There’s a new sheriff in town

Joshua Sophy has taken over as editor of The Hamburg Area Item and is now also blogging at Item Meister, the paper’s new weblog.

Josh hails from the city of Pottsville in Schuylkill County and is the former editor and publisher of the Pottsville Free Press (not to be confused with our own Free Press), a virtually one man operation Josh ran with the help of friends and published successfully if irregularly for about 18 months with a total of 36 editions.

Before that he worked for the same coal region daily where I spent about 10 (feels like 20) years.

I hope Hamburg residents will welcome him to their community. I know he comes to the job with great enthusiasm. I also hope all the readers of our on line products will give Josh’s blog a regular read.

Photo Credit: Cheryl Rankin, MorgueFile