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Leukhardt Surgery Today
Longtime Courant reporter Bill Leukhardt, who also holds the title as the newsroom’s Guardian of the Sacred Jokes, is undergoing surgery today, as Jeni Frank’s note to staff, below, explains. (At...
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Our Man Bill Improves
Bill Leukhardt’s sister Polly reports: Today was a great day for Bill. He got out of bed and walked around the nurse’s station, with some help. The family is heartened by his strength after two weeks...
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Reach Out To Bill
Tracy Gordon Fox has news about our buddie Bill Leukhardt and his recovery from surgery: “I went to visit Bill last weekend, and considering what he has been through, he is doing very well. He is now...
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Welcome Home, Bill
Courant reporter Bill Leukhardt goes home from the hospital today, just in time to see the outcome of the mid-term elections. I got a note from him the other day reporting that his recovery from brain...
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Paul Spencer, Hitched And Happy
Here’s some happy news… delivered by former copy editor Marge Ruschau: Paul Spencer [former Courant A.M.E.] got married Saturday (Dec. 11) in Philadelphia to Ludy Soderman-Roman, who worked in the...
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Naedine Improving
After a serious cardiac incident, Courant Editor Naedine seems to be on the mend and hopes to leave the hospital shortly. She’s talked to several people in the newsroom who report that she sounded...
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Naedine Is Back
Facebook posts by her and her many admirers indicate that Hartford Courant Editor Naedine Hazell is back in the newsroom after her hospitalization for a serious heart condition. It’s good to see she is...
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Bill Due Back
Bill Leukhardt, the reporter most responsible for bringing congeniality and bad jokes to the newsroom, reports for work today after his long medical leave. It is great to see him restored to full...
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Bob Conrad Sr., Dead At 91
I am sorry to report that Bob Conrad Sr. — a veteran Connecticut journalist and father of our former colleague Bob Conrad — has died. Our condolences to the younger Bob and his family. Here’s Bob...
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Three Accomplished Survivors
Peter Sleight, Hugh Owen and Ken Gosselin crossed the 25-year mark at The Courant recently. It’s an enormous achievement these days when good journalists are being cast off by the dozens. Peter, I...
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