Hartford Advocate Editor Alistair Highet calls the listings calendar his paper's "universal point of interest." The calendar is -- and long has been -- indispensable for most alt-weeklies, attracting readers who don't necessarily agree with a paper's perceived political stance. But the marketplace is increasingly crowded with online and print publications listing concerts and theater times. Freelance reporter Charlie Deitch speaks with AAN members to find out what they're doing to fend off competitors' attempts to infringe on the alts' longtime stronghold.
India Blue (pictured), 48, was a staff photographer and music writer at the alt-weekly since 1995. According to the Hartford Courant, she was a single mother with two college-age sons who "was very active in prison outreach and regularly visited inmates in Niantic." Advocate Publisher Janet Reynolds says, "She was a great woman and a great employee."
