Roy Hodge, Columnist - Roy began his career at The Fulton Patriot in February of 1959 as a linotype operator. During his long career, he performed every newspaper job — from paper delivery to editor and publisher. He has entertained readers with tales of his family’s antics and many interesting Fulton residents in his long-running “Hodgepodge” column. Roy retired from The Fulton Patriot in June of 2010.
by Roy Hodge It was “déja vu all over again” for me one day this week when I left Syracuse for an appointment in Fulton. Here, most of the snow we had received had disappeared during the past few days. Going along with my wife’s estimation, there was “maybe an inch or two of snow(…)
by Roy Hodge Here I am, thinking and wondering what I could write my next column about. I am also thinking, “It is closing in on the middle of January and it’s raining out.” I am also thinking, “It’s not supposed to rain in January; in January, it’s supposed to snow.” It really was raining(…)
by Roy Hodge Even by my family’s gift giving standards, I received an unusual but welcomed Christmas gift this year. When we had finished our family gift exchange on Christmas Day, Jeff said he had one more thing in the car. He came back with what looked suspiciously like one of the large binders we(…)
by Roy Hodge Walking around my neighborhood, I glance at the stuff in my neighbors’ recycling bins. If I am observant (a polite word for nosey) I can put little pieces of their lives together. For instance, looking at the empty cartons in the recycling bins, I knew that one of my neighbors received a(…)
by Roy Hodge It has turned out that one of my jobs around the house is keeping everything neat during the day. My duties usually consist of doing a few dishes a couple of times a day and keeping clutter to a minimum, which I usually interpret as being able to walk around the house(…)
by Roy Hodge Since I haven’t been commuting to Fulton five days a week — and sometimes it was more than that — I can say that I now enjoy the one or two times a month that I do make the trip.However, there is one thing in particular that I do really miss —(…)
An important part of the Christmas holiday season for me has always been the sending and receiving of Christmas cards. It is a tradition that I have been familiar with since I was a young child when I met the mailman at the front door every day during the season on the small chance that(…)
by Roy Hodge It’s inevitable: we’re going to be talking a lot about winter weather and snow. We may as well get started. We have talked about winter and its weather surprises in past years. Here’s what we said in the Patriot March 17 1992: “Snow Gets National Attention – 47.5 Inches in Four Days.” (…)
