Here is the list of winners in the 2011 New England Associated Press News Executives Association writing and public service contest. Contest winners will be honored at the fall conference on Sept. 16, 2011, at the Best Western Royal Plaza and Trade Center in Marlborough, Mass.
ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Channing Gray reviews; Channing Gray
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Face Off: The Social Network; Al Alexander
Third Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Burlesque is Really Taking Off; Shannon Bryan
Class II
First Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette Northampton, Mass.; Welcome to the awesome world of Mo Willems; Margot Cleary
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; ‘Crucible’ dated, still powerful; Alexis Hauk
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; On Time and Love; Suzanne Wilson
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Taking it to the street; Mackenzie Issler
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Blossoming; Richie Davis
Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; At KUA, the ‘Demon Barber’; Jon Silman
BEAT REPORTING
Class I
First Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; State Government coverage; Jon Lender
Second Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; The economy; Mara Lee
Third Place: The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass.; City issues; Shawn Regan
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Fishing industry; Don Cuddy
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Statehouse beat; Shira Schoenberg
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; The courts; Karen Florin
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Police and Court; Mark Davis
Second Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Agribusiness beat; Richie Davis
Third Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Politics; John Gregg
BEST HEADLINE
Class I
First Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; “A Tempest in a D cup”; Sally Tyrrell
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Give Peas a Chance; Dana Barbuto
Third Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Gnomeo, oh Gnomeo, why were you ever made? ; Victor Infante
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; A wince of prevention; Rebecca Coleman
Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Shootout for sheriff; Tom Reilly
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Whatever (Hurricane Earl); Linda Corcoran
Class III
First Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; Turbine project a ‘wind-wind’; Bianca Pavoncello
Second Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; Cleared, or present danger?; Bianca Pavoncello
Third Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; City says no tanks; Harvey Peters
BUSINESS/CONSUMER NEWS
Class I
First Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Unsustainable; Aaron Nicodemus, Jay Whearley
Second Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; Seeing Red (Tape”; Jon Hemmerdinger
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Department of Motor Vehicles; Paul Edward Parker, Paul Davis
Class II
First Place: The Herald News, Fall River, Mass.; AJ Wright stories; Grant Welker
Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Starting over; Rick Foster
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Movie mogul…and more; Kathi Scrizzi-Driscoll
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; How VTel Got Stimulus Millions; Chris Fleisher, Gregory Trotter
Second Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; If they could turn back time; Katina Caraganis
Third Place: The Daily Item, Lynn, Mass.; Last call for Lynn bars?; Jeff McMenemy
CONTINUING COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; State of Connecticut v. Steven Hayes; Alaine Griffin
Second Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Bristol Police Department Scandals; Don Stacom
Third Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Trisha’s Choice; A radical option to be free of cancer; Jennifer Mann, Greg Derr
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Is a way of life dying?, Steve Urbon, Don Cuddy
Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Fire and ice, Snow & politics; Staff
Third Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Teens tied to slaying were ‘bored’; Karen Florin, Kathleen Edgecomb, Izaskun Larraneta, Stephen Chupaska
Class III
First Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; Monty Tech; Emily Devlin Micucci
Second Place: North Adams (Mass.) Transcript; Rabbit killer; Jennifer Huberdeau, Ryan Hutton
Third Place: The Westerly (R.I.) Sun; Picking up the pieces; Staff
DEADLINE NEWS COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Hartford Distributors Inc. shooting; staff
Second Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; North Providence corruption; Mike Stanton, Mark Reynolds
Third Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Winter marches on; Staff
Class II
First Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Tragedy on Interstate; David Linton, Matt Kakley
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Fisherman dies saving comrade; Aaron Gouveia
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Missing boy found in closet; K.C. Myers
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; A Thanksgiving miracle; Diane Broncaccio
Second Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; Chase ends when cops shoot, kill suspect; Emily Devlin Micucci, Kevin Doherty
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Big Mess, Saved from mud, Out of luck; Anita Phillips
DEADLINE SPORTS COVERAGE
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Unknown MacDonald; Brian MacPherson
Second Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; “An oh-no in Orono”; Jenn Menendez
Third Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; Wire Walker; Mike Anthony
Class II
First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Hoffman goes out on top; Tim O’Sullivan
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Dorval slams the door for 4; Gavin Faretra
Third Place: The Berkshire Eagle, Pittsfield, Mass.; Drury pulls out of hockey co-op; Matthew Sprague
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; This One’s for Dad; Greg Fennell
Second Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Hale the Queen – Rachel Hale is Vermont’s first female champion; Austin Danforth
Third Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; Ludden scores winner in OT; Ross Edwards
EDITORIAL
Class I
First Place: The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass.; Civil Service plumbs new depths of absurdity; Ken Johnson
Second Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; A new centrism; Tea time; Too shiny an apple; Chris Sinacola
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; West Warwick’s gamble, Split a boat-tax take?, New England cannibals; Froma Harrop
Class II
First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; In over his head, lawmaker should quit, Two strange images from race weekend, Religious speech? No big deal; Felice Belman
Second Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Restoration funds should go to upper harbor, Review fish rules now, Fishermen: Protest on the Potomac; Jennette Barnes, Bob Unger
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Village vagaries, Truth sets us free, Hunger here at home; Melanie Lauwers
Class III
First Place: The Newport (R.I.) Daily News; Residents have a right to be heard; Vehicle tax has become inequitable; Soil cleanup must take top priority; Sheila Mullowney
Second Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; A luxurious drive on the people’s dime, Can these bettors break even?, Zero tolerance for dating violence; Charles St. Amand
Third Place: Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer; Living in the petroleum age, A wing and a prayer, A tragedy and disgrace; Bob Audette
ENTERPRISE
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; What it Takes; Tom Mooney, Karen Lee Ziner, Tatiana Pina, Jennifer D. Jordan
Second Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Stimulus Spending; It worked, but…; Nancy Reardon Stewart
Third Place: Boston Herald; They Blue it: Outrage as nonprofit health insurer doles out another huge severance; Staff
Class II
First Place: The Bulletin, Norwich, Conn.; Dear Governor; Staff
Second Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Hooked – Pills that kill series; Linda Corcoran, K.C. Myers, Merrily Cassidy
Third Place: The Enterprise, Brockton, Mass.; Chapter 40B housing: Has the law worked?; Vicki-Ann Downing
Class III
First Place: Bennington (Vt.) Banner; Hitler’s Henchmen – Interview ; Neal Goswami
Second Place: Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; UNSOLVED MYSTERY: Where is Taj Narbonne?; Emily Devlin Micucci
Third Place: Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer; Honoring our veterans; Jaime Cone, Chris Garofolo, Josh Stilts, Howard Weiss-Tisman
FEATURE STORY
Class I
First Place: The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; The Frozen Chosin; Candace Page
Second Place: Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.; An Indomitable Spirit; Carrie MacMillan
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Mother’s Day story; Rick Massimo
Class II
First Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Healing Maze; Mary Ann Bragg
Second Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; 90 is the new 70; Kenton Robinson
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; When clutter crosses the line; Margot Cleary
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Recalling ‘Wes’; Don Mahler
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Becoming Americans; Nicola Smith
Third Place: The Daily Item, Lynn, Mass.; Lynn’s a tale of two cities; Jeff McMenemy
INVESTIGATIVE REPORTING
Class I
First Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Truants behind bars; Lynn Arditi
Second Place: The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass.; Poverty Pays; Keith Eddings, Jill Harmacinski, Gretchen M. Putnam
Third Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Drivers beware; Towing company told ‘ease up; Thomas Caywood
Class II
First Place: The Day, New London, Conn.; Old Lyme pastor says he’s a different man; Karin Crompton, Jenna Cho
Second Place: The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.; Skirmish over aid to vets; George W. Rhodes
Third Place: Record-Journal, Meriden, Conn.; Contributors to the plans at the city’s two high schools; Adam Wittenberg
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Dartmouth’s Conflicted Guardians?; Rick Jurgens
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Hartford Police Face New Allegation of Excessive Force; Mark Davis
LOCAL COLUMN
Class I
First Place: Republican-American, Waterbury, Conn.; Reflections; Tracey O’Shaughnessy
Second Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; He’s on the call; At fatal crash, not usual routine; Can’t base death penalty on 1 case; Helen Ubinas
Third Place: Telegram & Gazette, Worcester, Mass.; Limb review leaves family tree in limbo; When, at last, it is the time to leave home; Free paper is an alternative to real world; Dianne Williamson
Class II
First Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; New Hampshire state dinner, Coffee crazy, Great recipes, Sage advice; Suzanne Ellinwood, Robin Broadbent
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; From storm, a community, Feeling lucky, punk? Tour the State House, Poet’s gift folds into night; Ray Duckler
Third Place: Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; The magic has only just begun, Amazing Gracie’s devotion, Fowl play in our backyard; Saralee Perel
Class III
First Place: Brattleboro (Vt.) Reformer; Renassaince Man, Here to help, J’ is for Jean; Becky Karush
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. ;’Temporary Custody”; Wait Training; Sorrell’s Silence; Jim Kenyon
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Story’s gotten personal, The gloves are off, Democracy subverted; Chris Collins
SPORTS COLUMN
Class I
First Place: The Republican, Springfield, Mass.; Russell monument would cap overdue reconciliation; Saying goodbye to home playing fields hard to do; Join my Masters boycott; Ron Chimelis
Second Place: Portland (Maine) Press Herald; You see the joy, They bought what he sold and got gold in return, When life applies the worst hold; Steve Solloway
Third Place: The Patriot Ledger, Quincy, Mass.; Bruins should stick with Juilien as coach, No suspension for Chara is right call, Bruins name a non-nonsense president; Mike Loftus
Class II
First Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; The face of the future, Change in direction for Bruins, Simply Tim-tastic; Mick Colageo
Second Place: Concord (N.H.) Monitor; Stubborn Sicko says yes, Celtics floor Magic, Shot at redemption; Tim O’Sullivan
Third Place: Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.; From Easthampton to Belfast; Pro dreams continuing, former MM starting over; Dream team; Matt Vautour
Class III
First Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Keeping Score; Chip Ainsworth
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.; Point Taken, Missed; The End Isn’t an Easy Time; He’s Got Game, but No Team; Don Mahler
Third Place: The Gardner (Mass.) News; Officials continue to wrongly make themselves center of attention, LeBron hour long show brings end to free agent ‘decision’ circus, Shaq Attack comes to Boston, aiming to dethrone Lakers; Andres Caamano
SPORTS FEATURE
Class I
First Place: The Hartford (Conn.) Courant; A Street Survivor; Mike Anthony
Second Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Brooks followed the right path; Kevin McNamara
Third Place: The Providence (R.I.) Journal; Extending themselves; Carolyn Thornton
Class II
First Place: The Bulletin, Norwich, Conn.; I’m Fine; Marc Allard
Second Place: The Salem (Mass.) News; The Greatest Football Coaches in North Shore History; Staff
Third Place: The Standard-Times, New Bedford, Mass.; Goin’ Global-Is the world’s grandest sporting event worth watching? Of course!; Jonathan Comey
Class III
First Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. ; The State of Dartmouth Athletics; Don Mahler
Second Place: Valley News, Lebanon, N.H. ‘Just Believe in Yourself’; Jon Silman
Third Place: The Recorder, Greenfield, Mass.; Softball sisterhood; Mackenzie Issler
PUBLIC SERVICE WINNERS
RIGHT TO KNOW
Class I
The Burlington (Vt.) Free Press; Opening up Vermont government; Aki Soga, Michael Townsend
Class II
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Desperate minutes (choking death); Heather Wysocki, Aaron Gouveia
Class III
Sentinel & Enterprise, Fitchburg, Mass.; A disservice to the people; Staff
SEVELLON BROWN AWARD
The Eagle-Tribune, Lawrence, Mass.; Poverty Pays; Keith Eddings, Gretchen M. Putnam, Jill Harmacinski
THOMAS K. BRINDLEY AWARD
Cape Cod Times, Hyannis, Mass.; Hooked – pills that kill series; Merrily Cassidy, Linda Corcoran, K.C. Myers
SPECIALTY PUBLICATION
General Interest Weekly
Class I
First Place: Business Monday published by The Republican, Springfield, Mass.
Second Place: Midcoast Beacon published by Bangor (Maine) Daily News
Third Place: The Weekly published by Bangor (Maine) Daily News
Class II
First Place: Foxboro Reporter published by The Sun Chronicle, Attleboro, Mass.
Second Place: Amherst Bulletin published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.
Class III
First Place: South County Independent published by The Newport (R.I.) Daily News
Second Place: North East Independent published by The Newport (R.I.) Daily News
SPECIALTY PUBLICATIONS
Class I
First Place: MVB Magazine published by The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.
Second Place: The Andovers published by The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.
Third Place: Merrimack College Hockey section published by The Eagle-Tribune, North Andover, Mass.
Class II
First Place: Hampshire Life published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.
Second Place: Many Hands published by the Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton, Mass.
Third Place: Marblehead published by The Salem Mass. News
Class III
First Place: Valley Parents published by the Valley News, Lebanon, N.H.
Second Place: Mercury published by The Newport (R.I.) Daily News
Third Place: Cape Ann published by the Gloucester Daily Times