In loving, living memory, John Melançon 1928 – 2007
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A landmark in the decline of local newspapers, as reported in a local newspaper with real quotes that merely read like satire.
Sun, 2012/03/11 - 11:45am — Benjamin Melançonhttp://bangordailynews.com/2012/03/09/business/all-villagesoup-publicati...
Disclosure: Richard Anderson was a fellow winner of the Knight News Challenge (for rather a great deal more money).
This article caught my particular attention because i had met the owner in the context of his project to open source Village Soup's "successful community news software, combining professional journalism, blogs, citizen journalism, online advertising and 'reverse publishing' from online to print."
Researching for Solidarity with Stop & Shop workers
Sat, 2010/03/06 - 3:12am — Benjamin Melançonstop and shop union
Nothing here:
http://www.ufcw.org/press_room/
A flier "Stop and Shop Workers Are United!"
http://www.groceryworkersunited.org/
*** Show your support for Stop & Shop workers. Download this flyer and give it to your store manager ***
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