As I launched my career as a journalist over 30 years ago, the part of the work that made me most anxious was interviewing people, asking questions. I was painfully shy back then and had also yet [...]
My two older brothers run a very popular restaurant in Gilford, New Hampshire, called Patrick’s Pub & Eatery. They have owned it for nearly a quarter century, and each year, I’ve watched them [...]
Lately, I love signing in to my online banking account with Florence Bank. As I type in my password on the bank’s Home page, I see the face of my colleague Lauren Zuber on the left-hand side of [...]
About five years ago, I was hiking in New Hampshire and stumbled on a zip line on the summit of Gunstock Mountain. I watched for about 20 minutes as people came off the chair lift with a handful [...]
My clients, and those I work with in The Creative with Ruth Griggs and Maureen Scanlon, often impress me with their savvy. Recently, it was Valley Community Development that Ruth, Maureen, and I [...]
When my journalism career began in the mid-1990s, David Starr already had 40 years under his belt in the newspaper industry. When I was covering Granby and South Hadley on my first news beat for [...]
Much of my work in the early years of my business was writing stories for newspapers as well as newsletters and magazines put out by area nonprofits, colleges, and universities.
A few weeks ago, I gave you a glimpse at some of the stories I wrote about local business and nonprofits for the Springfield Republican’s annual, award-winning Outlook business section. Today, I [...]
