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Category Archives: Love Letters
An easier-to-read New York Times crossword puzzle
For several years, we’ve heard from some readers that the size of the type in our New York Times crossword puzzle had become too small to read easily. The puzzle appears inside our Viewpoints section on Sundays. We always … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Community engagement, Love Letters, Opinion
Tagged crossword, font, New York Times, puzzle, text, type, viewpoints, York Sunday News
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Old-time memories and new technology meet in Hawaii
As a columnist and blogger writing about memories of York County’s stores and restaurants of the past, I tend to draw from a mixed readership. I get comments on my blog from former Yorkers living as far away as Austria, … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Blogs, Community engagement, Letters, Love Letters, Photography
Tagged ask joan, letter, memories, only in york county, photos, reader response
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York reader’s paywall perspective sparks subscription debate
A terrific dialogue has ensued in a recent post I made here at the YDR Insider. It’s exactly the type of conversation we were looking for when we launched this blog site. I shared an email exchange I had with … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Blogs, Business, Community engagement, Digital first, Hate Mail, Journalism Jargon, Love Letters, Newsroom conversations, Paywall
Tagged behind the scenes, Community outreach, Digital first, online subscription, online subscriptions, paywall, Randy Parker, York Daily Record
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Positive feedback regarding a York Sunday News article about “The man who turned down the NBA”
I just received a phone call that wiped away all the difficult, trying and unappreciated efforts that are part of working in a newsroom. Ruth Lentz called to let us know that the article about her husband this past Sunday … Continue reading
Posted in Behind the scenes, Community engagement, Love Letters, News coverage, Sports
Tagged Randy Parker, ydr.com, York Daily Record
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We receive letters of praise, too
Edward Bupp, at left in the front row, and his wife Grace, at right in the front row, pose with family members. The couple died within days of each other in November. Judging by our letters to the editor, some … Continue reading
From Facebook…
Missy Raiger Miller: Happy Work Anniversary Nick Ferro, mailroom manager,York Newspaper Co. 33 yrs and still hanging in there!!! Happy day Nick! Congrats!
A note from outgoing chamber President Tom Donley to news media
Tom Donley’s long tenure with the York County Chamber of Commerce will end Monday. He sent this goodbye note to news media types: As I step down as President of The York County Chamber of Commerce as of October 31, … Continue reading
Hats Off to the community – and the YDR/YSN
The problem of child abuse in York County is an ongoing emphasis of York Daily Record/York Sunday News coverage. And that coverage has been credited with keeping the issue in the spotlight. Five from our newsroom covered the recent child … Continue reading
Posted in Editor, Letters, Love Letters, Paywall, Uncategorized
Tagged Letters to the editor
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