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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 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 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 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.


The Agawam Advertiser News is a weekly newspaper of Turley Publications, 23 Southwick St., Feeding Hills, MA. Email the editor at aan@turley.com.