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editor-in-chief DEB PATTERSON dpatterson@the-papers.com editor SARAH WRIGHT swright@the-papers.com publication manager

CHRIS SMITH chris@themunicipal.com senior account executive REES WOODCOCK rees@themunicipal.com graphic designer MARY LESTER mlester@the-papers.com business manager

ANNETTE WEAVER aweaver@the-papers.com mail manager

KHOEUN KHOEUTH kkhoeuth@the-papers.com director of marketing STEVE MEADOWS smeadows@the-papers.com marketing assistant TAELYNNE OUSLEY tousley@the-papers.com

Contributing Writers

Ray Balogh, Beth Anne Brink-Cox, Lauren Caggiano, Nicholette Carlson, Denise Fedorow, Kevin Kilbane, Dani Messick, Staci Reafsnyder, Julie Young Guest Writer Mark Elliott

Meet our writers

Denise Fedorow

Denise Fedorow has been a freelance journalist, feature writer and columnist for 20 years, writing regularly for several local publications. She’s been writing for The Municipal since 2015.

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A native New Yorker, she’s lived in the Midwest for over 40 years. She has two grown sons, six grandchildren and two shelter cats. She started writing at 11 years old, studied Creative Writing in high school and college and admits her first love is fiction. She’s an aspiring children’s book author and has been published in Scholastic and other national magazines.