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Monthly Archives: September 2007

A great baseball town

The glory days of Newark baseball were long before multi-million dollar contracts and chartered jets.These were also the days before black players were allowed to play in the major leagues.Many of the players on Newark two teams, the white Bears and the black Eagles, went on to Hall of Fame. Some of the names are…

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Are people forgetting?

The story that everybody’s writing this Sept. 11 is about how after six years it’s changing from a current event to an historical event. Last week I photographed a high school class and Sept. 11 is now literally in their history books. But the memories still linger in both large and small ways. The flight…

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Zero Gravity

Click To Play Some assignments are routine, some are special experiences and a few are unforgettable.Today was unforgettable.I had the opportunity to tag along as a group of area high school teachers experienced zero gravity on a specially designed 727 airplane. The flight was sponsored by the Northrop Grumman Foundation seeking to encourage students to…

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Eyes of the Storm

The powerful story of the Times-Picayune photo staff as they witnessed Hurricane Katrina destroy their city. “I shot pictures in self-defense because there was nothing else I could do” — Ted Jackson“I felt like I was witnessing the city drowning frame-by-frame I was watching the city drowned.” — Kathy Anderson After watching this video I…

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