Columnist of the Year: Division B
First place: Will Richmond, The Herald News
Read online: The mayoral recall petitioners named Herald News’ 2014 Newsmaker of the Year, Bizarro Fall River
Follow Will on Twitter @Will_Richmond
I love a good news columnist, one who mixes a lot of solid news facts in with his or her opinion, and Will Richmond does that very well.
Second place: Jay Ashley, Burlington Times-News
Read online: Associated memories, The fight of a lifetime, Spreading a little Elvis
Follow Jay on Twitter @tnJayAshley
Some nicely written pieces that are a step above your usual slice-of-life columns.
Third place: Steve Damish, The Enterprise
Read online: Raynham’s angel forever among us, Taunton suicide reveals a tangled Web, indeed, An epidemic of inaction led to overdose crisis
Follow Steve on Twitter @stevedamish_ENT
Some tough topics — particularly teen suicide — handled in a sure-handed way. Not easy to do.