“Not all change is bad.” Sasha, your reportage got me with that reminder about the strange place we are, regarding Napa Valley’s news status. So true. At this time, for Napa Valley news, NVP is my go-to for fine reading through the week, with the St.Helena Star even as slim as it is, for local news...and the constant word of mouth , as always. I hope for the future of our local news status in 2024.
Thank you Sasha...and thanks to each of the Napa Valley Features writers, whose stories continually inform.....and inspire! Here's to 2024 and the stories yet to be told!
Grateful so many are finding this new online resource! May 2024, destined to be full of election news...on all fronts...find continual trusted reporting in NV Features...
Sasha, I have always enjoyed your writing but what you have to offer outside of the regular newspaper format is so much more engaging and maybe that is why these little online newspapers are really starting to take off. Yes, I remember Doreen Heskett too and Gordo from the Chronicle on Sundays. The good and the bad and the ugly was finding a button pin in Sausalito that said Richard Nixon is a Social Disease. I bought it for my father, a staunch Republican, thinking it was a compliment, not an insult. That was an ugly day but it really opened my eyes to what was going on around me!
Thank you. I am so grateful to everyone dedicated to sharing knowledge about our people and our community and of course the world’s larger community. But thank you for starting here. Modern town criers are essential to our existence.
Thank you Sasha! I enjoyed your ode to newspapers. And the Orris McCartney part stirred memories for me. What a character! When I worked at The Register, there was always a stack of McCartney letter in the bottom of the copy basket. He was prolific! They ran regularly, and we always knew there was one available if there was a hole to fill in the letters section.
It was a pleasure to read Sasha’s informative and uplifting story about the changing landscape of news.
This column is must reading every morning. Thank you.
“Not all change is bad.” Sasha, your reportage got me with that reminder about the strange place we are, regarding Napa Valley’s news status. So true. At this time, for Napa Valley news, NVP is my go-to for fine reading through the week, with the St.Helena Star even as slim as it is, for local news...and the constant word of mouth , as always. I hope for the future of our local news status in 2024.
Thank you Sasha...and thanks to each of the Napa Valley Features writers, whose stories continually inform.....and inspire! Here's to 2024 and the stories yet to be told!
Grateful so many are finding this new online resource! May 2024, destined to be full of election news...on all fronts...find continual trusted reporting in NV Features...
Sasha, I have always enjoyed your writing but what you have to offer outside of the regular newspaper format is so much more engaging and maybe that is why these little online newspapers are really starting to take off. Yes, I remember Doreen Heskett too and Gordo from the Chronicle on Sundays. The good and the bad and the ugly was finding a button pin in Sausalito that said Richard Nixon is a Social Disease. I bought it for my father, a staunch Republican, thinking it was a compliment, not an insult. That was an ugly day but it really opened my eyes to what was going on around me!
It is the core of humanity.. to hear, to read , to understand, to be enlightened, to share in community and the world in the events which affect us .
That precious entity of human writing, of expression affects all who care, echoed via newspapers, stories, voices…
Thank you. I am so grateful to everyone dedicated to sharing knowledge about our people and our community and of course the world’s larger community. But thank you for starting here. Modern town criers are essential to our existence.
Thank you Sasha! I enjoyed your ode to newspapers. And the Orris McCartney part stirred memories for me. What a character! When I worked at The Register, there was always a stack of McCartney letter in the bottom of the copy basket. He was prolific! They ran regularly, and we always knew there was one available if there was a hole to fill in the letters section.