http://cnylink.com/blogs From the dark center of the Eagle newsroom, greetings. I'm Gary Catt, executive editor of Eagle Newspapers. I've come to this calling after a career that's swerved through a half-dozen daily newspapers and an ad agency that was once the world's largest. Along the way I've written or edited most everything and an I've guided successful strategies around times of difficulty for Fortune 50 companies. My job here is to make sure that when you pick up your Eagle community newspaper it's a like a walk down main street, spotting faces you know; discovering news you need to know. en-us 60 Mon, 05 Jan 2009 07:22:40 -0800 Newshole Having survived eight years of wars on poor premise, Haliburton, insane Congressional spending, give-away mortgages and near economic collapse, we’re now being treated to the http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1231168960 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1231168960 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 07:04:11 -0700 Newshole Topical, non-partisan conversations about this year's presidential election are getting messy. The insinuation has emerged that the danger inherent in this year's choices isn't http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1221055451 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1221055451 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 07:37:30 -0700 Newshole Well, Labor Day has come to pass. I guess it's time to start cleaning up after the people who come to my neighborhood each summer to sip over-priced wine; drive too fast on both http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1220366250 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1220366250 Wed, 13 Aug 2008 03:06:36 -0700 Newshole Whoa there......just a minute. All those people getting themselves all overcooked drooling at the thought of Lopez Lomong, the Lost Boy who found a home in Tully, making his http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218665196 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1218665196 Tue, 29 Jul 2008 06:46:53 -0700 Newshole A little more than a year ago, a resume crossed my desk at the Palladium Times in Oswego where I was the editor before stepping up to this position. The applicant had written rec http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217382413 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1217382413 Sun, 11 May 2008 01:12:05 -0700 Newshole So...the DEC killed that bear they treed the other night in the town of Geddes. The official line on this event is forked. On one hand, the DEC argues that the bear was executed http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1210536725 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1210536725 Sun, 04 May 2008 06:10:27 -0700 Newshole Here's another reason to hate New York. Despite the bloated promises from the scalawags on both sides of the political spectrum, the state is a mess. It was mess before Paterson. http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1209949827 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1209949827 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:45 -0700 Newshole It's curious how events converge in the news business. Eagle columnist Russ Tarby writes in this week's City Eagle about Chester Gillette's last letters before his execution in http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1209657645 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1209657645 Wed, 16 Apr 2008 09:42:39 -0700 Newshole Well, it's done. The IRS has extracted its due. For a full 24 hours or so each year I'm held hostage while the government exercises its power to rifle through the filing cabinets http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1208364159 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1208364159 Fri, 11 Apr 2008 08:34:43 -0700 Newshole It's 2 a.m. and 15-year-old Jason Crump is not home in bed where you'd expect a teen to be. He's prowling the streets of Syracuse with a friend -- a couple predators in the dark http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1207928083 http://cnylink.com/blogs/gcatt/view_blog.php?blog_id=1207928083