I am a Twit!
Just wanted to drop you all a quick line to let you know that The Island is now on Twitter! So tell all your short-attention-spanned friends that they can find me – and get those ohsobrief news updates – by searching for @IslandMichele. (Was that more than 140 characters? Hope not.)
Also, we’re working on expanding [...]
The Island’s got news!
Just a few little notes for all of you regarding some new and exciting things going on here at The Island.
We’ll start with the new: Sharon Alva, a local real estate agent and blogger, has joined The Island. She’ll be checking in with local real estate news and views every other week. We’re glad to [...]
The Island wants you!
The Island is ringing in the new year by looking for a few good folks to help us report the news. We’re looking for some motivated, local writers who can help us enhance our ability to keep Alameda informed on a variety of fronts, providing everything from breaking news to people profiles, sports and more. [...]
A comment about comments
The last couple of days I’ve been involved in a lengthy exchange regarding my comment policy. And what I took away from it is that I need to be clearer with people about what my policies are regarding comments, and why.
Let me start by saying that as a longtime newspaper reporter, I struggle with the [...]
Free classifieds!
Got a car to sell, a job to offer, a yard sale coming up? Well, you’re in luck. The Island has its own Classifieds section where you can announce all of these things. And for the month of August, we’re offering our classified ads for free. (Yes, free.)
Interested? All you have to do is drop [...]
Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes
We here at The Island (and of course by we, I mean, me) are working hard to broaden our efforts to tell the story of our community. In that spirit, I invite you to check out our brand-new schools page.
I’ll write on all sorts of school events, keep you posted on upcoming meetings, link you [...]
Signed, anonymous
We here at The Island have noticed a spike in anonymous comments over the past week or so. Needless to say, we’re bummed. Obviously, we’d prefer it if folks used their real names, or at least their real first names. But in the absence of that, at least give us a screen handle, wouldja?
Now, we [...]
