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TNG-CWA president Linda Foley talks with Classified Advertising chief steward Tina Ouelette and longtime activist Pat Toepfer during her visit with Buffalo Newspaper Guild members Nov. 15. Later, Foley and TNG-CWA Secretary/Treasuruer candidate Scott Stephens spoke with reporter Steve Watson in the newsroom. (more…)

Guild secretary Joe Lapi takes notes during a two-day seminar on the Future of News Industry Jobs at the University of Maryland Oct. 26 & 27. More information about the seminar, as well as some of the results of an online survey many members took on the subject, will be in November’s Frontier Reporter. (more…)

Eight Guild members and a guest took time out of busy Saturday schedules to participate in the the Great American Cleanup May 19. The members attacked the end of The News’ main parking lot closest to the Scott Street entrance and swept up and removed 39 garbage bags worth of trash. Thanks to organizer Dan Herbeck and participants Irene Liguori, Steve Watson, Carolyn Raeke, Melissa McCann, Jay Bonfatti, Mike Beebe, Sharon Cantillon and Charles Anzalone. (more…)

Jay Rey (left) and Sharon Linstedt (right) spruce up their desks as part of the Guild’s Newsroom Cleanup the week of March 19th.

The Guild’s first subscription drive ended with Guild members signing up 163 new paid subscribers to The News.The winner of the $500 prize for most subscribers sold was Lou Michel of Editorial, who had 53. Brenda Adams of Inside Circulation was a strong second, with 43. Ann Marie Rucki of Classified Ad was the lucky winner of the HDTV raffle.

Lou Michel of Editorial accepts a $500 check from president Pat Gormley for selling the most new subscriptions during the drive.

Ann Marie Rucki of Classified Ad poses with the HD TV she won in the drawing of Guild members who sold at least two new subscriptions during the drive.

Here are pictures from our Annual Summer Picnic, held Sunday, Aug 6th at Stiglmeier Park in Cheektowaga. (more…)

About 20 Guild members from the Great Lakes District Council met in Buffalo over the weekend of Jan. 27-28 at the Best Western Inn on Delaware Avenue. Representatives came from Dayton, Detroit, Northeast Ohio, Pittsburgh and Toledo.

Here are pictures from our annual Holiday Party, held 12/2/05 at the Pearl Street Grill and Brewery. (more…)