Editor's Notebook
A Fond Farewell
Getting ready to move in a different direction.
My grandmother was a daredevil who rode a motorcycle in a globe on the Steel Pier. She roared around at 75 miles per hour, calling herself CeDora in a costume that would have made Madonna blush. She loved that year and forever told stories of the other performers, including aerial artists, boxing cats and water acts. It was dizzying, both the stunts and the excitement of performing next to future stars like Johnny Weissmuller, who swung through in 1931 on his way to Hollywood and Tarzan fame. My grandmother spent a year zipping around the steel globe. For me, the timing is about the same as my own fast ride as local editor of Livingston Patch. Reporting the news in real time doesn’t allow for much down time. It's time for me to step down. …
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Carol Selman
6:21 pm on Thursday, October 27, 2011
Marilyn, I will miss your articles & our Patch-Arts correspondence. Wishing you wonderful things in future adventures. And, I am certain you have already filled that down time...Warmest smiles, Carol more ›