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Who We Are
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Harold
Shayer
Editor
Harold Shayer brings more than 17 years of newspaper experience
to the position.
Previous to joining Turley Publications in May 2009, Shayer
was editor of the Journal Register Co.-owned weekly, The Regional
Standard of Colchester, Conn.; reporter for the Chronicle,
a family-owned daily based in Willimantic, Conn.; reporter
for the family-owned weekly, The Cheshire Herald, in Cheshire,
Conn.; and has contributed to the Manchester Herald, The Journal-Inquirer,
The West Haven News and The Catholic Transcript, all based
in his home state.
He received a 2004 First Place Award from the Connecticut
Society of Professional Journalists for editorial writing,
and is a recipient of a St. Bonaventure University Press Award
for feature writing.
“For anyone who loves local newspapers, Agawam is a
dream venue,” said Shayer this week. “I have been
very impressed so far with how passionately residents are
involved with their community and connected to their local
paper. There is an awareness here that I haven’t seen
in too many other towns I have covered. I’m also a bit
of a political junkie, so I’m looking forward to the
exciting political season here this summer.” |
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Lindsey
Estock
Advertising
Executive
Lindsey is a local girl who up in Southwick MA and graduated
from Western New England College in near by Springfield in
2006.
Majoring in Marketing/Advertising, she has been in the sales
industry for three years. Her passion for the community and
bonding with local business owners drives her daily to grow
the paper's advertising.
A standout athlete at Southwick High and a collegiate soccer
player at WNEC, Lindsey enjoys running, watching the Red Sox
win, and riding her Arabian horse Sienna.
She is now residing in Westfield with her mischievous cat
Andre. |
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Teri
Machia
Office Manager
Teri, a long-time resident of Feeding Hills, has
worked at the paper for 21 years. |
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Kathy
Shepard
Reporter
I grew up with wonderful parents and an older
brother who was my hero. When I was 8, we went to the
original Disneyland in California and we often went to
Cape Cod. In my teens, I spent 5 weeks in Ireland.
In 1972 I married a quiet man who made guitars. We bought
an older home in Agawam. My brother died trying to save
a friend, but my daughter’s birth the same year
was a saving grace. After earning a B.A. in Journalism
from U.Mass. I took courses in environmental science and
offered seminars at Mercy Hospital for health professionals.
With a friend, I manage Agawam Friends of Homeless Cats
caring for lost or abandoned cats. Professionally I have
done office work, outside sales, and writing for radio
and newspapers. I have met some of the nicest people because
of my work at Agawam Advertiser News. My hobbies are music,
watching movies, playing golf, and caring for cats. |
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Kristin |
Kristin
Will
Reporter
Ever since completing a 4th grade project for which
she needed to create a newspaper, Kristin Will has been
hooked on journalism. She wrote for her high school’s
newspaper, becoming an editor of it her senior year in 2004.
Throughout her college career at Framingham State where
she received her BA in English with a concentration in Journalism
in 2008, Kristin worked her way up the ranks of the college’s
newspaper, The Gatepost. She became the Associate Editor
in 2008. Kristin interned with The Town Reminder and The
Holyoke Sun over the 2008 summer. She now primarily writes
for The Agawam Advertiser News. When she’ s not writing
for Turley Publications, Kristin can be found behind the
lens of a camera, racking up miles on her bicycle or on
an outdoor adventure. |
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Dave |
Dave
Forbes
Sports
Editor, Turley Publications
A
lifelong sports fan, Dave figured a career covering sports
would be the next best thing to playing them. The Chicopee
resident is new to the Turley team but brings seven years
experience in journalism, most recently as sports editor
for nearby Stonebridge Press. His favorite assignments have
included covering the Tantasqua boys' varsity basketball
team during the 2006-2007 season, not to mention the 2003
New England Patriots Super Bowl Championship parade and
the 2004 Boston Red Sox World Championship parade. Dave
is a 2000 graduate of Westfield State College with a major
in Communication. |
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Tim |
Tim
Kane
Executive
Editor, Turley Publications
A 17-year veteran at several daily and weekly newspapers
in Massachusetts, Tim has been a part of the Turley team
for almost four years now. He leads the company's editorial
department for 15 weekly newspapers. He entered the trade
with the goal to make a difference in the world by serving
as a public informant and seeking the truth—and continues
to work by that guiding principle today. His favorite assignment
was breaking a series of stories in Ashland, Mass. about
one man's battle with cancer and his quest to uncover the
truth about a former manufacturer's decades of hazardous
waste dumping in town. Tim has a BA in English/Professional
Writing from Fitchburg State College where he worked on
the college's weekly newspaper as its managing editor for
three years. He later graduated from the American Press
Institute in 1995. Tim lives in Brookfield with his wife,
Danielle, and their two sons, Timmy Jr. and Christopher.
His interests include songwriting, drumming, writing fiction,
cross-country skiing, hiking, trail maintenance, and volunteering
for the Boy Scouts. |
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