Parisian Phoenix Publishing

Finally, I want to welcome the Greenwich Historical Society to the Parisian Phoenix fold, as they contacted me about publishing their hometown heroes banner project in a commemorative book. Gayle and I met with the society last night at the Greenwich Township Municipal Building in Stewartsville, N.J., which— full circle— was one of the communities I covered in my first full-time professional journalism job as a reporter/photographer for the Free Press, a subscription-based weekly newspaper (now defunct) covering the town of Phillipsburg, N.J., and the communities surrounding that “send” to Phillipsburg High School.

One of their members contacted me a day or two before Thanksgiving about preserving the stories of their local veterans and active service members in a book, piggybacking off a banner project seen throughout the town.

I am no stranger to local history.

I regularly publish Julian Costa’s books, niche biographies about significant educators (such as David’s Little Town and Coach of the Building), and I have previously worked with Wayne Sherrer on his book, Phorgotten No More about the African-American history of the Phillipsburg, N.J., area; Charles Ticho on his memoir about his life as a Holocaust survivor, Stops Along the Way; and published essays about local history, such as Maryann Ignatz’s recollection of growing up in a working class tavern, Steve’s Café, which has now been in her family for 110 years.