by Jeffery Battersby | Dec 2, 2009 | Beacon Dispatch, Commentary, Featured
I don’t know that much about the Detroit Daily Press. No, scratch that, I know nothing at all about the Detroit Daily Press, so I have no idea why they failed after five days. What I do know is how difficult it was to start the Beacon Dispatch here in Beacon, NY...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 18, 2009 | Beacon Dispatch
Sorry dudes, I know you were trying to remake yourselves as the American version of The Economist, but this cover just isn’t doing it. A Runner’s World photo? Seriously? You couldn’t do better than this? Good luck with your circulation...
by Jeffery Battersby | Nov 25, 2008 | Beacon Dispatch, Featured, Writing
This past Saturday night and Sunday afternoon my daughter Kristin had her annual dance recital. Following is an article I wrote for the, now defunct, Beacon Dispatch. You can read the original article, including photos by Denise deVore, here. This year Yanarella...
by Jeffery Battersby | Apr 11, 2008 | Beacon Dispatch, Commentary, Writing
Rebroadcast from BeaconDispatch.com. I still remember the first good latte I got in Beacon. At the time there had been one or two places that had popped up on Main Street serving “European-style” coffee beverages on what was then a very young (or better...
by Jeffery Battersby | Oct 10, 2007 | Beacon Dispatch, Writing
Just in time for the political hi-jinx season, and after a brief hiatus, the Beacon Dispatch is back… on the web. We haven’t found a good way to get the paper back out in print, but the Dispatch is now redesigned and back on the web in a fashion...
by Jeffery Battersby | Jun 14, 2007 | Beacon Dispatch, HousePosts, Writing
Come and see it up close and personal… On Saturday Beacon artist and muralist (and my friend) Rick Price hung the mural that he’s been working on for months and which he created for the Howland Public Library in Beacon. Rick was kind enough to write an...
