2024 Fredericton Word Year In Review

Special Edition

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The Best Of….

With 18 published Fredericton Word newsletters in the past year, we had hits and misses….

Here are the newsletters I am most proud of:

Most Read (over 6700 views!):

The Report of Its Death is Greatly Exaggerated

Most Positive Feedback:

Jon Holt’s Dad Club article got the most positive reaction this year and deservedly so: Dignity. Drums. Dad's

My Favourite Interview:

This one was a tough decision. A fledgling newsletter writer reached out to his idols and local people he admired, and the gracious Fredericton famous celebrities always provided their time to answer my questions. James Mullinger was my first interview for my very first newsletter, and I will be forever grateful for his time, but my favourite interview was Terry Seguin in A Battle Worth Fighting. A professional interviewer answering my questions? Surreal.

The Intro issue:

January 1st, 2024 was my first newsletter, it was an introduction of what I was hoping to accomplish. I failed at keeping up a biweekly pace, and I failed at keeping up all the recurring articles (RIP Brews News) but overall I think I did well at keeping the spirit of what I was hoping to achieve. The First Word

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2024 Thank You’s

In no particular order:

• Thanks to my family for pretending to read each issue

• Thank you to Fredericton’s Queen of Facebook, Cathy Cody for ongoing support and promotion

• Cheers to Michael Clark, sometimes the editor and clicker of all links

• Thanks to Bill Hunt for the photos and always a kind word

• Bill and Brad from the late Scratches Podcast for their support and shoutouts

• All my spies and informants who slide into my direct messages to give me news and updates (keep it up!)

• Kudos to my Fredericton famous celebrities for allowing me to interview them: James Mullinger, Tim Yerxa, Brent Staeben, Jennie Wilson, Morgan Peters, Brad Perry, Waylon Napadogan, and Mr. New Brunswick

• Thanks to Fredericton Small Businesses for reaching out, providing photos or interviews

• Special thanks to my contributors who have written articles in the past year (and hoping they continue in the new year): Jon Holt, Nora Valentino, Jon Bowie, Stefanie Boucher, Rosella Melanson, Marla Lesage

• Thanks for the use of photos and artwork to Dawn Mockler and Brad Perry

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