WPCNR CITY DESK. April 8, 2004: Susan Chang the Publisher of the White Plains Watch notified friends and subscribers of her paper that she will officially be back in print with White Plains Watch May 14. She introduced various new contributors to the paper in a citywide e-mail obtained by WPCNR. Here is Ms. Chang’s message:
Dear Friends of the Watch,
I am delighted to let you know that the White Plains Watch Community
Newspaper will resume publishing on May 14 after a four month hiatus. I
want to thank our loyal readers and friends who worked so hard to help us
raise our subscriber levels and who believed so strongly in the importance
and value of a local, independent community newspaper. You made our “come
back” possible.
I am also very pleased to tell you about new and returning Watch
staff members. Jean Bello will be back as Associate Editor and Lisa
Tarricone as our city reporter. Elaine Massena will be joining us again
with her popular column “Living History,” and John Locascio’s “Live Action”
sports photos will again grace our pages. Tom Durkin will again be
monitoring mass transit and pedestrian issues and we look forward to
contributions from Watch writers David Aquije, Renee Marks Cohen (“Notes
from a True City Dweller”), Mary Harnett, Elizabeth Rapoport (our “Let’s
Eat Out” columnist), Peter Gregg Slater, Judy Zendell Souede, Steve Vernon,
and Craig Younkin (“Movieland”). The contributions of these writers and
editors have been, and will continue to be, essential to the heart and soul
of the Watch. We are so pleased to have them back!
We are also very excited to tell you about new staff members.
Patricia Casey will be joining us as Editor of the Watch’s new “White
Plains Living” section. Toni-Cox Burns will assume the position of the
Watch’s new Director of Subscriber Services. Pam Trapasso King joins the
paper as Director of Advertising Sales. Pat, Toni and Pam bring
professionalism, energy and, most important, a sense of “community mission”
to the paper. We are so fortunate to have them joining our team.
The Watch has also formed a new Advisory Board. A big thank you to
board members Mitch Achiron, Toni Cox-Burns, Stan Greene, Jack Harrington,
Alan Himmelstein, Carlos Mejia, Sarina Russell, Dr. Saul Yanofsky and Janet
Younkin who have so generously offered their time and talents to advise us.
The Watch promises to be, like never before, the city’s “must read”
paper. Board member Mitch Achiron has redesigned the masthead to evoke the
paper’s vibrant “urban village” focus. The new Watch will encourage more
reader feedback, and will work hard to present a diversity of viewpoints
including lively point/counterpoints on issues “at the top” of the news.
The first “White Plains Living” supplements will focus on outdoor eating
and recreating, and will include a White Plains dining guide.
For bios on the Watch’s new and returning staff, contributing
writers, and Advisory Board members visit www.whiteplainswatch.com.
