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About the Southwick Suffield News
Since
1984, the Southwick Suffield News has served
the townspeople of Southwick and Suffield with a family-based
weekly newspaper. And hometown news has been the benchmark
of the SSN. Each week, from the Congamond Lakes to the
Suffield Public Schools to the pristine farmlands of both
communities to the civic organizations and church groups,
the SSN has been there to bring all the hometown news
to our readers.
The Southwick Suffield News currently distributes 6,000
copies each week.
Our staff is friendly and courteous. Satisfied customers
and readers are our number one priority.
Meet
the Staff
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Rich
Wirth
Editor
A
native of Scranton, Penn., Southwick Suffield News
Editor Rich Wirth has lived in Massachusetts for well over
20 years, growing up in nearby Westfield. After residing
in the Metrowest area of Boston for several years, he moved
back to western Massachusetts in 1998.
A
1995 graduate of Framingham State College, he holds a bachelor’s
degree in English, with a concentration in Journalism, and
a minor in Mass Communications. In 2001, he was hired as
a full-time staff writer for The Register, one
of 16 newspapers of record owned by Palmer-based Turley
Publications. In addition to covering the Town of Ludlow
and the Indian Orchard section of Springfield, he also provided
municipal meeting coverage for the towns of Belchertown,
Ware and Warren.
In
2007, he was tapped to serve as the editor of Turley’s
new design magazine Living Spaces, which showcases
high-end interior and exterior design projects in western
Massachusetts and northern Connecticut. Debuting in March
2007, the magazine is direct-mailed to over 12,000 carefully
selected homeowners from Greenfield, Massachusetts to Enfield,
Connecticut, and from the foothills of the Berkshires to
the Hilltowns of Central Massachusetts.
In
September 2007, after six years with The Register,
Wirth was chosen to succeed Sarah Leete Tsitso as the editor
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Tim
Kane
Executive
Editor, Turley Publications
A 16-year veteran of the newspaper industry, Tim
has been a part of the Turley team since 2005. 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 from Fitchburg
State College and attended the American Press Institute.
Tim lives in Brookfield with his wife, Danielle, and their
two sons, Timmy Jr. and Christopher. His pastimes include
songwriting, drumming, writing fiction, cross-country skiing,
hiking, trail maintenance, and volunteering for the Boy
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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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