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| Hello, and welcome to Newsworthy Online! It's a pleasure to have you along. There is plenty of content on this site, but please be aware that, like most Internet sites, this is only the base. There are many things not included yet which are in the works (including an extended photo album) and ideas still to come in the future. This simple link will have the most recent updates and where to find them on this site. Thanks for coming, and as always, feel free to drop me an E-Mail to let me know your thoughts -- additionally, please take a moment to leave a note in the GuestBook. Take care! |
08-04-02
| Consumer Advocate Michael W. turns Media Critic! Read on... |
07-31-02
| It's been a while, but we've got another passage in the Anchor Speak section! It's at the bottom of the list, so revisit some of your favorites as you scroll down... |
07-21-02
| Matt LeBlanc's back with the Summer Tour... and other topics of broad interest. Read on! |
07-01-02
| It's looking more like a game of Basebrawl in Northeastern Pennsylvania. Read more in Sports Columnist Dave Lefchak's My Two Cents! |
06-30-02
| Columnist Matt LeBlanc takes us on vacation to Laredo, Texas and other places his mind has wandered to... it's all in MyPiece! |
06-29-02
| Consumer Advocate Michael W. puts up with a lot of "Baloney!" in dealing with Dollar Rent-A-Car... Check out the follow-up... |
06-17-02
| Dealing with Dollar Rent-A-Car ends up with reponses from two state attorneys general and the Better Business Bureau. Better read about it in "follow-up" over at The Consumer Advocate... |
06-16-02
| No one ever said the restaurant chain that "loves to see you smile" was smart. Check out how they're marketing an otherwise "healthy" meal... |
05-01-02
| Have you ever had this much trouble getting into a box of crackers? The Consumer Advocate did... and he's doing something about it! |
04-28-02
| Living large! Get on board! This is it! It's your reward! Newsworthy Online travels to Foxwoods and takes in some people watching... it's in the Rants Section! |
04-27-02
| A strip-search over five-dollars?! This and other under-reported events and commentary from Newsworthy Online's Matt LeBlanc... |
04-22-02
| Photos are back from the latest weekend getaway to Ithaca. Check out Donna's first meal at Simeons and we're back to the Cayuga Wine Trails for a second year in the row. It's all in the "Fun Stuff" section of Photos... enjoy! |
04-07-02
| The Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Unintended Consequences... it's the latest Rant, check it out! |
03-31-02
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Consumer Advocate Michael W is back with some follow-up to his Dollar Rent-A-Car fiasco. Now he's got two state governments involved... Read on! NEW -- You can now directly contact the Consumer Advocate at this new E-Mail address: TheConsumerAdvocate@attbi.com |
03-21-02
| What does Greta Van Susteren have in common with Cadbury's Creme Egg? They're both subjects of columnist Matt LeBlanc's latest MyPiece... check it out! |
03-05-02
| Consumer Advocate Michael W. got to know the porcelain well, after a trip to a local pizza joint... find out what he's doing about it! |
03-05-02
| Is this New England's next 'Team of Destiny'? Dave Lefchak throws in his Two Cents! |
02-27-02
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Newswatch 3 may be gone, but the memories linger. A photo album is just starting (really; we only have a few photos online right now) but the plan is to add shots that will document the newscast's 10-year history. Also, the Fun Stuff category has a couple of pics from New Year's 2002... nothing fancy, but worth a look! |
02-19-02
| Will George W win the Nobel Peace Prize? Explore this and a host of other topics in columnist Matt LeBlanc's latest MyPiece! |
02-09-02
| Dave Lefchak falls into a funk after his belved team doesn't make it to the Superbowl... and overzealous Pats fans nearly send him into depression... Read about it now in My Two Cents! |
02-05-02
| Matt LeBlanc's My Piece is back... and this time he takes on Massachusetts' Acting Governor and plans for the WTC memorial... |
02-01-02
| Michael W. is back... this time taking on some Problem Packaging. Read about it online now! |
01-10-02
| Dave Lefchak brings us his Top-10 list of major sporting events in 2001. Some of them touched him personally. Read on... |
01-07-02
| Start off 2002 with a dose of Consumer Advocacy! Michael W. takes on Student Advantage and Dollar Rent-A-Car for trying to exploit college students. Read about it now! |
01-03-02
| It's a New Year and time for a New Rant... Let's start it off right by frying Ford and burning a yule log! |
01-02-02
| Matt LeBlanc offers up his latest take regarding the ongoing military confrontation happening overseas... |
12-18-01
| Dave Lefchak is back with his latest Two Cents on last Sunday's situation at Cleveland Browns Stadium... Read it now! |
12-10-01
| Division I NCAA Football Playoffs... Driven more by money than common sense? Find out as Dave Lefchak cips in his Two Cents! |
12-02-01
| Newsworthy Online is bucking the trend in local news of eliminating sports by adding a new sports column! Please welcome Dave Lefchak with his Two Cents on the World of Sports! |
11-27-01
| Newsworthy Online columnist Matt LeBlanc is BACK ... and this time with more rants about Taxachusetts... and a few things it could learn from the Sovereign Granite State just north of its border... Read it online now! |
11-26-01
| Consumer Advocate Michael W. is back with a victory against software giant Microsoft... you can read about it in his Adovcacy section online! |
11-12-01
| Newsworthy Online Columnist Matt LeBlanc is back with his latest article... be sure to check it out in his new section! |
11-11-01
| George Orwell warned us in his book, 1984. Now, as the United States uses the finest public relations skills at its disposal, make sure you don't fall victim to group-think. It's a situation worth look at, and it's the latest Rant! |
11-08-01
| J Meritt outlines his thoughts in his latest movie review, Not Another Teen Movie. Check it out! |
10-15-01
| The Consumer Advocate is at it again -- this time, he is tracking down those in the corporate hierarchy ultimately responsible for long-lines at a local warehouse club. |
9-23-01
| With the country teetering on a recession... and travel considerably down, Consumer Advocate Michael W. may just push one hotel chain over the edge because of their unsatisfactory (or rather non-existant) response to a complaint filed quite some time ago... Be sure to check the Follow-Up to this ongoing matter. |
9-21-01
| As the smoke continues rising from what's left of the World Trade Center towers, Newswatch (and Newsworthy Online) takes another trip to the Big Apple... and this time, the photos are considerably more revealing. Check them out in the Photos section ... you will need to scroll down to see the new images on the WTC Photos page. |
9-16-01
| In the least pleasant assignment yet, Newsworthy Online takes you to Manhattan... and takes a look at the human spirit in the midst of all the debris and trauma. It's in the Photos section. |
9-10-01
| Consumer Advocate Michael W is at it again -- this time taking on a fast food chain, and getting results from a bad experience at another restaurant. It's in the Consumer Advocacy section! |
8-19-01
| Bagging your own groceries... When Consumer Advocate Michael W. set out to find out why customer service was so shoddy at a local supermarket chain, he discovered a troubling trend. Read about it in his Consumer Advocacy section! |
8-12-01
| A roller coaster accident at Six Flags New England leaves plenty of unanswered questions. But the catch here is that it's Six Flags itself that refuses to talk to the media. What could it possibly be hiding? Newsworthy Online investigates... and it's in the Rants section. |
8-7-01
| It's time to check out the careless corporate mentality again. You've got to see the grammatically incorrect envelope that was mailed to over 200,000 households in the Central MA region. It's in the Rants section, so be sure to check it out! |
7-16-01
| Tonight a significant joke in the movie Office Space becomes effectively meaningless. Starting at 1:01 am today, TGI Friday's wait staff will no longer wear FLARE. The uniform is being replaced with a sharper, slick black polo. Those garnishes that adorn the suspenders on existing employees must be shed in favor of the new look. This is a company-wide mandate. |
7-15-01
| Lots going on here in the Bay State -- two very momentous events happening this past Thursday. First, I have finally gone broadband with a high-speed cable connection. Newsworthy Online has finally entered the year 2001. Plus, on the same day, I did the first live shot of my career. So it seemed fitting to devote a page to "Things You're Apt to Hear at a Live Shot." Enjoy, and keep the happy-talk coming. |
7-5-01
| The Friends section has been updated in the Newsworthy Online Photo Album. There are some new additions to it as well -- are you on the list now? Find out! More updates to this page are still on the way ... as the entire photo section gradually converts to the new Newsworthy Online look. |
6-28-01
| Newsworthy Online presents another piece of investigative journalism: Mad Cow Disease. This report documents the potential epidemic involving people who may unknowingly be infected with the human form of Mad Cow Disease. Plus, is the United States 100% Mad Cow Disease Free as the government and meat industry would like you to believe? And why are the reports of the disease only showing up in the European and Canadian mainstream press? Could there be economic pressures on U.S. media companies to create a news blackout on the issue? These topics and more are in this story which may well expose you to a situation you might otherwise want to blissfully ignore. It's in the Rants section of Newsworthy Online! |
6-21-01
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It is long overdue for a Newsworthy Online update. My apologies to the loyal -- working full time has, needless to say, taken its toll on my leisure time. However, that has not stopped me from bringing you the latest update. The photos section is in the middle of a revamping. There are new categories including birthdays, graduation, and fun stuff. And for the existing areas that still have the old-Newsworthy Online look, as new photos are added to those categories, they will be updated into the current format. All you anchorspeak fans, there are new entries to the ongoing log. Keep your happy-talk coming! |
6-11-01
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In "Better Late than Never" news, it was announced Monday (albiet two months late) that my feature report (done alongside Jeff Saperstone) on Lego Building at Cornell University won Second Place in the SPJ Region 1 "Television Feature" category. Congratulations to Ben Simmoneau who won national recognition for his spot on the Cornell Vet School Open House/PETA Protests, and to Adam Aurand who also took national recognition for his coverage of the Sodexho-Marriot sit-in on the Ithaca College campus late last year. This is why news organizations hire Ithaca College graduates. |
6-8-01
| ALSO, check out a new sub-section of AnchorSpeak, the
Alliteration section.
PLUS, the Save Napster! article is back online under RANTS |
6-7-01
| With this week's Bancroft 40-Coordinated Reunion, it seemed fitting to go back into my archives and pull out some of the things that made our four years at this high school instituion quasi-memorable. |
| Consumer Advocate Michael W. is the latest brand signed onto Newsworthy Online! Read his practical solutions and opinions to a wide variety of consumer-related dilemmas. |
5-29-01
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Newsworthy Online has signed a deal with freelance columnist Matt LeBlanc. Check out his latest contribution! Also, while you are exploring, be sure to check out some new entries in the Satire section. |
5-13-01
| Fountain Day, Saturday, May 12, 2001. Pictures developed and online! Check them out! |
5-5-01
| .... Redd and Cayle present Newsworthy Online's Ben Dobson with an award for being an "Active & Involved Anchor" -- business cards included to help with the impending graduation. Yes, it's that time of the year ... stay tuned! |
