Arthur Aldrich, longtime publisher of the weekly Our Town newspaper, died Monday, April 12, at age 83.
Aldrich was founder of Community Media newspapers, which served various Rockland and Bergen County, New Jersey, communities over the years.
Aldrich also had a weekly radio gig on WRCR AM 1700.
He was remembered this week for his role in Rockland s media landscape, his community involvement and his volunteerism.
John Murphy, a former Rockland County legislator who represented parts of Orangetown, called Aldrich a 20th Century Sherpa Guide with a moral compass in a changing culture.
Murphy, who served as a Republican in the Legislature, said his friend of more than half a century could read my mind and would tell me when I was moving too slow or too fast, when I was right and when was wrong.
Rev. Richard Deats, a long-time global peace movement leader and one of the most influential teachers of the philosophy and practice of nonviolent action in 20th-century movements, died in Nyack, New York on April 7 from complications related to pneumonia, according to his son, Mark Deats. He was 89. As a long-time leader of the global peace movement organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and editor of
Fellowship magazine, Richard Deats was one of the most well respected, well connected, and most influential peace movement leaders in the United States and the world during the last half of the 20th century, said Rev. John Dear, a close friend and former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, or FOR.
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Remembering Rev. Richard Deats, a life-long peace movement leader and influential teacher of nonviolence
A prolific writer and speaker, Rev. Deats strengthened grassroots movements by leading nonviolent action trainings in conflict zones around the world.
Rev. Richard Deats, a long-time global peace movement leader and one of the most influential teachers of the philosophy and practice of nonviolent action in 20th century movements, died in Nyack, New York on April 7 from complications related to pneumonia, according to his son, Mark Deats. He was 89.
“As a long-time leader of the global peace movement organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and editor of
Rev. Richard Deats, a long-time global peace movement leader and one of the most influential teachers of the philosophy and practice of nonviolent action in 20th century movements, died in Nyack, New York on April 7 from complications related to pneumonia, according to his son, Mark Deats. He was 89.
Rev. Richard Deats (FOR)
“As a long-time leader of the global peace movement organization, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and editor of
Fellowship magazine, Richard Deats was one of the most well respected, well connected, and most influential peace movement leaders in the United States and the world during the last half of the 20th century,” said Rev. John Dear, a close friend and former executive director of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, or FOR.