Publisher and Editor Susan Ovans began covering news in Hull in 1979. During her career, she has won multiple industry awards for news reporting and editorial writing. In February 2016, she was inducted into the New England Newspaper and Press Association Hall of Fame.

The Times’ longtime cartoonist, Peter Menice, photographer Lucy Wightman, and contributing editor Catherine Goldhammer have also won top NENPA awards in recent years.

Family members and current and former Hull Times staffers at the NENPA Hall of Fame Induction Dinner. L to R, seated: Marilyn Haraden, Susan Ovans, Lucy Wightman. Standing: Steven Nee, Seth Gitell, John Galluzzo, Chris Haraden, Sherry Larkin, Catherine Goldhammer, Pat Desmond. [Roger Jackson photo.]