk. It was academic awards that gave me my 15 minutes of fame.
@DrWatson You're a good sport!
DrWatson · 70-79, M
@Mamapolo2016 Without the injuries!
RedBaron · M
@DrWatson So was I. That’s why I wrote about sports and athletes instead of being one.