Getting it first – and right
A report of his death, Mark Twain famously wrote, was greatly exaggerated. So false reports of famous deaths are nothing new. Though in Joe Paterno’s case, the first reports of his death turned out not...
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Does fluoride affect critical-thinking skills?
With West Manheim Township voting this week to take back its previous vote to dump fluoride, I am starting to get another round of emails from anti-fluoridation folks. Sterling Hayden as Gen. Jack E....
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A newspaperwoman’s prayer
I don’t recall ever before saying a prayer to open a luncheon in the resolutely secular world of modern American journalism. And I could sense a slight discomfiture among some of the attendees at a...
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Keeping the victims at the forefront
Jessica Ghawi, one of the 12 people slain in the Colorado theater massacre. When bad news breaks, the newsroom usually goes on adrenaline-fueled auto-pilot. Personal feelings get pushed aside for the...
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Please don’t let our new boss read this
My new boss will be joining me for the annual town meeting we co-sponsor with television station WGAL this Thursday at Hanover’s Guthrie Memorial Library. So it would be great if my fans — either one...
View ArticlePlenty of opinions to go around
They’ll get Gene Lyons out of my newspaper when they pry his column from my cold dead fingers. Well, OK, I’m not exactly sure I’d lay down my life for Lyons, and I’ve never thought of The Evening Sun...
View ArticleTime to dump the TV listings?
Unless there’s an angry mob with pitchforks and torches outside my hospital room this week, I’m seriously thinking of getting rid of the TV grids in The Evening Sun. I mentioned this to some fellow...
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No dummy on bridge, Beetle Bailey
By MARC CHARISSE In the venerable game of bridge, an especially weak hand is called a yarborough, after the second Earl of Yarborough, a 19th-century card player who is said to have bet 1,000 to one...
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Student Sun: ‘We all became Bostonians’
Editor’s note: Andy Robinson is a 20-year-old Hanover native now attending Northeastern University in Boston, majoring in journalism, and was in Boston at the time of the bombings and submitted this...
View ArticleMeet n Treat: The Evening Sun’s first public meeting
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Sun staff: Meet reporter Mark Walters
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer posts with each journalist will be posted on our blog. Today, meet reporter Mark Walters. Mark covers Adams...
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Sun staff: Meet reporter Adam Michael
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer sessions with journalists will be posted on our blog. Today, meet reporter Adam Michael. Adam covers Hanover...
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Sun staff: Meet clerk Arlene Little
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer sessions will be posted on our blog each week. Today, meet news clerk Arlene Little. Arlene does a little bit of...
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Sun Staff: Meet photographer Shane Dunlap
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer sessions will be posted on our blog each week. Today, meet photographer Shane Dunlap. The most veteran “box...
View ArticleUnderstanding legal jargon: Pro se
To help readers who may have trouble with the legal jargon in court stories, Evening Sun reporter Mark Walters will be putting together a terms-you-need-to-know list. Every week, he’ll add a new word...
View ArticleUnderstanding legal jargon: Post conviction relief
To help readers who may have trouble with the legal jargon in court stories, Evening Sun reporter Mark Walters will be putting together a terms-you-need-to-know list. Every week, he’ll add a new word...
View ArticleUnderstanding legal jargon: Concurrent
To help readers who may have trouble with the legal jargon in court stories, Evening Sun reporter Mark Walters will be putting together a terms-you-need-to-know list. Every week, he’ll add a new word...
View ArticleUnderstanding legal jargon: Consecutive
To help readers who may have trouble with the legal jargon in court stories, Evening Sun reporter Mark Walters will be putting together a terms-you-need-to-know list. Every week, he’ll add a new word...
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Sun staff: Meet reporter Lauren Linhard
To help you get to know our newsroom staff a bit better, a series of question-and-answer sessions will be posted on our blog. Today, meet Hanover beat reporter Lauren Linhard. Name: Lauren Linhard...
View ArticleUnderstanding legal jargon: Allegedly
To help readers who may have trouble with the legal jargon in court stories, Evening Sun reporter Mark Walters will be putting together a terms-you-need-to-know list. Every week, he’ll add a new word...
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