The newspaper’s first Sunday edition was published April 5, 1981, and this columnist was on the job.
The black and white photograph from 1965 shows a 4-year-old me standing in our front yard, hand on hip, smiling and holding up a rolled-up… Continue reading
I’ve been reading The Herald for about as long as I can remember. Well, the sports section that is. My grandfather was an avid newspaper… Continue reading
As an Everett kid in the 1990s, I wanted to be the next Alex Rodriguez. Or at least Joey Cora. But I couldn't hit a… Continue reading
Ben evokes a variety of opinions from those in The Herald newsroom. See what they are saying. Support Ben and the newsroom with a subscription… Continue reading
In college, I learned three things about myself. One, I wanted to write for a living. Two, without a firm deadline, I never finish anything.… Continue reading
In February 2004, the Everett Silvertips and I were in the midst of our inaugural seasons. I was hired by the Daily Herald the previous… Continue reading
I wasn’t the one with the paper route; that was my younger brother who delivered the Everett Herald — six days a week, then —… Continue reading
I got hooked on journalism while at a state mental hospital in the early 1980s. From the outside, it was gothic and foreboding. Inside were… Continue reading
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