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Three decades chronicling the river valley
NARROWSBURG, NY — The River Reporter will throw a party from 8:00 p.m. to 12:00 midnight on Saturday, October 15 at The Eldred Preserve on Route 55 in Eldred. The party will mark The River Reporter’s 30th year chronicling the affairs of the Upper Delaware River Valley.
The party is not just a celebration of the paper but of the communities who have provided the stories, the readership, the criticism and the inspiration that have made us the leading news source for the river valley for the past three decades. Recognizing that our accomplishments are possible only because we are, in Isaac Newton’s phrase, “standing on the shoulders of giants,” the staff is also honoring the generations of employees who have preceded them and who have worked over the years to create the foundation that has made today’s award-winning weekly possible.
The party, which will feature music with DJ Joey C, a cash bar, a fabulous birthday cake and dessert table, is free and open to all.
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| Volume 7, issue number 1, January 8 1981. The River Reporter started as a bi-monthly publication on December 3, 1975, and remained so until 1986. At this time the paper was typed on a Smith Corona typewriter and pasted up on boards. The typewriter belonged to Laurie Stuart, who has been with the paper since 1977. This issue also features a front-page story by Stuart, who at that time had the title of Associate Editor.
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| Volume 20, issue number 3, January 20, 1997. By this time the paper had become a weekly, and adopted a logo in the upper left-hand corner depicting Kunkeli’s Hill on the southern border of Tusten, drawn by David Hulse. The logo was used until September 4, 1997, when it was replaced with the bridges flag created by Jill Padua. Hulse was with the paper from 1982 until June 30, 2005. “Musical chairs” was a major story that was later represented in a biting satire in “The River Distorter,” that ended up in libel court. It was found that satire is a protected form of speech.
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| Volume 23, issue number 39, September 25 - October 1, 1997. This issue reports the departure of Pamela Chergotis, editor from 1995-1997, to take a post at the Department of Foreign Languages at Istanbul Technical University. Chergotis had worked as Assistant Editor to Glenn Pontier, whose 17-year editorial leadership began in 1977. The River Reporter has always drawn from deep bench of talent to which the current staff owes part of its continued strength.
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