“Happy Father’s Day to the best dad, boss, mentor and friend!” As I wrote that line in my dad’s Father’s Day card for about the 100th time, it occurred to me that among the myriad of things my dad (View Newspaper Group Publisher Wes Smith) has taught me, is how to wear multiple hats. While […]
Congratulations to the Class of 2025! You did it! You ended one journey and another is right around the corner. It’s been great to be there on your journey through elementary, middle school, junior high and high school. You have done so much and there is so much more ahead of you. Enjoy this time, […]
Pew Research Center reported that in 2021 Americas consumed 26.5 gallons of beer per person. I certainly did my part to help that stat. I love beer. In fact, most of the team at View Newspaper Group does too — that’s why we’ve hosted a craft beer festival for more than a decade. (By the […]
It’s expected during the spring season plans will change. Those April showers which bring May flowers bring cancellations and postponed events to the outdoor sports. At one time I even put away the pen to fill in my calendar and used pencil. But, I went back to pen when I started using the cancellation/rescheduled stickers […]
At a recent networking meeting, an attendee was speaking about an attorney hosting an informative lunch on trusts the next day. She described him as wonderful, knowledgeable and NOT pushy or persistent — as if one couldn’t be persistent without being pushy. I immediately wondered if she and the rest of the group were thinking […]
It’s hard to be nine-years-old – which would be the viewpoint from my oldest son, Jonathan. He keeps getting hit with the same hard lesson – it doesn’t pay off to procrastinate. I will take you back to a Sunday afternoon at the beginning of the month. “It’s not fair brother is playing on his […]
Hopefully you’ve all read the great news that View Newspaper Group is growing again! The announcement was made last month by Owner and President Rick Burrough that our group will launch our 22nd newspaper, the St. Clair Area View on Friday, May 9. The free community newspaper will be delivered via the U.S. Postal Service […]
There are many perks to my job, one of them being that every so often I’m invited to speak at a career day or a teacher will ask me to speak to his or her class about what it’s like to work at a newspaper. Two weeks ago, I was invited by a first-grade teacher […]
Earlier this week I sent a friend a thank-you note for a concert she treated me to in December. I’m sure that broke an etiquette rule regarding how long after an event one should send a thank-you note, so to make up for it I included a photo of us at the show and said […]
In the March 12 issue of The Lake Orion Review there was a picture on the cover of four Lake Orion students making what appears to be gun hand gestures. (“Lake Orion fifth graders engage in Battle of the Books.”) On page three of the same issue, is a story about a Lake Orion High […]