Walter Bernstein, scriptwriter who skewered McCarthy-era blacklist in ‘The Front,’ dies at 101 Adam Bernstein Walter Bernstein, a scriptwriter who was blacklisted in the 1950s for his Communist Party membership and two decades later skewered the McCarthy era in “The Front,” a film that starred Woody Allen in a rare semi-serious role and earned an Oscar nomination for best screenplay, died Jan. 23 at his home in Manhattan. He was 101. The cause was pneumonia, said his wife, literary agent Gloria Loomis. Mr. Bernstein first published in the New Yorker at 20 and distinguished himself as a combat correspondent during World War II with the military weekly Yank. His best-selling book of war dispatches, “Keep Your Head Down” (1945), was lauded for its expertise with dialogue and propelled a film and TV writing career that lasted into his 90s.
By Editor | December 17, 2020
By mark Evans
mevans@stegenherald.com
Special Road District A board members discussed which roads to possibly overlay in 2021 at their final meeting of 2020, on Dec. 8.
It was agreed that an 8/10 of a mile stretch on Sugar Bottom Road was definitely one to do.
“We could knock that out,” chairman Paul Arnold said.
Board member Joe Fallert wondered how much traffic uses the road.
Road foreman Paul Bauman replied that it’s “probably more than you think.”It would likely be the only gravel section paved. Some overlay work will also be done.
In his foreman’s report , Bauman said his crew had been filling cracks before bad weather hit. He said he anticipated them returning to that for later last week. They will also be grading roads.